Enterprise Material Expeditor Leader

AEP Service Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 118,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power (AEP) is seeking a Material Expeditor Manager to provide enterprise leadership ensuring timely delivery of mission critical materials. You will guide expediting strategy, lead complex recovery efforts, and partner with Purchasing, Logistics, Operations, and suppliers to mitigate risk and protect schedules.

The role emphasizes governance, performance metrics, and continuous improvement, with mentorship across the expeditor community and strong executive communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combos.
• Experience leading complex expediting and recovery efforts.
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration and supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise expediting leadership for critical material delivery and escalations.
• Lead recovery efforts for high‑risk, schedule‑critical materials.
• Drive supplier and logistics oversight to resolve delivery issues.
• Establish expediting standards, metrics, and governance.
• Collaborate with Purchasing, Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Logistics.

Skills

Expediting practices

ERP/MRP analytics

Executive communication

Decision making under pressure

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Associate’s degree in related field

High School Diploma with experience

Tools

ERP/MRP software

Supply chain analytics tools

Job description

American Electric Power (AEP) is seeking a Material Expeditor Manager to provide enterprise leadership ensuring timely delivery of mission critical materials. You will guide expediting strategy, lead complex recovery efforts, and partner with Purchasing, Logistics, Operations, and suppliers to mitigate risk and protect schedules.

The role emphasizes governance, performance metrics, and continuous improvement, with mentorship across the expeditor community and strong executive communication