Shipping and Receiving Associate

Job Title: Shipping/Receiving Clerk

Shift: 2-10pm, Mon-Fri

Work Days/Hours:  5 days a week @ 40 hours.  The 2nd shift hours are  2-10pm. There will be training on 1st shift from 8-4 until associate is ready to work on their own.

Position Overview:

Assist in the achievement, and act in support of the company goals with respect to Shipping and Receiving department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Shipping:

• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.

• Assembles wooden or cardboard containers or selects preassembled containers; inserts items into containers using spacers, fillers, and protective padding.

• Stamps, stencils, or glues identifying information and shipping instructions onto crates or containers.

Receiving:

• Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and forwards information to sales or purchasing to contact the shipper to rectify damages and shortages.

• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.

• Forward the incoming paperwork with the actual counts to the office.

• Routes items to inspection with incoming paperwork attached.

Requirements / Expectations:

• TOP PRIORITY is to make every effort to maximize quality, efficiency and profitability within the organization.

• MAINTAIN standards including attendance, appearance and behavior.

• MAINTAIN a self-development program and strive toward continued career growth.

• MEET the highest personal and professional standards.

• PERFORM miscellaneous responsibilities necessary for efficient department performance.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Desire to own decisions and take responsibility for outcomes.

• Knowledge of arithmetic.

• Ability to use measurement tools and counting scales.

• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language.

• ISO 9000 procedures and protocol.

• Safety procedures and protocol.

• Gives full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate time.

• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.

Education and Experience:

• Technical or High School degree.

Responsibility and Decision Making Authority:

• Perform the tasks and duties of the position with minimal supervision.

Working Hours:

• Must be flexible and have ability to work hours as dictated by priorities.

Working Environment:

• Manufacturing environment.

Tools and Equipment Used:

• Scale, hand truck, pallet truck, and forklift trucks.