Sourcing Expeditor

The Sourcing Expeditor is responsible for driving supplier execution and ensuring the timely delivery of materials, components, and services required to support New Product Introduction (NPI), production, and customer project schedules. This position serves as the primary liaison between suppliers and internal stakeholders, proactively identifying risks, resolving delivery challenges, and developing recovery plans to maintain critical project milestones.
This is a highly visible, supplier-facing role requiring extensive travel to supplier facilities to monitor production progress, validate schedule commitments, expedite critical orders, and support supplier performance improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working directly with suppliers to ensure schedule adherence and mitigate supply chain risks before they impact operations or customer commitments.

 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for supplier schedule execution and delivery performance.
• Conduct regular supplier visits to verify production status, monitor progress against commitments, and identify potential delivery risks.
• Drive recovery plans for late or at-risk materials through direct engagement with supplier management and operations teams.
• Escalate critical supply issues and coordinate corrective actions to protect project and production schedules.
• Facilitate priority changes and expedite requests based on business and customer requirements.
• Monitor supplier capacity, resource constraints, and operational challenges that could impact delivery performance.

• Partner with sourcing, engineering, quality, and project teams to support NPI program execution.
• Ensure supplier readiness and material availability to meet prototype, pilot, and production launch schedules.
• Monitor critical path components and proactively identify schedule risks that could impact NPI milestones.
• Support supplier development activities necessary to achieve launch readiness and delivery commitments.

• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key suppliers and supplier leadership.
• Conduct supplier business reviews focused on delivery performance, risk mitigation, and schedule adherence.
• Provide on-site support to suppliers to remove barriers impacting production and shipment schedules.
• Advocate for business priorities while fostering collaborative supplier partnerships.

• Support sourcing and purchasing teams by obtaining supplier order acknowledgments, validating delivery commitments, and ensuring supplier understanding of schedule requirements.
• Assist buyers in resolving schedule discrepancies, commitment changes, and supplier execution issues.
• Maintain accurate supplier status updates and communicate schedule changes to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate with suppliers to align delivery commitments with project and production requirements.

• Work closely with Sourcing, Project Management, Engineering, Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams to resolve supply chain challenges.
• Participate in project reviews and provide updates on supplier performance, delivery status, and identified risks.
• Support logistics and transportation efforts when expedited shipments are required to support business objectives.

• Identify supply chain risks before they impact production or customer delivery commitments.
• Develop and communicate mitigation plans for critical material shortages and supplier delays.
• Maintain reporting on supplier delivery performance, critical shortages, and schedule recovery efforts.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on supplier delivery reliability and operational performance.

• Supplier Relationship Management
• Schedule Recovery & Execution
• New Product Introduction (NPI)
• Manufacturing Processes
• Risk Identification & Mitigation
• Problem Solving
• Project Coordination
• Negotiation & Influence
• Accountability
• Continuous Improvement
• Executive Communication