Senior Shipping Coordinator
Elbit America•Choctaw, MS
About The Position
The Senior Shipping Coordinator coordinates the shipping and receiving department to process and move incoming and outgoing products and materials. The role ensures accurate and timely packaging, transportation, receipt, distribution, and storage of products and materials, both internally and externally. It provides work leadership and training to shipping personnel, coordinates department operations and schedules, supports manufacturing needs, and oversees compliant and safe handling of shipments and hazardous materials.
Requirements
- Associate's degree and 3–4 years of relevant work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated administrative and organizational skills sufficient to perform the role's responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Provide work leadership and training to shipping personnel to support accurate and timely processing and movement of incoming and outgoing products and materials.
- Coordinate identification, counting, and weighing of incoming and outgoing products and materials for packaging, distribution, or storage, ensuring applicable military, customs, state, federal, and customer regulations are met.
- Lay out daily operations and create work sequences and schedules, setting priorities and adjusting to production schedule changes.
- Schedule and plan the release or storage of materials to support manufacturing production schedules.
- Recommend work schedules and overtime requirements to meet established or special time frames for moving products and materials.
- Provide data for reports, operating costs, and results as requested.
- Ensure accurate processing of paperwork, including bills of lading, invoices, damaged goods records, material requisitions, and labor time records.
- Evaluate progress against schedules and quality of output, and design workflow changes to increase productivity.
- Enforce safety rules and regulations.
- Maintain liaison with other departments and provide progress reports on product and material movement as needed.
- Participate in the selection, training, and development of shipping staff; assign work for efficient personnel utilization and review activities to assure quality performance.
- Ensure the safe handling and disposal of hazardous materials and waste.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
