Principal Expeditor

**Job Overview**:
The Principal Expeditor is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex expediting-related problems and will work independently with mínimal guidance. The Principal Expeditor may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of expediting. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in expediting as well as broad knowledge of the expediting discipline within the supply chain function.

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- Review purchase order delivery requirements to assure quality and project requirements are met
- Identify and understand levels of required expediting and actions workload to optimize material deliveries according to project schedule requirements and shop demands
- Include accurate and timely expediting of Purchase Orders and MTRs
- Complete consistent and timely updates to delivery dates in the Company system, and distribute weekly expediting reports to the Project Team and Suppliers
- Ensure Supplier’s timely delivery of all items on Purchase Orders to maintain Project schedule
- Work with procurement management to identify performance gaps and delays including engineering drawing delays, fabrication problems, delivery delays, sub-supplier management, and people resources
- Ensure expediting issues are being coordinated between the other departments, offices, fabrication, and construction teams to meet project requirements and deadlines
- Maintain and promote a focus on the company’s end-product whether procurement, engineering, fabrication, or construction related
- Ensure effective communications among procurement disciplines, clients, project teams, and suppliers
- Understand and consistent use expediting procedures as established in company policies

**Essential Qualifications and Education**:

- 10+ years of procurement experience
- Demonstrates knowledge of the expediting process as related to procurement
- Ability to effectively communicate to procurement personnel and non-procurement personnel
- Ability to work well with others

**Company Overview and Core Values**:
McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. For more than a century, customers have trusted McDermott to design and build end-to-end infrastructure and technology solutions—from the wellhead to the storage tank—to transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today.

At McDermott, we hold all employees accountable to follow our 5 core values.

Integrity - we maintain a firm adherence to legal and ethical conduct

One Team - we are one company, where everyone is equally important

Go Beyond - we seek courageous and creative solutions

Well-Being - we promote all forms of well-being

Commitment - we are reliable and dependable in delivering quality solution

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