Shipping & Receiving Lead
About The Position
The Shipping & Receiving Lead prepares orders for shipment, receives UPS, customer, and vendor deliveries, and loads and unloads trucks in accordance with established procedures and shipping regulations. The role coordinates outgoing shipments, processes and distributes incoming deliveries, verifies shipment contents, maintains records, handles damage claims, and performs general warehouse duties. The Lead also provides direction and oversight to the Shipping and Receiving Assistant and serves as a backup driver, completing deliveries or pickups and maintaining basic vehicle and route records.
Requirements
- Previous supervisory experience.
- Two to five years of shipping and receiving experience.
- Ability to use navigation tools such as onboard GPS, smartphone apps, and/or web-based or physical maps.
- Ability to multitask.
- Ability to read and understand shipping paperwork.
- Ability to accurately sort, count, and verify received items.
- Basic understanding of dock and warehouse procedures.
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Reliable, responsible, and dependable work habits.
- Certified forklift driver or ability to become certified.
- Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
- Ability to drive safely.
- Ability to remain professional and courteous.
- Ability to work and drive in a variety of weather conditions and temperatures.
- Ability to access a variety of spaces by walking, squatting, and reaching.
- Must complete an annual DOT exam with satisfactory results.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate processing of outgoing UPS shipments to the correct delivery or shipping destinations.
- Verify and record all items loaded for shipment.
- Record shipment data, including weight, space availability, damage, and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping.
- Maintain accurate shipping records for requested categories, including returned goods.
- Process incoming UPS shipments and distribute them promptly to the appropriate person or department.
- Receive goods and verify the quality and count of items unloaded from trucks and trailers.
- Compare shipment contents with manifests, invoices, orders, and supplier counts; report discrepancies promptly to carriers and/or purchasing.
- Move materials on the shipping dock using a hand truck or forklift as needed.
- Deliver products to the appropriate inventory location, department, or personnel.
- Complete information for claims involving in-transit damage.
- Perform general warehouse duties and keep the warehouse neat and orderly.
- Provide direction and oversight to the Shipping and Receiving Assistant.
- Serve as a backup driver by planning and completing efficient delivery and pickup routes.
- Confirm or schedule pickup and drop-off times with vendors and customers.
- Load and unload the truck.
- Maintain basic records of truck mileage and deliveries and pickups.
- Ensure the truck receives basic service according to its maintenance schedule.
- Perform other duties as requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
