Shipping and Receiving Manager

Atlas•Wichita, KS

About The Position

The Shipping and Receiving Manager provides work direction and supervision for shipping, receiving, and kitting employees. The role maintains the daily shipping log, marks parts, and packages parts for shipment to customers. This is a salaried, full-time position requiring sufficient hours to complete all job duties and reports directly to the Senior Director of Operations. The manager coordinates daily departmental work, monitors reports and performance metrics, supports shipping and inventory activities, and ensures employees are cross-trained. The position also performs departmental tasks when workloads require additional support, including kitting, shipping, receiving, packaging, posting purchase orders, completing inventory journals, building crates, operating a forklift, and unloading trucks. The role works in a shop environment and involves frequent use of hands, reaching, and talking or hearing. It may also involve standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds. Employees are occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and electrical-shock risk. The noise level is usually moderately loud.

Requirements

Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office.
Above-average organizational and multitasking skills.
MRP experience.
Ability to count parts to maintain accurate inventory control.
High school diploma or GED.
Knowledge of the company intranet, customer portals for ASN creation, third-party shipping companies, international shipping, the internet, Microsoft Office, forklift safety and training, and an MRP system.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Prior team management or end-of-line management skills, preferably in the aircraft field.
Some college.

Responsibilities

Provide work direction and supervision for shipping, receiving, and kitting employees.
Ensure employees are cross-trained for each function within the department.
Perform departmental duties when workloads require additional manpower, including kitting, shipping, receiving, packaging parts, posting purchase orders, transfer/P/L/counting journals, building crates, driving a forklift, and unloading trucks.
Run daily reports for each function and use them to determine when resources or priorities need to be shifted to ensure timely completion of departmental duties.
Track key metrics daily and report them during the daily line walk.
Update and approve hourly employees’ timesheets daily.
Ensure proof-of-delivery documents are scanned and saved daily.
Organize and coordinate daily departmental duties.
Coordinate with other departments to ship parts, tooling, or materials to vendors, customers, and internal work areas.
Ensure equipment is functional and shipping supplies are replenished.
Communicate with other departments to maintain the status of parts.
Pull parts for stock checks.
Ensure inventory cycle counts are completed and logs are printed and saved.
Remove parts from inventory when requested by inspection and complete transfer journals.
Take responsibility for the quality of work and implementation of the Quality Policy.
Continually review processes and supply purchases to identify workflow improvements or cost and time savings.
Perform other similar or related duties as necessary.
Stop any production order for quality or safety concerns.