Shipping & Receiving Clerk

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you’re leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers’ products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse—it helps shape the flow of global trade.

This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Validate and record inbound and outbound data manually and systematically (WMS)
• Maintain records of all outgoing and incoming shipments
• May use pallet jack to move materials throughout warehouse
• Compile, sort, and verify accuracy of order data
• Duties may also include palletizing and shrink wrap
• Ensure accuracy, prepare and generate pick list, packing list, POD recovery, etc. for inbound or outbound activities
• Effectively communicate with carriers, customer, operations, and management
• Assist and support with hosting of customer and regulatory audits as required
• Perform clerical duties such as filing, inbound/outbound phone calls, use of radio, data entry, etc.
• Use MHE or other designated equipment to load goods into trailers or other transport vehicles used for distribution
• Confer with warehouse, or common carrier personnel to expedite or trace missing or delayed shipments
• Verify and receive product into inventory
• Add to GC Compliance and QTN spreadsheet
• Assist with scheduling and checking in truck
• Create scannable barcodes for receivers
• Create help desk tickets
• Complete and track resolution from GC Compliance and QTN log
• Run daily open STO reports and add to shared drive
• Investigate overdue and damaged shipments or shortages in shipments for customers and/or common carriers
• Ensure training compliance as per defined training matrix as applicable
• Adhere to Kuehne + Nagel’s Quality, Safety, Health and Environment Program policies and procedures
• Perform other job duties as needed

Requirements

• Knowledge of Windows-based order entry system
• RF Scan gun experience is helpful
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
• Must have good vision, as many products have very small font identifiers
• Experience with SAP or any Warehouse Management System (WMS) experience is highly desired
• Exercises initiative in following up on pending issues and orders
• Ability to effectively solve problems
• Ability to establish priorities and multitask
• Must be organized
• Fluent in English
• Overtime and weekends may be required
• Ability to lift heavy materials
• Ability to stand, bend, and lift for extended amounts of time
• Lifting up to 50 pounds

Benefits

Kuehne+Nagel strives daily to inspire, empower, and deliver not only to our customers, but also to our colleagues. We offer a dynamic global work environment with opportunities for excellent training programs and career mobility.

• Health and welfare benefits
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Incentive compensation for eligible roles

Pay

Base wage is part of a competitive total rewards package. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, skills, job location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Kuehne+Nagel reviews pay ranges regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay based on industry market data.