JOB SUMMARY

Leads and directs daily activities of the shipping department, including productivity, quality, service, and on-time delivery in a safe and efficient manner, ensuring customer requirements and organization goals are achieved.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

• Ensures all work is performed in a safe, clean, productive environment. Promotes safety and housekeeping by following established safety rules and procedures.

• Manages and coordinates daily activities for all three shifts in the shipping department.

• Works closely with customer service department, production planning, finishing, accounting and sales to ensure full customer satisfaction.
  • Manages all warehouse space to best service of our customers
  • Manages baled waste contracts for better return and prices
  • Manages Returned Goods process
  • Manages inventory with the assistance of the sales team in customer locations
  • Works closely with customer service to maintain integrity specific to shipping bill of lading process

• Ensures that trucks are scheduled to the best efficiency, keeping in mind freight costs and ship to locations when coordinating the preparation of the daily shipping schedule.
  • Schedules deliveries 24 hours/per day seven days a week per customer demands.
  • Cost analysis for all deliveries and customer pick-ups
  • Maintains relationship with contracted truckers for best rates

• Organizes teams to guarantee loads are checked for correct quantities, weight, and quality of loads.
• Guarantees that lift drivers maintain up to date training, coaches and facilitates the shipping team for better efficiency.
• Maintains the integrity of finished goods inventory inside the facility and in outside warehouses. Works closely with accounting and customer service to ensure accuracy of data. Responsible for tracking inventory.
• Maintains and keeps current the overall knowledge of costs associated with the shipping department.
• Manages costs relative to pallet expenses.

WORK ENVIRONMENT and PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The work environment characteristics and physical requirements described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

• Environment
  • Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts
  • Noise level in the work environment is generally loud
• Physical Requirements
  • Regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Education, Skills and Experience

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Previous shipping experience required.
• Prior experience in the corrugated packaging industry preferred.
• Two years of supervisory experience preferred.
• Action oriented
• Customer Focused
• Developing Direct Reports
• Integrity and Trust
• Managerial Courage
• Organizational Skills
• Business Acumen
• Communications

Other Duties

Note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.