SHIPPING LEAD (MON-FRI 7AM - 3:45PM)

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Shipping Lead directs the shipping team and performs warehouse duties that include but are not limited to shipping; managing orders due daily to meet the required order ship date; and ensuring proper documentation and customer specific shipping requirements are met. This role is expected to offer depth and growth of responsibilities. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following: 

· Ensure on time and accurate shipping of all orders.

· Ensure that all orders are prepared and shipped to meet customer specific requirements.

· Utilize company software to create and schedule orders in accordance with delivery due dates.

· Maintain good housekeeping and organization in the shipping area.

· Verify all ISO processes and work instructions are current and being followed.

· Promotes a quality culture by demonstrating customer focus.

· Constructively interacts with internal customers

· Oversee the activities and performance of the shipping team.

· Liaise with other company functions as necessary.

· Drives the company’s vision and mission by reinforcing ethics, values and quality policies throughout their area of responsibility

· Other duties may be assigned

Requirements

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE and OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
• 2 years of prior warehouse experience AND at least 1 years of shipping lead experience
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs. at a time
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be PC literate (MS Office) and have strong data entry, organizational and interpersonal skills; Experience in P21 is preferred
• Ability to operate Barcode printers, handheld bar code scanners, high-speed/moving object scanning devices
• Ability to operate WMS systems (Lattitude), UPS and FEDEX World Wide Ship systems
• General problem solving/analysis capabilities
• Strong attention to detail and possesses sense of thoroughness
• Strong sense of urgency
• Ability to work with others in a team environment
• Ability to use time wisely and perform several tasks by prioritizing
• Ability to work overtime on a regular basis

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

· Occasionally sit, climb or balance

· Frequently required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl

· Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear 

WORK ENVIRONMENT: the employee is occasionally required to work in high, precarious places; may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions; extreme heat (non-weather); risk of electrical shock; the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts.