Shipping Coordinator

Duties / Responsibilities

• Establishes, follows, and enforces environmental health and safety standards/procedures in compliance with organizational guidelines and ISO 14001, ensuring all required safety and compliance training is completed
• Manages distribution operational activities within budgetary standards
• Analyze inventory variances and mis-shipments to initiate root-cause analysis with corrective actions
• Manage the timely and accurate loading of outbound deliveries to meet all delivery requirements
• Ensure the accuracy and efficient receipt of inbound shipments to meet all receiving requirements
• Ensure proper receipt recording and reporting to material planner
• Cook up and delegate countermeasures and action items that are identified for department improvement
• Audit shipping and receiving areas to ensure housekeeping, safety, and quality standards are met
• Have appropriate performance management conversations with team members including verbal communication, write-ups, final warnings, and terminations
• Interview, onboard, and train new hire employees into warehouse and driver positions
• Pareto and create countermeasures for quality defects and mis-shipments
• Work closely with the warehouse to build trucks using information obtained in Oracle based on customer orders

Qualifications / Requirements

• 2-4 years of distribution experience
• Minimum of 1-year managerial experience
• ERP experience required; Oracle preferred
• Forklift certified
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of inventory management
• Attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
• Strong organization and planning skills