Shipping Clerk

National Beverage•Hayward, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Shipping Clerk keeps records for all products shipped and received in a company. This role involves preparing shipments, determining shipment methods, documenting items shipped, maintaining shipping and receiving materials, filling out logistics reports, scheduling and routing common carrier loads, verifying outbound loads, entering product returns and stock transfers, preparing outbound packages for UPS, contacting sales for PO issues, reporting inbound truck delays, maintaining office and shipping supplies, providing customer service, completing shuttle orders, assisting with front office clerical operations, and assisting with month-end and year-end inventory processes. The position requires adherence to fair, equitable, and respectful interactions with coworkers, vendors, and customers, and other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

High School/General Education Diploma or equivalent.
1-3 years of general office or shipping/receiving experience, preferably in a manufacturing setting.
Ability and willingness to work a flexible Full-Time schedule that may include weekends and holidays.
Excellent communication skills and telephone etiquette.
Fluent in oral and written communication in English.
Strong computer skills, including Microsoft business applications and various reporting software.
Exceptional interpersonal communication skills.
Must be 18 years or older.
Pass physical and drug exam.
Must be able to provide own transportation to various locations in organizational service areas, as required by duties.

Nice To Haves

Some college strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepares shipments by assembling, packing, protecting and labeling shipping units as needed.
Determines method of shipment by examining items to be shipped, destination, route, rate and time of shipment.
Ships items by verifying identifying information and quantity and condition of items; loading and protecting items.
Documents items shipped by recording identifying information of items and transport information.
Maintains shipping and receiving materials by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed materials; placing and expediting orders for materials; verifying receipt of materials.
Fill out Daily Logistics Report and Daily Shipping Status Report.
Pull the picks daily, schedule and route all Common Carrier loads, then confirm with the carrier.
Help verify out-bound loads.
Enter product returns and stock transfers as needed.
Prepare outbound packages ready for UPS and deliver inbound items.
Contact sales when customer PO's are not in the system or if they duplicate orders.
If inbound trucks are late, call the company and report it and report to the shipping manager its ETA.
Keep forms, office, and shipping supplies available for the warehouse office.
Provides excellent customer service when answering phones, taking messages and helping customers with any problem they may be experiencing.
Complete shuttle orders and prints bills of lading for shuttles as needed.
Assists with front office clerical operations as needed.
Assists with month-end and year-end inventory process.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Insures fair, equitable and respectful interactions with coworkers, vendors and customers.
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.