Shipping Manager

About the role

The Shipping Manager oversees all shipping activities within the facility on all shifts. This individual leads a team to perform the fast-paced work required in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with company procedures and policies.

What You Will Do

• Promote a safety-first culture adhering to all required plant and corporate policies
• Continuously strive to deliver the best customer experience to our customers
• Foster and develop a culture based on Principled Based Management (PBM®)
• Coordinate shipment of materials to support production operations
• Review sales orders, customer demand, to develop daily customer shipping plan
• Meet with materials and planning teams to review customer demand to ensure on-time deliveries
• Provide guidance of daily operations ensuring a high degree of productivity and quality
• Coordinate the scheduling of inbound shipments, oversee the receipt of incoming material, and perform incoming inspection
• Coordinate outbound small package and dedicated shipments including all required documentation
• Work with the team using FIFO to manage inventory flow and warehouse organization
• Conduct monthly physical inventory counts
• Measure and report the effectiveness of warehousing activities and employee performance
• Acquire and maintain knowledge of our inventory control processes, shipping and receiving records, and order processes
• Identify and implement improvements to workflow processes and standard operating procedures
• Lead, motivate, and develop a team of shipping leads and hourly employees to improve individual and overall business performance goals
• Collaborate daily/weekly on planning/strategy meetings
• Manage shipping/warehouse functions for our 3rd party warehouse
• Continued communication with sales/customer service teams
• Manage entire truck fleet
• Evaluate deliveries, shipments, and product levels to improve inventory processes

Qualifications

• Experience supervising in shipping/warehouse management role and/or a manufacturing/industrial environment
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and other relevant programs for maintaining records, data, documentation, and reporting
• Experience managing logistic processes and customer relationships

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, systems engineering, supply chain management or similar
• Experience working in the corrugated packaging/containerboard industry on a corrugator OR in a converting operation
• Experience with computerized inventory systems
• Experience with TOPS, PCS, FFF, & KIWI

Pay

$90,000 - $120,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance, ADD, disability
• Retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance (may vary)