Shipping Lead - 1st Shift 6:30am - 2:30pm

Rohrer•Hayesville, OH

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading the shipping department on the 1st shift, from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm. The position involves coordinating with the Converting Manager to meet customer ship dates, developing and coaching the shipping team, and ensuring effective employee relations. The lead will provide technical guidance and training to increase productivity, verify that deadlines and parameters are met, and maintain clear communication across all levels of the organization. Responsibilities include developing and monitoring employee schedules, evaluating work performance, enforcing plant policies, and reporting on department metrics. The role also involves verifying orders against ballots, ensuring correct shipment weights, determining shipping priorities and methods, managing inventory for unshipped orders, conducting monthly finished goods inventory, supervising other shippers, assisting with order pulling, maintaining warehouse organization, and resolving inventory issues as needed. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Leadership skills
Technical guidance and training abilities
Ability to meet deadlines and parameters
Clear communication skills
Scheduling and monitoring abilities
Employee evaluation and performance review skills
Knowledge of plant policies and procedures
Ability to identify, monitor, and report on metrics
Order verification skills
Attention to detail regarding shipment weights
Ability to determine shipping priorities and methods
Inventory management skills
Ability to conduct inventory counts
Supervisory skills
Warehouse organization skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with the Converting Manager and scheduling to meet customer committed ship dates.
Develop and coach the shipping department and ensure effective employee relations.
Provide leadership, technical guidance and training to employees to increase work productivity.
Verify that outlined target deadlines, dates, and parameters are achieved.
Initiate clear communication within all levels of the organization.
Develop, approve, and monitor employee schedules within the Shipping Department.
Evaluate employees work levels and review work performance.
Enforce specific plant policies/procedures as required and take action in any disciplinary charges as needed.
Identify, monitor, and report on department specific and plant wide metrics.
Verify and check orders and compare to ballots.
Assure that the weight of the shipment is correct.
Determine shipping priorities and shipping methods required to meet schedules.
Place any orders that aren’t being shipped in the right place in inventory.
Conduct the monthly finished goods inventory.
Supervise and direct the tasks of other shippers on duty.
Assist in pulling orders together and releases in inventory.
Maintain organization within the warehouse.
Resolve inventory issues.
Perform other duties as required.