Shipping Clerk
About The Position
The Shipping Clerk verifies outgoing shipments against manifests, invoices, or orders; prepares shipping documents; records shipment information; and determines appropriate shipping methods. The role also schedules truck shipments through customer portals, routes materials within the facility, prepares packages for shipment, resolves shipping issues with establishment representatives, maintains shipping supplies, and coordinates shipping and delivery arrangements with carriers. The person must communicate effectively with employees at all levels of the plant and work when needed to help meet production requirements, including some overtime and weekend work.
Requirements
- Ability to work with and communicate effectively with employees at all levels in the plant.
- Competencies include obtaining information; communicating with supervisors, peers, or subordinates; performing administrative activities; interacting with computers; maintaining interpersonal relationships; making decisions and solving problems; analyzing data; active listening; critical thinking; mathematics; monitoring; reading comprehension; speaking; and writing.
Responsibilities
- Examine packages and compare them with manifests, invoices, or orders to verify outgoing shipment accuracy.
- Prepare bills of lading, shipping orders, and other documents to route materials.
- Record shipment data, including weight, charges, damages, and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping.
- Determine shipping methods using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
- Schedule truck shipments using customer portals.
- Deliver or route materials to departments using devices such as hand trucks, conveyors, or sorting bins.
- Pack, seal, label, and affix postage to materials using hand tools, power tools, and postage meters.
- Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to resolve damages, shortages, and specification nonconformance.
- Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory.
- Contact carrier representatives to arrange and provide instructions for shipping and delivery.
- Work when needed, including overtime during the week and some weekends, to help ensure production requirements are met.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
