POSITION TITLE: Shipping/Receiving Lead REPORTS TO: Purchasing Manager

DEPARTMENT: MILCOTS Shipping & Receiving LOCATION: Mahwah, NJ

FLSA: Non-Exempt SOC/EEO Code: 43-5071 / 5610

Job Description: Responsible for planning, implementing and managing our shipping and distribution using company ERP platform. Your main duty will be to ensure secure, accurate, timely and productive shipping and receiving processes. This is a hands-on shipping/receiving lead position. You will be responsible for various tasks such as packaging, verifying content for shipping, receiving packages, leading, managing and working alongside, other staff members.
Responsibilities:

• Plan and implement overall shipping strategy.
• Use shipping software to organize and prioritize shipping activities.
• Oversee the whole shipping receiving process.
• Suggest solutions for process optimization.
• Inspect labels and barcodes.
• Build and maintain professional relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders (such as co-workers, vendors, purchasing manager, suppliers etc.)
• Identify shipping issues and implement solutions in a timely manner.
• Determine storage areas for incoming shipments and allocate appropriate space within the inventory area.
• Assist in physically moving incoming items to designated storage areas and supervise storage activities.
• Match order information with information on picked items to ensure conformity.
• Operate lifts to pick heavy boxes and transport them to shipping/storage areas.
• Assist in loading and unloading trucks and determining safe ways of stacking items on the truck and retrieving items in a safe manner.
• Record damaged or defective items and replace them according to company policies.
• Handle returns and exchanges by ensuring reverse distribution processes are followed properly.
• Ensure all incoming and outgoing shipments are properly labeled and correlating documents are available with each shipment.
• Select the method of consignment utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures, routes and rates.
• Arrange for a carrier vehicle or pickup.
• Post weight and shipment charges.
• Maintain files of shipping records.
• Trace missing or lost shipments.
• Assemble wood and cardboard containers or pick pre-assembled containers.
• Train fellow co-workers as needed.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• High School diploma required, Associates degree or greater a plus. 5 years of shipping and receiving experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of logistics operations and shipping procedures and documents.
• Knowledge of international shipping requirements and documentation.
• Knowledge of Customs requirements and documentation.

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• Hands on experience with ERP shipping and distribution software
• Stress management skills dealing with demanding timelines and customer specific shipping procedures.
• Good leadership skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Team player.
• Good time-management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• ISO 9100 and/or AS 9100 experience desired.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to read and write manufacturing processes and instructions and interpret and follow basic instructions.
• Ability to manage production requirements and additional projects and responsibilities.

Skills:

• Ability to troubleshoot
• Good judgement and decision-making skills
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Operate forklift, preferred
• General warehouse knowledge
• Attention to detail a must
• Organized and self-motivated

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
United States Citizen or Permanent Resident required

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust and focus.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

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Human Resources Date

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Preferred)

Work Location: One location