What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping Clerk position at assaabloy?
Starting rate: $17 - $18 per hour depending on experience.
Job Summary
This position is required to manage, organize and ensure efficient daily outbound shipments to customers. This requires the incumbent to plan, organize daily demand shipment requirements, arrange logistics, ensure all associated shipping documents, and to coordinate the warehouse packaging associates for efficient on time delivery as well as minimize and reduce costs where possible. Continual and effective communication and coordination with department personnel, manufacturing leadership, sales and customer service teams is essential. Incumbent must be able to use good judgement to determine best possible solutions for different situations that may arise. The Shipping Clerk will champion quality and safety as a foundation of their role and coordination efforts. In addition, this position may require MRO purchasing functions to support warehouse and plant requirements as needed.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinating shipments with logistics, execute shipment entries, and ensuring proper shipping documentation and tracking – 50%
- Supervising shipping and warehouse employees to ensure orders are packaged properly per sales order and carrier requirements – 25%
- Follow up with warehouse and production on orders daily to help ensure on time delivery – 15%
- Assist with daily production planning 5%
- MRO purchasing - 5%
Education and Experience Profile
- High school diploma or GED certificate.
- APICS certification desired.
Required Skills
- Computer Literacy – 5 years
- Planning skills- 3 to 5 years
- Organizing skills- 3 years
- Purchasing skills- 1year
- Logistics & transportation – 1 year
- Supervisory skills – 1 year
- MAS or enterprise software skills -1 year
- Strong communication skills- 1 year
Preferred Skills
- Warehouse Management skills
- Human relations skills
- Mathematical skills
- Import/export skills
- Negotiation skills
Work Environment:
Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment.
The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
ASSA Abloy is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.
As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.
As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.
Salary : $17 - $18
