Projects Expeditor

5 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Howden Full time

The Big Picture:
Howden, a Chart Industries Company, is a global leader in air and gas handling products, services and solutions. Howden’s core focus is on providing quality solutions for air and gas handling, and have over a century of experience in doing so.

Howden MEA Projects Division is looking for an experienced Projects Expeditor responsible for monitoring the flow of work from supply procurement to product deliveries. This role will be improving the efficiency of supply delivery, ensuring communication between departments, maintaining production schedules and record project performance.

What needs to be done?
- Print and go through production schedules and project schedules to identify orders placed against jobs/projects and ensure that delivery takes place within the required project contractual time framework.
- Update production/procurement schedules to indicate completed orders thereby ensuring that completed orders are no longer tracked.
- Issue RFQ’s and obtain supplier quotes against project bills of material, when required.
- Conduct supplier progress assessments in order to identify problematic and good suppliers and initiate a corrective action process when necessary.
- Attend to production queries by identifying causes of procurement problems, in order to give feedback and recommend appropriate solutions and ensure that problems are resolved and do not escalate.
- Adhere to Howden environmental, health and safety standards to ensure that the company comply with relevant legislation and quality assurance management systems.
- Conduct suppliers’ audits on regular basis with QA
- Review and submit VO’s from supplier’s for approval by project team.
- Process AX orders with suppliers who meet the set criteria to ensure that orders are delivered on time and according to set standards.
- Receiving Forwarder’s Invoice, Issuing PO and submitting to Finance for payment release based on agreed payment term.
- SOX Compliance: Adhere to Sarbanes Oxley and AX controls.

What do you need to bring?
- Engineering/ Technical qualification
- 3 to 5 years’ experience in a purchasing and project management environment
- Good communication and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of logistics procedures.
- Expediting in a manufacturing environment
- Expediting in a projects environment
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings.

What will you get in return?

You will have the opportunity to work for a global engineering organization in a challenging and dynamic role with great development opportunities. We offer a competitive salary along with a great benefits package.

About us:
Worldwide business - Liaise with our colleagues in 27 countries.

We offer global and local opportunities
- 6000 employees and world leading engineers, who create cutting edge developments - You will be a part of over 160 years of innovation and development that continues today with our digital solutions. At Howden, we have a strong corporate identity and purpose - You will be a member of our team, shaping the future of the world and tackling some of the most pressing issues facing the planet.

Our products and organisation are Revolving Around You - Our culture promotes individual development to enhance our most important asset - our people.


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