Warehouse Shipping Coordinator - $18/hr

Readerlink Distribution Services • Salem, VA

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About The Position

The Warehouse Shipping Coordinator schedules and maintains records for outgoing customer shipments. The role plans outbound shipments using forecasted projections, calculates trailer capacity, coordinates weekly prepack requirements, and manages priorities across customer carriers and ship lanes. The coordinator communicates shipment status throughout the organization, trains employees and departments on customer outbound freight requirements, and maintains standard operating procedures, quality-control processes, and safe, orderly work areas. The position also involves occasional handwritten bills of lading and working with powered equipment to load and unload customer trailers.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or one to two years of experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Suite, including basic Excel and Outlook.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing with internal and external customers.
• Math skills sufficient to calculate customer trailer capacity.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, customer shipment instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to follow written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to stand and sit for up to 10 hours in a day.
• Occasionally push or pull 11–25 pounds; frequently bend, stoop, reach, crouch, kneel, and push or pull 25–50 pounds; frequently lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of computerized shipment systems.
• Experience with powered equipment or ability to become certified to operate it.

Responsibilities

• Communicate verbally and in writing with internal and external customers.
• Plan and prepare outbound shipments based on forecasted projections.
• Calculate outbound trailer capacity.
• Train employees and departments on customer requirements for outbound freight.
• Manage multiple priorities across customer carriers and ship lanes.
• Provide accurate, timely communication about outbound shipment status throughout the organization.
• Coordinate and execute weekly prepack requirements.
• Maintain work areas and immediately address unsafe conditions and housekeeping issues.
• Use powered equipment to load and unload customer trailers; certification may be required.
• Maintain SOPs and quality-control processes.
• Occasionally handwrite bills of lading.
• Perform other duties as assigned, directed, or requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED