Warehouse - Shipping
About The Position
The Warehouse Shipping Clerk processes finished goods for shipment by verifying items and quantities, staging products for pickup, and loading trucks. The role focuses on shipping the correct products in the correct quantities on time, inspecting products carefully, maintaining an efficient shipping process, and promptly resolving problems or discrepancies. The employee must remain alert, work safely, and be in good physical condition to lift and move heavy items. The role also involves maintaining a clean and orderly warehouse, entering and looking up information on a computer, pulling products with barcode scanners and pick tickets, and supporting inventory control. The employee may be cross-trained in receiving and may handle returnable packaging and use a stretch-wrap machine. Other job-related duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent education and training.
- 1–2 years of warehouse experience.
- Forklift certification.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds occasionally.
- Ability to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and climb and balance.
- Active listening, critical thinking, speaking, time management, reading comprehension, oral comprehension, and written comprehension skills.
- Ability to communicate information to supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates by telephone, in writing, email, or in person.
- Initiative and willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Multilimbed coordination, near vision, finger dexterity, static strength, and trunk strength.
Responsibilities
- Keep work areas clean, including removing labels and stickers from the floor.
- Maintain the warehouse floor markings for T’s and corners.
- Enter records and transactions using a computer.
- Operate a forklift and check its condition and safety before use.
- Look up products using a computer.
- Pull products using barcode scanners and pick tickets, and stage them for shipment; convert to a packing list if authorized.
- Ship orders accurately and efficiently to meet 100% on-time delivery.
- Load trucks according to applicable shipping guidelines.
- Cross-train in warehouse receiving.
- Sort returnable packaging as needed.
- Rotate stock using the FIFO (first in, first out) method.
- Conduct cycle counts as requested.
- Perform end-of-month counts of customers’ returnable packaging as required.
- Use a stretch-wrap machine when needed to secure items against damage during transportation to a customer or off-site warehouse.
- Follow job-related instructions and perform other assigned duties.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
