Material Expeditor

SUMMARY:
Our client in the automotive manufacturing industry is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Material Expeditor to accept responsibility for planning and arranging manufacturing components, logistics costs, and protection of supply.

POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS National Diploma or a Bachelor's degree and experience in materials planning, logistics, and/ or supply chain Must have excellent computer skills and thorough knowledge of MRP, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel Understanding of both the automotive and commercial vehicle industry preferred Must be proficient in the use of eBusiness tools and Microsoft Office Suite Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills Experience in assembly, machining, and forging operations preferred Must be detail-oriented, proactive in anticipating requirements and able to work efficiently with minimal direction in a sometimes high-pressure environment Skilled in composing written correspondence and preparing presentations for senior management Successfully interacts with a dispersed leadership team and others across functions and sites Must be proactive, detail-oriented, and have excellent organization, planning and follow-through skills Committed to tasks and skilled at identifying and solving a variety of problems of broad scope and complexity with little to no supervision Must be able to work flexible hours Core competencies Strategy: ability to think and act in a strategic way Talent: ability to build and develop talent Approach: ability to demonstrate an effective approach to engagement and problem-solving Results: ability to achieve planned results RESPONSIBILITIES Plan and arrange manufacturing components, logistics costs, and protection of supply Ensure long-horizon forecast is extended to all suppliers (52-week forecast) Understand customer demand and forecast Work closely with production planners to understand the scheduling of the production lines Analyse MRP reports and send weekly releases to the supplier base Micro-manage expediting of raw materials from local and international suppliers Make sure the raw materials are on time for production Communicate daily with freight forwarders regarding the import of raw materials Maintain inventory at an acceptable level Control and reduce logistics costs Improve the utilisation of planned trucks daily with freight forwarders and transporters Improve internal supply chain and materials flow between the company's plants (utilise value stream mapping) Work in a cross-functional team to optimise the company's freight and warehouse network, tying in forecast and order management logic Protection of supply Escalate potential supply issues to the material manager if required Allocate parts between the company's plants if required Send out weekly purchase orders to suppliers Ensure suppliers have the required parts ready for collection as per the purchase orders sent out weekly Manage all material alarms in One Network Deliverable Avoid stopping internal customers Reduce/ eliminate any airfreight costs Keep obsolescence at an absolute minimum Maintain inventory at an acceptable level as per the forecast