Hybrid Logistics & Shipping Coordinator bei None

Summary

Verifies and keeps records on outgoing shipments and prepares items for domestic and international shipment by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following with other duties as assigned:

• Follows method of shipment via specified guidelines
• Creates pack slips, examines and coordinates with appropriate groups if pack slip has mistakes.
• Attends Dangerous Goods training and maintains active certificate. Follow DG guidelines to properly and legally ship DG items.
• Coordinates daily scheduling of shipment pickups.
• Examines outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications and determines correct packaging and filler to safely transport items. 
• Orders wooden crates as needed.
• Coordinates with QC for appropriate certificates and stamps needed on paperwork
• Assembles wooden or cardboard containers or selects preassembled containers.
• Inserts items into containers.
• Affixes shipping labels on packed containers, adds appropriate stickers and identifying shipping information to containers.
• Nails covers on wooden crates, bands cardboard crates as needed.
• Operates forklift, pallet jack or hand truck to move, convey, or hoist shipments to and from shipping area.
• Closes shipped pack slips by end of shift.
• Distributes shipment tracking information to appropriate groups and people by end of shift.
• Supports duties of Shipping and Logistics Lead and serves as a back up as necessary
• May occasionally be on-call

Supervisory Responsibilities 

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All external hiring is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and a criminal background check.

REQUIREMENTS

Education and/or Experience 

Position requires the equivalent of high school diploma.  This position requires 5+ years of shipping experience. Must be able to lift 40 lbs. Forklift training is preferred. Ability to drive company vehicles is preferred. 

Language Skills 

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  
• Ability to write simple correspondence.  
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Customer Orientation 

Must demonstrate concern and take actions to meet requirements and high standards of quality of both internal and external customers. Must display courtesy and sensitivity. Handle difficult situations. Meet commitments. Respond promptly to customer needs.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Typical manufacturing environment.