Shipping Clerk

LSI Industries, Inc. • Cranston, RI

23h • $17 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

Ensures finished products are packaged and stored in a safe and quality-assured manner and prepared to be shipped to meet consumer needs. Prepares items for shipment by performing the following duties to quality and productivity standards.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Organizational Skills.
• Technical Capacity.
• Initiative.
• Thoroughness.
• Time Management.
• Communication Proficiency.
• Builds Strategic Working Relationships – Develops and uses collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Builds Trust – Interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization.
• Decision Making – Identifies and understands issues, problems and opportunities, compares data from different sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences.
• Planning and Organizing – Establishing courses of action to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Initiates Action – Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes action to achieve goals beyond what is required; is proactive.
• Customer focus – Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic computer skills, effective verbal and written communication skills, ability to multitask, neat and organized, attention to detail, flexibility.

Nice To Haves

• Forklift certification encouraged, but not required.
• Complete Modules 1-9 of the IPC Electronics Assembly for Operators Training.

Responsibilities

• Determine priority shipments by checking finished goods work orders against customer shipment requests.
• Use ERP system (manufacturing software) to identify product orders and specified packaging instructions.
• Assess shipments using FIFO (First In-First Out) procedures, checking inventory for finished products ready for shipment.
• Locate packaging materials to package finished products for shipment and/or inventory.
• Package finished products in a safe and quality-assured manner using ESD knowledge and sound handling techniques.
• Ship finished products using specified delivery service per customer requests.
• Store excess packaged finished products in inventory for future shipments.
• Manage the shipping backlog daily to identify changes in packaging priorities and shipment details.
• Work directly with Customer Managers to address customer shipment demands.
• Investigate status of past due finished products to assist with on-time delivery.
• Complete tasks as directed by production schedules with minimum supervision.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area and equipment and follow prescribed regulations.
• Represent LSI Industries in the most positive manner with prospective, current and former employees, clients, suppliers, and the community we serve.
• Interact professionally and effectively with a diverse group of employees and customers.
• Learn and practices standard operating procedures.
• Maintain prompt and regular attendance based on the work hours established by management.
• Handle confidential information with tact and discretion.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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