Warehouse and Shipping Coordinator

Warehouse and Shipping Coordinator Position Description: The Warehouse and Shipping Coordinator guides overall operations in the Warehouse. The Coordinator is responsible for overseeing a wide variety of warehouse activities including shipping and receiving of finishing and/or finished goods and maintaining inventory and associated records.  The position is a Position Level (PL) 5.   Reporting: The position reports to the Warehouse Manager     Duties and Responsibilities: Major areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to: Facilitate best practices in the area of safety, health, and housekeeping of the department.  Coordinate daily equipment maintenance. Work with area managers to plan, schedule, and execute production and maintenance activities Work with the department manager to execute the policies and goals of the department Work with paper machine, finishing, and customer service team members to meet customer order requirement and to ensure smooth operations between the groups. Cross-train in other disciplines. Learn all customer service jobs. Setup layout & space management; procedures such as SOP, 5s. Manage stock control and ensure inventory accuracy, including: storage, retrieval and timely delivery of goods; shipment loading & transferring; document recording and data entry into system. Constantly plan out all warehouse resources and activities in relation to company objectives and set targets. Create / implement plans to assist development and training of work force. Implement cost reduction principle in all aspects of warehouse transactions and activities. Manage and minimize carrier delays and demurrage. Manage the Returns and Diversions page. Work with Logistics to keep costs to serve down. Best Mode of transportation. Filing and Records keeping of shipping documents. Generate daily customer service report.   Skills and Specifications: Ability to act decisively Excellent people engagement skills.  Ability to motivate workforce. Patience and good judgment Demonstrated ability to drive for results Experienced warehouse and shipping background preferred but not required Excellent organizational skills Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills required Working knowledge of PPR Omega and willingness to learn and utilize and new MES system Experience dealing with Carriers   Education and Qualification: University degree in industrial engineering, business management, logistics, supply chain or process engineering preferred but not required.