Shipping & Receiving Handler
About The Position
The Shipping & Receiving Handler moves materials to prepare for operations, completes inventory transactions, improves inventory accuracy, ships and receives products, and fills in at different positions when needed. The role is located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, with a schedule of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The handler prepares shipments, receives and stores materials using FIFO procedures, maintains accurate receipt and shipping documentation with lot traceability tags, tracks shipping containers, and operates a forklift. The role also supports month-end inventories, understands material flow and stocking locations within the plant, and loads production materials for assigned production lines. The handler must follow all environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Demonstrate functional skills and basic competency related to the function.
- Demonstrate basic functional process knowledge and participate in the process.
- Have awareness of Flex techniques.
- Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Write simple correspondence and effectively present information one-on-one and in small-group situations to other employees.
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Nice To Haves
- May require the ability to operate telephones, data-entry equipment, forklifts, electronic scales, pallet jacks, and staple guns, and to perform cycle counting and kitting.
Responsibilities
- Physically prepare all shipments.
- Receive material and store it correctly using FIFO procedures.
- Maintain accurate receipt and shipping documentation with correct lot traceability tags.
- Track and maintain shipping containers.
- Operate a forklift truck.
- Follow all EHS policies and procedures.
- Perform accurate month-end inventories and understand part flow in the plant and where to stock materials.
- Load all production material for assigned production lines.
- Fill in at different positions when needed.
Benefits
- Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Matching 401(k) contributions
- Vacation and paid sick time
- Tuition reimbursement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
