Expediter plays a critical role in ensuring on-time material deliveries by establishing and maintaining positive relationships with vendors after Purchase Order is created, monitoring the orders delivery progress, resolving any issues, proactively following up to secure needed documents, and collaborating with both Vendors, Operations and Supply Chain teams to identify and address potential delivery delays.
Safety & Compliance Duties
• Places Safety as a true north, while never intentionally placing employees, our processes, customers, or the communities in which we live and work at risk.
• Will ensure that safety protocols are always adhered to.
Role Duties
Purchase Order Tracking Management:
• Tracks the issuance of POs done by the buyers and initiates communication with vendors to ensure adherence to commercial requirements, including schedule, document deliverables, and goods delivery.
• Initiates email correspondence with the vendors outlining expectations, requirements, and key contacts upon PO issuance.
• Oversees the order execution by periodically following up with vendors to confirm they are on track with the agreed-upon schedule and deliverables and providing necessary documents.
• Manages PO closeout, including verifying invoice payment, receipt of all deliverables, and proper system registration of received goods.
Vendor Management and Communication:
• Coordinates logistics with vendors and ADES Logistics (when necessary) as shipment approaches to guarantee a seamless pick-up and delivery of goods.
• Proactively addresses vendor issues, delays, or questions by working directly with them. When needed, escalate concerns internally to relevant ADES Teams (buyers, Procurement Managers, and other functions) to facilitate resolution and maintain vendor adherence to the schedule.
Process and Professional Development:
• Continuously strives to improve efficiency by proactively recommending, supporting, and implementing enhancements to expediting tools and systems.
• Demonstrates a willingness to take on projects and tasks in rotations that provide maximum learning and growth opportunities.
Reporting:
• Maintains detailed records and vendor status updates within designated reporting systems.
• Issues critical item reports weekly to summarize activities and status of orders.
Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum 0-2 years of experience preferably in the Oil & Gas field.
Delivering world-class drilling services
Headquartered in Al Khobar of Saudi Arabia, ADES owns and operates an elite portfolio of offshore and onshore rigs across the Middle East and Asia. We pride ourselves on providing safe, client-centric services through our world-class operational excellence programs and highly trained workforce. Our resilient business model and efficient cost structure have very well served our growth journey from humble beginnings as a single-string operation two decades ago, to the current industry-leading position as the world’s largest offshore drilling service provider.
We take care of our people, and in turn, our people take care of our valuable clients. At ADES, you are not a number in a list; you are the one who makes a difference each and every day.
At ADES, we provide industry-leading service to our customers and a people-first approach to our team members. Together, we can help drive a successful tomorrow in all that we do.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 0-2 years of experience, preferably in the oil and gas field
What We Do
ADES Group is a Saudi Arabia-headquartered energy and industrial company focused on oil and gas drilling and related oilfield services. Operating across multiple jurisdictions, the group serves the energy sector through its drilling activities and maintains a substantial workforce. ADES International functions as the group’s holding entity, while the wider organization operates through regional offices and branches across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
