Shipping and Receiving Associate - 3rd Shift

Menasha Corporation•Ruffs Dale, PA

About The Position

The Shipping and Receiving Associate assembles orders and prepares goods for shipment, records shipment data such as weight, charges, and space availability, and completes shipping reports. The position primarily works third shift, from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. Occasional overtime, extended hours, or schedule adjustments may be required to meet business demands. The role coordinates shipping schedules and freight dispatch, prepares shipping labels and paperwork, verifies incoming and outgoing shipments, and works with production, carriers, drivers, and other stakeholders to ensure shipments are completed on time. It also supports shipment inventory tracking, resolves delivery issues, coordinates trailer movements, assists with waste tracking and disposal, and prepares reports as needed. The position primarily works in an office environment, with occasional time in a production or warehouse setting. It requires occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds and frequent walking and standing.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Four years of experience in shipping and receiving.
Knowledge of and ability to use and influence organizational policies, standards, and procedures guiding manufacturing processes.
Knowledge of strategies and tools for controlling and optimizing the factors between purchasing raw materials and delivering finished products.
Ability to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components.
Knowledge of considerations for managing local or distributed inventories of raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods.
Knowledge of processes, tools, and operational considerations for the efficient movement of goods and materials throughout the manufacturing cycle.
Knowledge of day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility.

Responsibilities

Communicate instructions to checker/loaders, contracted truck drivers, and OTR carriers.
Coordinate and execute shipping schedules and dispatch local freight shipments.
Create shipping labels from received paperwork and contact carriers to arrange shipments.
Compare identifying information and count, weigh, or measure incoming and outgoing items to verify them against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
Confer with managers to coordinate production lines and finished product.
Coordinate product completion and timely shipments by logging and inventorying shipments and maintaining a running shipment total.
Resolve incoming and outbound delivery issues with key stakeholders.
Examine outgoing shipments to ensure they meet specifications.
Examine incoming shipments, reject damaged items, record shortages, and correspond with shippers to rectify damage and shortages.
Coordinate trailer movements with the yard spotter.
Assist with waste tracking and disposal.
Prepare business reports as needed.
Maintain industry, professional, and technical knowledge.
Perform other duties as assigned.