Expediter

Avantus Aerospace, Inc.; Santa Clarita (CA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantus Aerospace, Inc. seeks an Expediter to coordinate outside processing and keep major customers updated on job status. You will interface with vendors, check hot sheets, and prioritize urgent orders in a fast-paced shop floor environment.

Strong math, good communication, and ability to work with staff at all levels are essential. A high school diploma or GED is preferred, with stockroom and forklift experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Two-three years of stockroom experience.
• Previous forklift experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Ability to interface with customers and employees at all levels.
• High school diploma or GED preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong math skills and ability to calculate parts from material sheets.

Responsibilities

• Interfaces with outside vendors to schedule/expedite outside processing jobs.
• Helps provide on-line job status for major customers.
• Responds to customer needs by checking status on jobs; helps resolve customer complaints.
• Checks status on the hot sheet on a continuing basis.
• Follows up on priority jobs.
• Locates Purchase Order Changes on the floor.
• Expedites orders on the floor; locates Manufacturing Plans in Engineering or Customer Service, as needed, to follow up on job status.
• Updates/reprioritizes Manufacturing Plans by locating, re-stamping and finding material for jobs, which could not be located initially.
• Helps oversee day-to-day activities in the warehouse; Performs back-up duties in the warehouse (issues pulls stocks, receives remnants, receives overruns, receives make stocks, performs cycle counts etc.)
• Issues requisitions for material to fill min-max levels in the warehouse; creates material requests for material needed.
• Additional Duties, as assigned.

Skills

Stockroom experience

Forklift

English communication

Data entry

Math skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Expediter

Main Duties and Responsibilities:Interfaces with outside vendors to schedule/expedite outside processing jobs.Helps provide on-line job status for major customers.Responds to customer needs by checking status on jobs; helps resolve customer complaints.Checks status on the hot sheet on a continuing basis.Follows up on priority jobs.Locates Purchase Order Changes on the floor.Expedites orders on the floor; locates Manufacturing Plans in Engineering or Customer Service, as needed, to follow up on job status.Updates/reprioritizes Manufacturing Plans by locating, re-stamping and finding material for jobs, which could not be located initially.Helps oversee day-to-day activities in the warehouse; Performs back-up duties in the warehouse (issues pulls stocks, receives remnants, receives overruns, receives make stocks, performs cycle counts etc.)Issues requisitions for material to fill min-max levels in the warehouse; creates material requests for material needed.Additional Duties, as assigned.Requirements: Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful job performance will be considered. Typical qualifications would be: Two-three years of stockroom experience.Previous forklift experience preferred.Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.Ability to interface and work effectively with customers and with employees in all levels/departments; must be able to handle irate customers/employees effectively.Prefer previous computer data entry experience and some knowledge of raw materials.High school diploma or GED preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experienceAdditional Requirements:Strong math skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals) to be able to calculate how many parts can be manufactured from a sheet of material, etc. Ability to function in high-pressure situations.Ability to learn quickly and retain knowledge to be able to constantly revise/update priorities based on production status. Manual dexterity to operate forklift, pallet jack, dolly and 10 key. Correctable vision and hearing.Ability to stand, walk, stoop, bend, twist and lift up to 50 lbs., etcAbility to maneuver successfully through a 33,000 square foot, ground level, single-story manufacturing facility AUD Santa Clarita 91355