Manager, Material Expediting

Summary

The Manager, Material Expediting will the lead a team of expeditors to execute the material expediting strategy and process, and drive supplier engagement to ensure on-time delivery of goods and equipment in support of the ongoing VG LNG construction projects and plant operations. The team consists of expeditors positioned across the various company locations in Louisiana and Texas.

General Description Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the expediting end-to-end strategies to ensure Company's supplier on-time and in-full delivery performance.
• Ensure the expediting team process and procedures are implemented and executed for best-in-class, consistent, and efficient expediting for materials, equipment, documentation, etc.
• Engage and liaise with cross-functional teams to ensure projects and operations expediting requirements are staffed, proactively led, risks are anticipated and actioned, and status and performance is communicated effectively.
• Function as a working manager by conducting expediting activities for critical, high viability transactions where additional oversight and leadership is required.
• Interface with the VG Supplier Performance team to identify supplier performance issues and provide input to the Supplier Performance process for continuous improvement.
• Drive a system implementation to ensure successful handover of data from the purchasing team to a complete and accurate Material Status Report (MSR).
• Lead and develop the expediting team to ensure competencies and progression are advancing, and the expediting team's performance continues to evolve and performance actions are taken.
• Maintain and advance key performance indicators to ensure the team's overall effectiveness and functional performance is communicated to management.

Qualifications

Required experience

• 10+ years of progressive experience in expediting, supply chain execution, or logistics management for projects, operations, or industrial manufacturing organizations
• Multi-site team leadership experience including the development of high performing teams
• Knowledge of manufacturing, fabrication, and engineered materials processes
• Possess strong interpersonal skills to maintain productive vendor relationships and provide updates in project meetings
• Proficient in the use and manipulation of MS Office tools including Excel, BI dashboards, etc.
• Experience utilizing procurement and material management platforms, e.g. SAP, Coupa, Site Sense, IPMS or others
• Periodic domestic USA travel may be required, ~20% as needed to oversee projects and the remote teams

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering or a related discipline

Licensing & Certifications

• Certified in an accredited Supply Chain program (CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, CIPS)