Manufacturing Expeditor
About The Position
The Manufacturing Expeditor accelerates the flow of materials, components, and job orders through manufacturing to support on-time production and delivery. The role coordinates across Production, Planning, Logistics, Procurement, Quality, and Shipping/Receiving to verify material status, prioritize critical needs, identify constraints, escalate issues, and remove barriers to production flow. The position monitors and expedites work through receiving, inspection, outside processing, fabrication, storage, and point-of-use delivery. It maintains accurate records in Oracle or other designated ERP and shortage-management tools, communicates status and recovery actions, and supports efforts to address recurring shortages and improve end-to-end material flow. This is an on-site position in Chicago, with stated hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Travel between company locations or supplier locations may be required as operational needs require.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 3 years of experience in Supply & Logistics or a related field.
- Ability to interpret production schedules, work orders, bills of material, engineering drawings, and inventory records.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including investigating material shortages, transaction discrepancies, and flow disruptions and driving issues to resolution.
- Ability to prioritize competing demands and respond effectively to changing production and customer requirements.
- Strong communication and escalation skills, including clearly communicating status, risks, and recovery actions across functions.
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Ability to work independently, verify information at the source, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency in Oracle ERP, inventory management systems, and Microsoft Excel.
- Continuous improvement mindset focused on improving material flow, reducing shortages, and enhancing operational performance.
- Dependable and adaptable, with comfort working across office, warehouse, and manufacturing environments.
Nice To Haves
- Forklift license.
- Working knowledge of Oracle or a comparable ERP system, including job-order, inventory, and material-transaction inquiries.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and expedite material, component, and job-order flow through all manufacturing stages, including receiving, inspection, outside processing, fabrication, storage, and point-of-use delivery.
- Review prioritized shortage and stalled-job queues daily, focusing first on line-down, near-term production, and customer-delivery risks.
- Verify material status and location using ERP records, transaction history, production schedules, inventory reports, and direct physical follow-up.
- Identify blockers to material flow, such as supplier delays, receiving or inspection issues, transportation, outside processing, fabrication, inventory discrepancies, transaction errors, quality holds, or unclear ownership.
- Coordinate next actions with Production, Planning, Logistics, Procurement, Quality, and Shipping/Receiving, and escalate unresolved barriers through the appropriate leadership path.
- Drive timely status updates, ownership, recovery dates, and follow-up for critical shortages and delayed job orders; communicate until disposition or delivery is confirmed.
- Confirm expedited material reaches the correct production area or point of use and ensure associated system transactions and shortage records are accurately updated.
- Maintain current and accurate records in Oracle or other designated ERP and shortage-management tools, including owner, priority, due date, blocker, status, and final disposition.
- Identify recurring shortages, bottlenecks, aged queues, and repeated material movement failures; communicate trends and support root-cause and countermeasure activity.
- Support continuous improvement and standard-work development to reduce reactive expediting, improve transactional discipline, and strengthen end-to-end material flow.
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
- Attend in-person or virtual meetings as requested or required.
- Communicate effectively and respectfully with team members, leaders, suppliers, and cross-functional partners.
- Travel between company locations or supplier locations as operational needs require.
Benefits
- Eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
