About us
Damen Naval offers you a career that is challenging, exciting and fun in equal measure. The Naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group is established in Vlissingen and in Schiedam. It is a company with more than 850 professionals, and a rich tradition of naval shipbuilding, its original roots stem back more than 150 years. For more than 50 years Damen Naval has been the dedicated shipbuilder for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Based on decades of accumulated experience, Damen Naval offers navies worldwide a broad range of defence and security vessels, ranging from 7m to more than 200m in length. Damen Naval is the only supplier of naval vessels in the Netherlands. Damen Naval has delivered more than 420 vessels to satisfied customers all over the world and have has earned a reputation for excellence along the way. While taking pride in heritage, Damen Naval is also looking towards the future. Are you ready for duty?
The role
As Desk Expeditor at Damen Naval you will be responsible for ensuring that internal stakeholders meet the agreed delivery dates.
Key accountabilities
As Desk Expeditor, you will:
- Proactively monitor, expedite, and report performance regarding delivery times for both internal documents as vendor data to ensure timely delivery.
- Act as point of contact for internal related document and vendor data issues for different sub-projects.
- Coordinate between Engineering and Purchasing departments.
- Initiate alignment between planning, engineering, and expediting.
- Initiate mitigating actions in case of (expected) overrun of delivery times.
- Report on status and progress.
- The Desk Expeditor functionally reports to the Project manager Engineering or his delegate.
Skills & experience
As Desk Expeditor, you need to have:
- Bachelor degree in a Logistical discipline and at least two years of relevant work experience in a technical, logistic and/or production environment.
- Experience with and knowledge of planning methods and understanding of Engineering processes
- A profile as proven team player with strong negotiation/communication skills and assertiveness in combination with an independent, well structured, and hands-on mentality.
- You have excellent Dutch and English communication skills in writing and spoken.
- Excellent antecedents because a pre-employment security screening is a standard part of the recruitment procedure.
- Permanent multiyear EU citizenship combined with permanent EU work visa are all requirements of the recruitment process for viable candidates, given the military nature of clients and projects.
What we offer
At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. To that end, we invest in all our employees by offering:
- A technology and innovation focused, dynamic, international work environment.
- A competitive salary package and other benefits.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities within a diverse and rewarding work environment.
- An active social environment in terms of business culture, events & sports.
Other
Are you interested in the position of Desk Expeditor and do you recognise yourself in the job description? Please respond directly via the Damen Career Portal.
For more information about the vacancy, Damen Naval or the application process, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Career Portal or call the Corporate Recruitment department on +31 (0)118- 485 000.
Damen Naval does not approve of commercial, contractor and/or agency acquisition or commercial use of this advertisement. Proposing candidates without invitation is not appreciated and will not be considered.