Senior Expediting

Descripción general / **Responsabilidades**:
Wood is recruiting for a Senior Expediting & Logistics Engineer to join our Supply Chain Department in Madrid focus on Power Plants sector.

Key responsibilities:

- Responsible for all Expediting activities of the Contract with suppliers, to guarantee their fulfillment with contractual delivery dates
- Expedite and permanently monitor material purchasing, shop reception, and manufacturing activities and related schedules for suppliers and sub-suppliers
- Perform and lead regular meetings with suppliers, including those in presence of clients
- Anticipate unforeseen events on suppliers’ performance, sending an internal alert to Project Manager according to project circumstances
- Prepare and issue in monthly basis the equipment and materials’ status report, based on information compiled and validated from each supplier’s regular meetings or monthly report.
- Monitor, research and report the suppliers' performance against established criteria, including records on SRM system
- Lead suppliers’ loyalty plan and related activities
- New suppliers’ search and evaluation, based on established criteria
- Lead qualification processes for new potential suppliers
- Attend national and international trips to vendors workshops or site, according to projects and company needs
- Manage/monitoring all transports (imports/exports/domestic) & customs until destination
- Issuing all the required documents for the import and export of goods taking care of customs clearance and controlling the end-to-end process until final delivery of goods at site by sea, air, and land

Habilidades / Cualificación:

- Engineering degree, with a minimum of 7 years’ experience expediting projects, managing transports and suppliers, and their manufacturing schedules
- English and Spanish proficiency (mandatory)
- Proven International experience, dealing with multicultural environments
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills to deal with suppliers & their subcontractors
- Organizational and planning capability to attend and prioritize all tasks and regular meetings for suppliers' monitoring
- Knowledge of risks' management on contracts execution
- Teamwork skills for internal coordination with in-house project staff
- Availability and sense of responsibility to represent Wood in front of their clients’ representatives
- Capacity and commitment to self-control the man-hour budget established for the project
- Capability in technical drawings and specifications' interpretation
- Knowledge of scheduling and monitoring software (MS Project, Primavera)
- Experience staying in manufacturing workshops
- Experience with customs processes
- Experience in the execution of heavy lift/breakbulk shipments
- Proven capability for new suppliers’ search & preliminary evaluation
- Availability for national and international trips, and temporary assignment abroad/site
- Proactivity, adaptability, and problem-solving skills
- Leadership and decision-making
- Capability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Reporting to management
- Advanced level in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
- Prior knowledge of mechanical and heat transfer equipment, and experience expediting them, will be valued

Descripción de la compañía / Company Overview:
Declaración de Diversidad:
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.