Expeditor I

Overview of the Position:

The Expeditor plays a vital role in managing Distribution Supplier Open Order Books to coordinate on-time delivery and expedite critical parts, increasing inventory availability to achieve our revenue goals and maintain high customer satisfaction levels.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review expediting tool, emails, and buy sheets to determine course of action to include expediting or de-expediting of requirements.
• Follow- up on past due parts with suppliers.
• Contact suppliers via phone or email to expedite delivery of purchased parts.
• Revise purchase order ship dates.
• Enter expediting notes detailing part status into the parts master.
• Communicate part status to internal customers.
• Run and post internal performance reports.
• Manage the vendor list
• Monitor lead time
• Review customer usage report and expedite through Quality, Special Projects and/or Suppliers as needed
• Manage requests to ensure proper inventory levels are achieved

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experience with word processing, spreadsheets and access applications required.
• Previous purchasing experience desired.
• Ability to work independently.

Education / Experience Requirements: Associate's degree or equivalent from technical school with one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Other Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl; and lift up to 10 pounds.
• Is frequently required to talk or listen.
• Works in moderate noise levels.
• Minimal travel required.