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**About Livent**:Livent powers the things that power our lives. From the revolution in electric vehicle batteries and mobile devices to the strong, lightweight alloys and advanced polymers that take innovation further, we harness lithium technology to help the world move forward—cleaner, healthier and more sustainably.

For nearly eight decades, we’ve been harnessing lithium’s potential to change the energy landscape. We are a pioneer in the lithium industry and have a rich history of breakthrough innovations and industry achievements, including partnering with Sony Corporation to develop the first ever Lithium-ion battery for commercial use.

Today, Livent builds on our heritage and is a global leader in the lithium industry with a differentiated product offering, proven track record and sustainability profile. Our customer portfolio includes some of the most dynamic companies in the world, including Tesla, and BMW Group.

Our customers look to us to meet the most demanding technical requirements, drawing upon our strengths in R&D with our advanced engineering capabilities, industry-leading materials science expertise, fully integrated global supply chain, and passion for continuous improvement and excellence.

Together, we work to safely and sustainably convert lithium’s potential into commercial progress, driving not only incremental improvements and also next generation, transformative opportunities.

For customers at the forefront of the once in a generation shift in how the world powers itself - and the fight against climate change - Livent is the lithium technology partner that’s leading the way.

**Position Summary**:The primary objective is to ensure Livent has the equipment, supplies and inventory needed to meet schedule and production requirements. High level responsibilities are to confirm, track, and eliminate barriers for on time material delivery. This position involves working across multiple functions internally and externally; locally and globally. You will be expected to facilitate communication between OEMs, suppliers, buyers, Project Managers, Engineers, Logistics, Shipping & Receiving, and Accounts Payable teams. You will be expected to work with suppliers to understand the status of supplies and problem-solve to reduce the impact of late shipments all while ensuring quality standards and regulatory requirements are met.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Work with the capital project teams and operations to monitor status of equipment and supply deliveries, assess vendors, and ensure delivered materials meet quality standards
- Expedite materials & documentation on a daily basis from vendors based on project deliverables and operational needs.
- Track supplier milestones.
- Communicate with suppliers, including on-site visits as necessary, to determine expected delivery dates and inform Project Managers and operations leaders of potential delays.
- Research receipts & receiving documents to determine status of incoming shipments.
- Forecast & determines cause of delays and suggests possible corrections.
- Initiate action to remedy situations within scope of authority.
- Resolve receiving issues between project sites, forwarder & suppliers.
- Monitor project delivery timelines, check work quality against company requirements and specifications and ensure compliance with regulations
- Collaborate with Project Managers and operations leaders for updates on delivery timelines

**Supervisory Responsibility**:No

**Education and Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Procurement or a related field. Will consider 5 or more years of related experience in lieu of degree.
- Minimum 2 years related experience as an Expeditor or in related fields such as Inventory Management, Procurement, Logistics or Production Planning
- SAP experience preferred
- Fluent in English and Spanish

**Knowledge and Skill Requirements**
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Skilled in negotiation and customer service.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail with high regard for data accuracy.

**Competencies**
- Action Oriented
- Self-Motivated
- Customer Focus
- Functional/Technical Skills
- Organized and strong attention to detail
- Priority Setting
- Problem Solving
- Drive for Results

**Physical Demands**:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, d