Job Description

Job Category: Supply Chain
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Wood is recruiting for a Lead Expeditor to join its UAE Business Unit focusing on expediting of Purchase Orders to ensure delivery on time and within project schedules/purchase order terms for a Major Onshore Brownfield Project in Dubai, UAE.
This role is a full-time office-based role in Dubai, UAE with travel requirement.
Responsibilities:
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
Wood is recruiting for a Lead Expeditor to join its UAE Business Unit focusing on expediting of Purchase Orders to ensure delivery on time and within project schedules/purchase order terms for a Major Onshore Brownfield Project in Dubai, UAE.
This role is a full-time office-based role in Dubai, UAE with travel requirement.
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The role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Expeditor to join our UAE Business Unit.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Wood is an integral part of operations in Iraq, and we are continuing to grow our footprint across the country. With a 90-year heritage, 10 major contracts and over 850 employees, we have the skills, expertise and asset knowledge to support clients to deliver energy security and decarbonisation ambitions.
Wood excels in supporting our clients to deliver complex upstream and midstream oil and gas projects in Iraq delivering maintenance, modifications and engineering solutions. We are committed to decarbonising existing assets, producing cleaner energy and developing a sustainable national workforce, ensuring the long-term growth of the region.
What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects Delivered to high profile clients and complex projects in Iraq
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
• Medical Insurance: Ensures inpatient and outpatient medical care is available should you require treatment.
• Group Life and Personal Accident Insurance: The company provides Life Assurance cover
• The Employee Share Plan: Gives you the opportunity to purchase Wood shares and receive a match from the company
• Long Service Award: Wood values the commitment and loyalty of our people. Celebrating Long Service provides an opportunity for the business to demonstrate their appreciation of the hard work, dedication and many years' services of our employees at 5-year service milestones

Key Objectives

• Responsible for the Expediting of Purchase Orders to ensure delivery on time and within project schedules/purchase order terms.
• Responsible for coordinating all aspects of desk and field expediting as determined by project strategy, processes and procedures.
• Ensure personnel carry out expediting activities have a clear understanding of processes and procedures.
• Manage and monitor the more challenging and complex packages &/or suppliers and identify delivery improvement opportunities by details analysis of supplier project schedules.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

• Establishes priorities, assigns workloads and manages expediting team performance
• Review and manage the more difficult and complex aspects of the expediting workload.
• Has detailed understanding of the supplier delivery obligations form the terms and conditions of purchase
• Review and interpret supplier production plans/schedules, identify delivery improvement opportunities and negotiate delivery improvements / slippage recovery plans
• Creation of daily expediting reports in materials management system.
• Expediting of purchase orders daily with priority focus.
• Updating of materials management system with the expediting status of Purchase Orders.
• Continually set expediting follow up dates in materials management system.
• Obtain quotations for field expediting plans and C.V.'s of 3rd party expediting providers.
• Place purchase order for 3rd party expediting services.
• Liaise with field expediting suppliers to co-ordinate expediting visits.
• Receive, review and issue field expediting progress reports and update system accordingly.
• Review expediting reports to confirm status of orders, sub-orders and validate the agreed manufacturing schedules.
• Monitor the progress of receipt and return of supplier documentation.
• Notifying Supply Chain Manager of any potential schedule slippages.
• Negotiate improved delivery / recovery plans where required.
• Visit suppliers on request of the SCM and Material Manager on the project.
• Maintain an auditable file of all relevant purchasing documentation for each purchase order in relevant shared drive / area.
• Demonstrate commitment to safe working practices.
• Understands and lives Woods vision, values and behaviours.
• Understands and works to the Financial Management Framework

Working Relationships:
Internal: Supply Chain Manager, Materials Manager, Procurement teams, Vendor Document Expeditors, Field Expeditors and Quality
External: Foster successful relationship with 3rd party expeditors and suppliers
Level of Influence and Decision-Making Authority:

• Manage expediting strategy, reports and system updates. Liaise with quality / inspection team.
• Proactively identify and negotiate improvement opportunities with suppliers
• Ensure clear understanding of expediting processes and procedures ensure efficient and effective coordination of all field expediting activities to ensure minimum delay to order completion and inspection release dates.

Qualifications:
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.
Expected:

• Qualified to ISCED Level 4/5 (Post-Secondary non-tertiary/Short-Cycle tertiary)

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Minimum 7 years expediting experience demonstrating results
• Detailed knowledge of Suppliers, Manufacturing Schedules and Expediting.
• Detailed knowledge of terms and conditions of purchase/supplier obligations

Experience of:

• Previous experience in a similar level role
• Previous use of ERP's such as Maximo, Oracle, SAP
• Broad knowledge of Suppliers

Personal attributes:

• Detailed Knowledge of Materials & Document Expediting Practices
• Strong Team Player
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Adaptability and Problem-Solving Skills

Ability to:

• Work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Provide reports to senior management, as requested
• Delegate and coordinate tasks to colleagues

About Us:
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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