Senior Supplier Expeditor

Nordex Group; Chennai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordex Group in Chennai seeks a supplier expediting specialist to establish and maintain detailed milestone plans, track raw-material orders and supplier confirmations, and expedite critical manufacturing stages from fabrication to packing. You will verify progress with suppliers, coordinate QA activities, export readiness across Indian ports, and manage risk registers.

The role requires 5–10 years in supplier operations, proficiency in Excel, Power BI, SAP/ERP, and willingness to travel across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5-10 years in supplier expediting, supplier management, manufacturing or industrial supply chain.
• Proven experience tracking manufacturing milestones and driving delays recovery.
• Strong understanding of fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, coating/painting, inspection and packing.
• Able to challenge suppliers and escalate persistent non-performance.
• Experience with inspection, NCRs and quality release documentation.
• Experience coordinating truck movements, yards, forwarders and export shipments.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; ability to turn operational data into executive risk reporting.
• Fluent business English and strong stakeholder management.
• Willingness to travel extensively within India.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain detailed supplier manufacturing and delivery milestone plans.
• Track raw-material ordering, supplier confirmations, material arrival and certificates.
• Expedite every critical manufacturing stage: fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, coating/painting, inspection, testing and packing.
• Physically verify progress and challenge unsupported or unrealistic supplier commitments.
• Coordinate Supplier Quality / QA activities, inspections, NCRs, corrective actions and release requirements.
• Coordinate truck pick-up with forwarders; verify loading, quantities, packaging, documents and dispatch evidence.
• Monitor receipt, inventory and condition of material in designated storage yards.
• Coordinate export readiness across up to four Indian ports of departure, including cut-offs, bookings, documentation and vessel departure.
• Maintain risk registers, recovery plans and action trackers with clear owner and deadline.
• Escalate critical risks with quantified delivery impact and practical mitigation options.
• Provide weekly executive dashboards and management presentations based on verified facts and evidence.
• Secure proof of delivery / movement and sign-off documentation at critical milestones.

Skills

Supplier expediting

Supplier management

Manufacturing

Quality control

Industrial supply chain

Excel and PowerPoint

Data visualization

English communication

Travel within India

Project cargo/logistics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP / ERP

Power BI

Excel (Advanced)

Job description

• Establish and maintain detailed supplier manufacturing and delivery milestone plans.
• Track raw-material ordering, supplier confirmations, material arrival and certificates.
• Expedite every critical manufacturing stage: fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, coating/painting, inspection, testing and packing.
• Physically verify progress and challenge unsupported or unrealistic supplier commitments.
• Coordinate Supplier Quality / QA activities, inspections, NCRs, corrective actions and release requirements.
• Coordinate truck pick-up with forwarders; verify loading, quantities, packaging, documents and dispatch evidence.
• Monitor receipt, inventory and condition of material in designated storage yards.
• Coordinate export readiness across up to four Indian ports of departure, including cut-offs, bookings, documentation and vessel departure.
• Maintain risk registers, recovery plans and action trackers with clear owner and deadline.
• Escalate critical risks with quantified delivery impact and practical mitigation options
• Provide weekly executive dashboards and management presentations based on verified facts and evidence.
• Secure proof of delivery / movement and sign-off documentation at critical milestones.

Your Task

• Establish and maintain detailed supplier manufacturing and delivery milestone plans.
• Track raw-material ordering, supplier confirmations, material arrival and certificates.
• Expedite every critical manufacturing stage: fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, coating/painting, inspection, testing and packing.
• Physically verify progress and challenge unsupported or unrealistic supplier commitments.
• Coordinate Supplier Quality / QA activities, inspections, NCRs, corrective actions and release requirements.
• Coordinate truck pick-up with forwarders; verify loading, quantities, packaging, documents and dispatch evidence.
• Monitor receipt, inventory and condition of material in designated storage yards.
• Coordinate export readiness across up to four Indian ports of departure, including cut-offs, bookings, documentation and vessel departure.
• Maintain risk registers, recovery plans and action trackers with clear owner and deadline.
• Escalate critical risks with quantified delivery impact and practical mitigation options
• Provide weekly executive dashboards and management presentations based on verified facts and evidence.
• Secure proof of delivery / movement and sign-off documentation at critical milestones.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related engineering discipline.
• 5-10 years in supplier expediting, supplier management, supplier development, manufacturing, quality or industrial supply chain.
• Proven experience tracking manufacturing milestones and driving suppliers to recover delays.
• Strong practical understanding of fabrication, machining, welding, assembly, coating/painting, inspection and packing
• Able to challenge suppliers, drive actions and escal ate persistent non-performance
• Working knowledge of inspection, NCRs, corrective actions and quality release documentation.
• Experience coordinating truck movements, yards, forwarders and/or export shipments.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; able to turn operational data into executive-level risk reporting.
• Fluent business English, strong written communication and confident stakeholder management.
• Willing and able to travel extensively within India and work on supplier/yard/port sites.
• Demonstrated ability to remain effective under time pressure and manage simultaneous critical issues.
• SAP / ERP experience, particularly production, purchasing or logistics modules.
• Power BI, advanced Excel dashboards or other data-visualisation experience.
• Experience with project cargo, breakbulk, containers or complex export logistics.
• Experience with Indian ports, Customs House Agents (CHA), freight forwarders and export documentation.
• Knowledge of production planning, capacity analysis and critical-path scheduling.

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and are in full compliance with all federal and state laws.

Severely disabled applicants and applicants of equal status will be given special consideration in the event of equal suitability.