Shipping & Receiving Clerk

About the role

Verify and keep records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Prepare items for shipment. Duties include assembling, addressing, stamping, and shipping merchandise or material; receiving, unpacking, verifying, and recording incoming merchandise or material.

Responsibilities

• Examine contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment
• Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading and shipping orders to route materials
• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies for reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping purposes
• Deliver or route materials to departments, using work devices, such as hand-truck, forklift, or sorting bins
• Hardware pack-outs for projects of varying size
• Pack, seal, label, and affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, and postage meter
• Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages and nonconformance to specifications
• Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock
• Compute amounts, such as space available, and shipping, storage, and demurrage charges, using calculator or price list
• Process customer returns, vendor returns and RMAs to manufacturers
• Other relative duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, or an equivalent combination of education/experience
• Forklift certification preferred
• At least 6 months of relative experience
• Must pass pre-employment background check and drug test

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic computer skills – experience with Outlook, Word and Excel
• Good communication skills
• Ability to accurately do arithmetic, read orders, write instructions and complete forms
• Ability to work closely and cordially with other staff associates

Physical Demands

• Must be able to stand and walk for much of the day
• Ability to lift 5-25 pounds frequently and ability to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally
• Standing, reaching, walking
• Frequent lifting required of items 50+ pounds

Work Environment

• Worker is subject to frequent heavy lifting and use of power tools
• May be exposed to variable weather conditions
• Other conditions may include proximity to forklifts or other heavy machinery and using various tools and hardware

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off
• Continuous learning, mentorship, and leadership training including access to CBX University