Expeditor - Manufacturing

RPM Staffing Professionals Inc.; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

RPM Staffing seeks an Expeditor to monitor production orders and remove obstacles that threaten on-time delivery. The role requires close collaboration with production, purchasing, and engineering to keep schedules realistic and communicated effectively.

On-site in the United States (Wisconsin), you will walk the floor, verify WIP status, and coordinate material availability to ensure timely ship dates. This position focuses on continuous improvement and proactive problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Monitor open work orders to identify jobs at risk of missing ship dates
• Coordinate with department leads to keep workloads on schedule and ship dates realistic
• Communicate with Schedulers and Managers regarding delays, bottlenecks, or resource constraints
• Support interdepartmental communication across production, purchasing, and engineering
• Track material availability and expedite inbound materials as needed
• Walk the production floor to verify job location, WIP status, and hold conditions
• Review drawings and specs to define materials, tooling, and quantities; document production process
• Evaluate and implement ways to increase efficiency in coordination with scheduling and operations leadership
• Maintain accurate order status in ERP systems and update estimated completion dates
• Identify recurring expediting patterns and surface root causes for permanent resolution

Job description

Job Description

The Expeditor is responsible for monitoring the status of open production orders and ensuring that materials, components, and jobs move through the production floor without unnecessary delay. The right person is persistent, detail-oriented, and understands that their job is to remove obstacles before they become missed deliveries.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor open work orders across all production departments to identify jobs at risk of missing their scheduled ship date
• Work with department leads to ensure workloads progress on schedule and customer ship dates stay achievable and realistic
• Communicate with Schedulers and Managers on all potential delays, bottlenecks, or resource constraints affecting delivery
• Support clear interdepartmental communication across production, purchasing, and engineering to strengthen coordination of overall operations
• Track material availability for open orders; coordinate with purchasing and receiving to expedite critical inbound materials as needed
• Physically walk the production floor to verify job location, WIP status, and hold conditions affecting on-time delivery
• Review drawings and specifications as needed; define correct materials, tooling, and quantities required for jobs and document the production process
• Evaluate and implement ways to increase efficiency of new and existing jobs in coordination with scheduling and operations leadership
• Maintain accurate order status records in current and future ERP systems; update estimated completion dates based on actual production floor conditions
• Identify recurring expediting patterns and surface root causes to operations and scheduling leadership for permanent resolution

Company Description

RPM Staffing is a regional staffing and recruiting agency. We work with many well established businesses and industries throughout the U.S.