Shipping and Receiving Clerk - 1st Shift

Multi-Color Corporation Recruiting • Provo, UT

7d

About The Position

The Shipping and Receiving Clerk is the primary point of contact for incoming and outgoing drivers. The role involves completing accurate paperwork, maintaining schedules, and providing information to internal and external contacts. The clerk verifies and records incoming and outgoing shipments, unloads received shipments, and prepares items for shipment. The position also includes handling shipping documentation, coordinating freight pickups, moving materials, and supporting inventory and equipment upkeep.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to operate a forklift and pallet jack.
• Ability to read and interpret documents accurately, write routine reports and correspondence, and speak effectively with customers and other associates.
• Ability to calculate figures using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and apply basic algebra concepts.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
• Ability to address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including standing, frequent walking, using hands and fingers, reaching, and occasionally climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability to regularly lift or move up to 25 pounds, frequently up to 45 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds; the description also states that the employee must be able to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision sufficient for close, distance, peripheral, and color vision, depth perception, and adjusting focus.

Responsibilities

• Pull customer orders and prepare related shipping documents accurately and promptly.
• Prepare skids or pallets for shipping and stretch-wrap completed skids.
• Unload raw materials from trucks in a timely manner.
• Unpack and examine incoming shipments, reject damaged items, record shortages, and correspond with shippers to resolve damages and shortages.
• Route items to departments.
• Scan material into the computer system using a scan gun and load tags.
• Operate a forklift or use a hand truck to move shipments from shipping and receiving platforms to storage or work areas.
• Compare identifying information and count, weigh, or measure incoming and outgoing items to verify them against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
• Prepare and route incoming and outgoing articles for shipment to their final destination or placement in MCC inventory according to established specifications.
• Determine shipment methods.
• Schedule freight carriers for pickups.
• Complete manifest paperwork for shipments.
• Coordinate with the Customer Service department.
• Affix shipping labels to packed cartons.
• Pick inventory items released for shipment from Work in Progress and Inventory.
• Maintain an inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
• Assist in maintaining equipment for optimal operation, including adjustments and preventative maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with established facility safety policies and procedures.
• Treat associates respectfully and professionally while maintaining the company code of ethics.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays, including New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and two floating holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED