Shipping / Warehouse Job Description
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Shipping / Warehouse Job Description
- Receives Merchandise Transfers
- Receives Chargebacks for merchandise returns
- When working in an area other than a main warehouse
- May be required to have a valid drivers license and operate types of trucks with rated capacities up to and including one ton in hauling cargo within Government installations and over public roads
- Support Environmental Health & Safety for the facility, following all current policies and procedures and making an effort to improve the Environmental Health and Safety performance of our facility
- To provide all departments with needed materials in a timely manner
- To move, locate and stage all finished goods, raw materials, work in process and supplies to the warehouse or manufacturing departments, in a neat and orderly fashion, that prevents damage or contamination
- Properly identifying material with Handling Unit (HU) and skid tags and verifying tags match material
- Material must be properly located and/or moved physically electronically
- To document all material and supply transactions accurately, manually and electronically
- Above average skills in a multi-tasking environment and computer knowledge
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team in a professional manner
- Strong general knowledge of shipping and receiving tasks
- Strong knowledge of retail shipping compliance for apparel retailers such as Kohl’s, Wal-Mart, Target
- 3 to 5 years working experience in Distribution Center operations, in a 3PL environment
- Must be capable of sitting, standing and walking for extended periods (at least two hours straight, four times in an 8-hour day)
Shipping / Warehouse Job Description
- Manage 3 functional areas with Supervisor and lead support in each
- Provide a central source for all information pertaining to inventory in each storage location, space used and space available in each location, and traceability of material movement through each location
- Oversee the WMS operation in the south Building at PBM
- Oversee the shipping/receiving department at D-dock
- Oversee the receiving and paper warehousing at A-dock
- Highly mechanically inclined, previous experience running machines
- Assumes responsibility for the maintenance of Warehouse facilities
- Continually enforces productivity standards
- Assigns and coordinates personnel, scheduling to ensure workload is done efficiently
- Approves E-Time/Payroll records
- Ability to move product, supplies, and boxes up to and over 75 lbs
- Ability to work on Saturdays or OT hours on short notice
- Ability to meet minimum individual production standards
- Ability to meet minimum quality standard
- Forklift experience preferred but will also operate Order Picker, Reach Truck and Counterbalance
- Strong computer skills is a must
Shipping / Warehouse Job Description
- Oversees, completes, and ensures accuracy of departmental work in conformance with policies and procedures
- Ensure correct shipment of international shipments including verification of HTS codes
- Develop cooperative mindset amongst employees and other departments
- Confer with other departments to ensure coordination of other functions such as production, purchasing, quality, and project management to ensure timely and accurate reception and shipment of material
- Oversee weekly cycle counts and coordinates with other department heads to ensure accurate and timely completion thereof
- Total responsibility of day-to-day shipping, receiving, and warehouse operations
- Ability to introduce improvements and strategies and possess sense of urgency and a proactive customer service philosophy
- Self-motivated driven well organized and customer focus
- Ability to train and develop employees and track performance against company objectives
- Exceeding bagging line efficiencies above established standards
- PC savvy
- Minimum 6 months to 1 year of customer service experience
- Check in all incoming drivers and assign them a dock at the customer's facility
- Track all trailers in the yard and provide status updates to the external facilities
- Assist them with any requests they have of us
- Bachelor degree in logistics, business or similar
Shipping / Warehouse Job Description
- Review tasks and objectives of the current day and review previous day’s performance
- Determine resources required to meet daily output objectives, monitor and prioritize daily workload and direct staff of both regular full time and temporary staff
- Identify shortfalls and bottlenecks with the goal to improve processes and increase efficiency while reducing waste
- Ensure late orders, backorders and production orders are looked after daily to reduce financial risk
- Review the financial KPIs on a monthly basis for the area and work towards adherence of budget and control of expenses
- Monitor employee progress in achieving assigned objectives and coaches or corrects as required
- Manages material handler and packers at the parcel and pallet lines
- Participate in weekly Gemba walks and take ownership for Gemba activities in the work area
- Integrate 5S activities into the daily work flow and processes
- Keep log files for machine inspections updated and report problems
- Must be physically capable of standing/walking the service parts floor for 8+ hour shifts
- Must be able to work overtime, including some weekends
- Working knowledge/experience in distribution/logistics environment required
- Ability to work with a team or as an individual
- Additional related facility management training preferred
- Moderate exposure to noise level in the work environment that is moderate to occasionally loud
Shipping / Warehouse Job Description
- Work with DC Manager and fellow Supervisors, as part of the wider Louisville Management team, to create & maintain an effective, safe, and enjoyable work environment for all employees
- Effectively utilise available resource to ensure that external and internal customer orders are consistently and accurately completed
- Maintain a continued focus on improving on-time in full dispatch (OTIF %) of orders to all customers
- Contribute to a site-wide focus on quality
- Actively drive the training & development of team members to create a multi-skilled team capable of supporting each other in completing all functional tasks
- Conduct regular reviews with all team members focused on performance objectives and also personal development
- Liaise with Sales/CSRs across AMERS region to ensure Customer needs and continually met
- Utilize own expertise & experience to resolve problems
- Proactively Identify and implement functional improvements - process, system and data - in line with the Company’s objectives
- Represent the Company in a professional & appropriate manner in all situations
- Experience in a laboratory, biotech manufacturing, or other applicable field
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience with Federal, State and Local safety regulations required including DOT and OSHA
- Forklift License and Experience required
- Knowledge of International Logistics and/or Incoterms will be very helpful
- Experience with HTS Classification for customs clearance
- Knowledge of storage, record keeping, customs, and inventory methods