Materials & Maintenance Expeditor

Alcoa • US MSA Massena, NY

6d • Onsite

About The Position

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper & world-shaper. Join our Massena team as a Materials & Maintenance Expeditor and play a fundamental role in supporting reliable and efficient operations. You'll serve as the link between maintenance, procurement, storeroom, and supplier teams, ensuring critical materials are available when and where they are needed. Your ability to proactively resolve material-related challenges and maintain stakeholder relationships will be key to supporting maintenance execution and operational success.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Knowledge of maintenance planning, inventory control, and materials management.
• Proficiency with ERP, procurement, inventory, and/or computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to collaborate across maintenance, procurement, storeroom, and operations teams.

Nice To Haves

• Additional training in supply chain, procurement, maintenance, or a related field is an asset.
• Experience in maintenance, inventory management, procurement, supply chain, or industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting industrial or manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

• Expedite purchase orders and deliveries to support maintenance and operational requirements.
• Monitor material status and proactively communicate delays, shortages, risks, and supply chain disruptions to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with suppliers, procurement teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery commitments and material availability.
• Track critical and emergency orders to support uninterrupted operations and maintenance activities.
• Maintain visibility of open purchase orders, delivery schedules, and material status within procurement and maintenance systems.
• Partner with maintenance planners and supervisors to identify, source, and prioritize materials required for upcoming work and urgent needs.
• Verify material availability and coordinate material staging for scheduled maintenance, outages, and shutdowns.
• Resolve material-related constraints, order discrepancies, shipping issues, and invoicing concerns that impact work execution.
• Support inventory management activities, including cycle counts, stock record maintenance, and inventory accuracy initiatives.
• Identify stock-outs, obsolete inventory, and opportunities to optimize inventory levels and material availability.
• Monitor critical spare parts inventories to ensure operational readiness.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships while managing quotations, lead times, shipments, and delivery performance.
• Generate reports on purchase orders, open orders, and material availability to support decision-making.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance material management, inventory control, and supply chain processes.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages, including pay-for-performance variable pay, recognition and rewards programs.
• 401(k), employer match up to 6%, additional employer retirement income contribution (no vesting period)
• Healthcare benefits: medical, Rx, dental, vision, flexible spending account, health savings account (generous employer contribution), life and accident insurance
• Paid time off: 15 vacation days pro-rated in the 1st year based on hire date, 10 paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED