Quality Auditor and Vendor Expeditor at Western Development Company Limited (WDCL)

Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) is an independent limited liability company, established in Nigeria for over 13 years ago. WDCL is the sole representative of various overseas companies in the fields of Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical/Electronic Engineering.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Quality Auditor and Vendor Expeditor

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time
Function: Supply Chain Quality and Assurance
Reports to: Quality Manager / Procurement Manager
Supervises: Audit team members or inspection coordinators, as assigned

Role Purpose

• Provide independent, risk-based quality audits and proactive vendor expediting to ensure suppliers comply with contractual quality requirements and deliver materials, equipment, and documentation in line with the project schedule.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop audit and expediting plans based on supplier criticality, manufacturing complexity, quality risk, and required-on-site dates.
• Review purchase orders, vendor quality plans, manufacturing schedules, ITPs, suborders, document registers, and inspection assignments.
• Conduct supplier QMS, process, product, and project-specific audits; record objective evidence and classify findings consistently.
• Monitor engineering submissions, material procurement, subvendor progress, fabrication, testing, preservation, packing, and shipping readiness.
• Verify that quality hold points, source inspections, FATs, NDT, certifications, and inspection releases are completed before dispatch.
• Identify schedule and quality risks early, validate recovery plans, and escalate slippage, capacity constraints, unresolved NCRs, or document gaps.
• Facilitate root-cause analysis and track supplier corrective actions to effective closure.
• Issue concise visit reports, audit reports, milestone forecasts, exception lists, and expediting dashboards with evidence-based status.
• Coordinate procurement, engineering, logistics, inspection, and vendor teams so materials and final documentation arrive together and are acceptance-ready.

Key Performance Measures

• Reports issued accurately and on schedule.
• Source-to-dashboard reconciliation and data completeness.
• Actionable trends identified before major impact.
• Reduction in manual reporting effort and duplicate data.
• Stakeholder use and acceptance of quality insights.

Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or HND in Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, or a related discipline.
• Typically 7 or more years of quality auditing, supplier quality, vendor inspection, procurement quality, or expediting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to audit QMS/processes and to evaluate realistic manufacturing progress beyond reported percentages.
• Strong knowledge of vendor documentation, inspection release, FAT, preservation, packing, logistics, and final data-book requirements.
• Excellent interviewing, negotiation, analytical reporting, and stakeholder-escalation skills.

Preferred Certifications and Standards Knowledge:

• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification is strongly preferred.
• Relevant technical inspection certification (CSWIP, API, ASNT/ISO 9712, AMPP/NACE) is advantageous for assigned commodities.
• Professional procurement, quality, or engineering membership is desirable.

Core Competencies:

• Risk-based auditing.
• Manufacturing-schedule verification.
• Supplier corrective-action management.
• Quality-gate and inspection-release control.
• Clear forecasting and executive escalation.

Reporting and Interfaces 

• Internal interfaces: Quality, procurement, engineering, inspection, planning, logistics, construction, and document control teams.
• External interfaces: Suppliers, subvendors, third-party inspectors, freight providers, clients, certification bodies, and testing laboratories.

Application Closing Date
31st July, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online