Job description

Shipping Specialist

Basic Scope/Purpose:

Responsible for ensuring a high level of customer service by accurately packaging finished product into inventory, ensuring inventory accuracy, and the timely movement of product.

Principal Accountabilities:

Shipping and Warehousing

• Accurately count, package, and label finished goods and work-in-process, per order and customer specifications.
• Accurately prepare shipments and Purchase Orders to outside service vendors.
• Prepare material for shipment, per provided company and customer instructions.
• Coordinate with Carriers on the pickup, transportation and delivery of goods to customers.
• Accurately maintain lot integrity of all products.
• Safely operate all equipment including pallet wrap equipment, forklifts, and walkies.
• Follow all safety procedures including lifting techniques and limits
• Execute receiving functions, including chemicals.
• When practical, adheres to FIFO (first in, first out) when putting finished goods in stock and removing from stock
• Execute cycle counts to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Accurate completion of all inventory transactions.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Receiving

· Receive raw material from suppliers

· Inspect material to ensure it matches the PO and vendor certification

· Enter raw material receipts into our ERP system in an accurate and timely manner

· Issue correct raw material and trace information to manufacturing work orders per the department procedures.

· Maintain material traceability during storage and issues

· Complete inventory count verification on request.

Environmental, Health & Safety

• Collaborate with Shipping Team Lead to ensure operations are compliant with all safety & environmental requirements.
• Drive safety culture with pro-active hazard identification and communication to Management.
• Take personal responsibility for keeping yourself, co-workers and visitors free from injury by participating in and/or conducting risk assessments, workplace inspections, corrective actions and safety observations.
• Reinforce safety margins through active participation in incident investigations, corrective actions managed shift changes, toolbox talks, pre-tasking, STOP WORK, and task scanning.
• Maintain work area in a neat and orderly fashion and keep equipment in proper working condition.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Results oriented; high levels of personal initiative, energy, and ownership.
• Expertise in shipping and warehouse operations
• Strong service ethic; understands and embraces service relationship with internal and external customers; highly collaborative work style.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work equally well with peers and superiors.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.
• Good judgment and decision-making ability

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE.

• 1-3 years of Warehousing experience, including forklift operation, preferred.
• Experience managing inventory and cycle counting
• Experience with using ERP system to make inventory transactions and shipments
• Prior transportation and logistics experience preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person