Shipping and Receiving Technician

Bridgestone Corporation • Muscatine, IA

108d

About The Position

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a 'Bridgestone West' strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Requirements

• Typically requires a high school degree; or 1-2 year vocational training / associates degree.

Responsibilities

• Align and inspire teammate participation in all team related activities to include kaizen teams, safety teams, production teams.
• Responsible for timely shipment of all domestic and international orders.
• Execute the inventory cycle count program, including identifying, counting, reconciling and adjusting the on hand inventory.
• Understand shipping regulations for domestic and international shipments and prepare necessary documents for shipping.
• Understand regulations for the shipment of hazardous materials for domestic and international shipments.
• Use the ERP system to perform shipping, receiving and materials functions.
• Safely operate material handling equipment (Lifts, Jacks & Cranes, Fork Trucks).
• Use necessary power and hand tools to crate parts and equipment for damage-free shipments.
• Operate equipment used for shipping functions (i.e. electronic scale, postage meter, address and labeling machines).
• Ensure line driven safety goals and objectives are achieved.
• Work interdependently with other departments to meet or exceed internal and external customer process deliverables/expectations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain process standards and guidelines for plant expectations of key processes KPI's.
• Manage required resources to ensure optimization of the department budget.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED