Shipping & Receiving Lead

Shipping & Receiving Lead
Zenar Corporation
Oak Creek, WI
SUMMARY
Prepares orders for shipping, receives UPS, customer and vendor deliveries, among other things. Loads and unloads trucks according to established procedures and shipping regulations. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
SHIPPING

• Coordinates the processing of outgoing UPS shipments to the correct delivery or shipping destinations;
• Verifies and records all items loaded for shipments.
• Record data, such as weight, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
• Carefully and accurately maintain shipping records for requested categories, including goods returned.

RECEIVING

• Process incoming UPS shipments and distribute to the appropriate person/department in a timely manner.
• Receive goods and verify the quality and count of all items unloaded from trucks and trailers; Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy. Check against suppliers’ count and immediately report discrepancies to carriers and/or purchasing.
• Transport materials on shipping dock with a hand truck or forklift as needed.
• Deliver product to the proper inventory location, department, or personnel.
• Completes information on damage claims for in-transit damage.

WAREHOUSE

• General warehouse duties 
• Organize/maintain neat and orderly warehouse

BACK UP DRIVER 
Must be able to serve as a backup to the Driver, primarily:

• Plan and complete an efficient delivery and/or pick up route.
  • Confirm/schedule pick-up/drop off time with vendor/customer.
• Load/unload truck.
• Maintain basic records of truck mileage and deliveries/pick-ups made.
• Ensures truck receives basic service according to maintenance schedule

Required Skills/Abilities

• Provide direction and oversight of the Shipping and Receiving Assistant.
• Ability to use navigation tools such as onboard GPS, smartphone apps, and/or web-based or physical maps.
• Ability to multi-task. 
• Must be able to read and understand shipping paperwork.
• Ability to accurately sort, count, and verify items received.
• Basic understanding of dock and warehouse procedures.
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Job requires incumbent to be reliable, responsible, and dependable.
• Performs other duties as requested.
• Must be a certified Forklift driver or be able to become certified.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.  
• Ability to drive safely.
• Able to remain professional and courteous at all times. 

Education and Experience Requirements

• Previous supervisory experience.
• Two to five years of shipping and receiving experience required; 
• Must be able to work in and drive in a variety of weather conditions and temperatures.
• Must be able to access a variety of spaces by walking, squatting, and reaching.
• Must complete annual DOT exam with satisfactory results.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk or hear; 
Use hands to handle or touch objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. Performs repetitive motion of fingers, hands, wrists, arms, shoulders, and upper body while packing, unpacking, loading, and unloading shipped goods and printed inventory. Requires dexterity of fingers to gather and pack items for shipment and enter data into computer. Required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders. Lift 25 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds on occasion. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
 

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