Proactive Expeditor: On-Time Materials & Supplier Liaison

KBM Resourcing Ltd; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

KBM Resourcing Ltd is seeking an Expeditor for an on-site role in Aberdeen. You will coordinate supplier deliveries, monitor production workflows and ensure customer orders ship on time, working with purchasing, production, quality, planning, and sales teams.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, solve problems, and manage multiple priorities with outstanding attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently.
• Good Computer Skills (Sage and Microsoft Office).
• Quick and effective problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and to timescales.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers and resolve conflicts to ensure timely deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track progress of purchase orders with suppliers to ensure timely delivery of materials, components or services.
• Be the primary point of contact between the company and suppliers once a purchase order has been raised.
• Track external order delays and work with planning assistant to provide customers with up-to-date delivery timelines for orders.
• Prioritise live orders with suppliers as needed.
• Maintain records of order status, delivery schedules and supplier delays to create reports on supplier performance.
• Use SAGE 200 to update PO delivery times.
• Liaise with Sales-Admin to ensure timely provision of workflow to production.
• Review internal workflows to identify procurement gaps and liaise with the purchasing team to close them.
• Review internal workflow with planning assistant to identify delays to customer orders and work with operations to resolve where possible.
• File, data entry and general admin duties.
• Raise purchase orders in line with production consumable requirements.
• Work with production and quality teams to meet weekly output targets and customer expectations.

Skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Problem-solving

Supplier negotiation

Time management

Tools

Sage 200

Microsoft Office

Job description

KBM Resourcing Ltd is seeking an Expeditor for an on-site role in Aberdeen. You will coordinate supplier deliveries, monitor production workflows and ensure customer orders ship on time, working with purchasing, production, quality, planning, and sales teams.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, solve problems, and manage multiple priorities with outstanding attention to detail.