Supervisor Shipping/Receiving
About The Position
The Supervisor Shipping/Receiving supervises and coordinates workers who verify and maintain records of incoming and outgoing shipments and prepare items for shipment. The role oversees shipping and receiving activities for accuracy, completeness, and shipment condition, and ensures compliance with export and import laws and procedures, tariffs, duties, licenses, restrictions, AES filing requirements, and hazardous materials regulations. The position coordinates inbound shipment movement, monitors space in shipping and receiving areas, checks material-handling equipment for defects, maintains shipment and delivery records, analyzes weekly reports, coordinates with other Materials departments, and seeks shipping quotes to achieve cost savings. It also provides instructions, standardizes procedures to improve efficiency, prepares reports, addresses errors and complaints, and resolves worker grievances. Overtime is required. The role involves regular standing, walking, handling and reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and talking or hearing. It requires lifting or moving up to 10 pounds regularly, up to 25 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds occasionally. The employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions and occasionally to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles; noise is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities. Employment is contingent on required compliance reviews. The position may require access to export-controlled technology or services and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in an applicable field.
- Two or more years of related experience and/or training.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, and Excel.
- Ability to meet the physical demands described, including lifting and moving materials up to 50 pounds occasionally.
- Ability to comply with applicable export-control requirements if the position requires access to controlled technology or services.
Nice To Haves
- Previous supervisory experience.
Responsibilities
- Review shipping notices, bills of lading, invoices, orders, and other records to determine priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods needed to meet schedules.
- Oversee incoming and outgoing shipments for accuracy, completeness, and condition.
- Ensure compliance with export and import laws and procedures, tariffs, duties, licenses, restrictions, AES filing requirements, and hazardous materials regulations.
- Monitor space requirements in shipping and receiving work areas.
- Inspect material-handling equipment for defects and notify maintenance personnel.
- Direct inbound shipments from the receiving platform through processing and distribution to storage and work areas.
- Run and analyze weekly reports to ensure work is complete and accurate.
- Coordinate materials receipts and shipments with other Materials departments.
- Maintain records of outbound shipments, delivery verification, and shipping charges.
- Request shipping quotes to secure cost savings for the company.
- Issue written and oral instructions.
- Study and standardize procedures to improve subordinate efficiency.
- Maintain workplace harmony and resolve grievances.
- Prepare composite reports from subordinate reports.
- Adjust errors and complaints.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
