Material Expeditor Manager
Aep
Columbus, OHPosted Discovered via the company's careers siteMatch locked
Full time8+ years exp
Job Posting End Date
10-11-2026 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
The Material Expeditor Manager is the subject matter expert within the material expediting function, providing enterprise level leadership for the assurance of timely delivery of mission critical, high risk, and long lead materials. This role serves as the primary escalation point for complex delivery challenges impacting major projects, outages, regulatory commitments, and operational reliability.
The Material Expeditor Manager establishes expediting standards, governs performance metrics, leads complex recovery efforts, and partners with Purchasing, Category Management, Logistics, Operations, and suppliers to mitigate risk and protect business schedules. While this role does not have direct people management responsibility, it provides functional leadership, mentorship, and technical direction across the material expeditor community.
Job Description
Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do!
Enterprise Expediting Leadership
- Serve as the enterprise escalation authority for critical, high impact material delivery risks affecting projects, outages, and operational commitments.
- Lead recovery efforts for the most complex and schedule critical materials, including executive level supplier escalations.
- Provide expert guidance on expediting strategy, prioritization, and risk mitigation across business units.
Strategic Supplier & Logistics Oversight
- Drive senior level engagement with suppliers to resolve systemic delivery issues, capacity constraints, and promise date reliability gaps.
- Lead development and execution of recovery plans involving multimodal, international, or specialized logistics solutions.
- Partner with Purchasing and Category Management to influence contract language, delivery terms, and service level expectations.
Governance, Metrics & Performance Management
- Establish and maintain enterprise expediting standards, escalation protocols, and standard work.
- Own and govern expediting performance metrics, including on time delivery (OTD), past due reduction, promise date accuracy, days late, and premium freight utilization.
- Analyze trends and provide insights to inform sourcing strategies, supplier performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Cross Functional & Executive Collaboration
- Represent the expediting function in enterprise governance forums, major project reviews, and outage readiness meetings.
- Partner closely with Purchasing, Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Logistics, and Site Materials teams to align priorities and protect schedules.
- Communicate delivery risk, mitigation plans, and status updates clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders.
Capability Building & Continuous Improvement
- Serve as a mentor and technical authority for Associate, Analyst, Senior, and Principal Material Expeditors.
- Develop training materials, playbooks, and best practices to strengthen expediting capability across the organization.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives, including digital enablement, supplier collaboration tools, and process standardization.
What We're Looking For:
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in related field of study + 8 years of relevant work experience.
(Or) In lieu of Bachelor's degree must possess an Associate's degree in related field of study, and a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
(Or) In lieu of Associate's degree must possess a High School Diploma or equivalent, and a minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience.
Additional Expectations:
- Demonstrated success leading complex recovery efforts for high risk, long lead, or mission critical materials.
- Proven ability to influence outcomes across multiple business units without direct authority.
Skills & Competencies:
- Expert knowledge of expediting practices, logistics, and supplier performance management.
- Advanced proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and expediting analytics.
- Strong executive communication, problem solving, and decision making skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in high pressure, schedule critical environments.
What You'll Get:
Expected Salary Range
$118,000.00-$128,000.00 (USD)
Compensation Grade
SP20-009
Compensation Range
$116,255.00 - $151,132.50
The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S - Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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