Shipping & Receiving Lead- Day Shift
Job Details
Position Summary: The Shipping & Receiving (S&R) Lead is a working lead responsible for coordinating and directing daily shipping and receiving activities while performing hands-on warehouse duties. This role supports the Warehouse Supervisor by assigning daily tasks, training team members, and ensuring accurate, timely, and safe execution of inbound and outbound material movements.
Core Values
Trust: Promote growth and long-term success by making wise decisions with trust as an essential component.
Respect: Unleash creative talents of our diverse workforce by treating each other the way we would like to be treated.
Teamwork: Believe people achieve much more by working together.
Integrity: Follow through and keep our word while being open, honest, ethical, and fair.
Safety: View our co-workers as family members of our business and strive to ensure safety for all.
Humility: Recognize and appreciate strengths and contributions beyond oneself. Be modest, genuine, and authentic.
Core Expectations
Customer Service: Demonstrate excellent customer service and display a positive attitude and behavior consistent with the Steffes Code of Conduct and Core Values.
EHS: Perform work in compliance with EHS training and identified procedures/standard work. Report any EHS incident or concern to your supervisor immediately. Cooperate and contribute to the overall success of the EHS program.
Quality: Participate in job-specific training. Complete work as indicated by standard work, processes, and/or procedures. If your work can’t be completed as required, notify your supervisor immediately for guidance.
Conduct: Demonstrate and support the Steffes Code of Conduct.
Policies and Procedures: Demonstrate and support Steffes Policies and Procedures by: Using tact, sound judgement, and maintaining a professional attitude in communication and relationships with others. Strive to deliver the best quality in daily work. Promote a positive image of Steffes and its products. Be timely and punctual in attendance and following all policies and procedures.
Job Requirements/Qualifications
High school diploma or GED required.
2+ years of shipping, receiving, or warehouse experience required.
Experience in directing or leading daily work activities preferred.
Basic computer proficiency (Windows, email, ERP/WMS systems).
Ability to operate forklifts and other material-handling equipment.
Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Key Responsibilities
Own daily Shipping & Receiving execution, coordinating the receipt, put-away, staging, and shipment of materials, parts, and assemblies to ensure alignment with sales and production schedules and operational priorities.
Serve as the on-floor authority, as delegated by the Warehouse Supervisor, for Shipping & Receiving operations, providing continuous execution oversight and real-time decision-making throughout the shift.
Establish daily operational priorities and assign, balance, and sequence work activities across the Shipping & Receiving team based on demand, staffing levels, and material flow requirements.
Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant processing of all inbound and outbound shipments, maintaining execution discipline that supports uninterrupted production and on-time delivery commitments.
Verify and validate shipping and receiving documentation and system transactions, including packing slips, bills of lading, and ERP entries, to ensure accuracy and traceability.
Inspect incoming and outgoing materials for damage, shortages, or discrepancies, ensuring issues are documented, contained, and escalated appropriately to avoid downstream impact.
Maintain control of material identification, staging, and movement, ensuring materials are properly labeled, organized, and transported to designated locations in accordance with standard work.
Execute and oversee inventory-related transactions within ERP systems and support cycle counts and year-end inventory activities to maintain inventory integrity within Shipping & Receiving areas.
Train, mentor, and guide Shipping & Receiving team members, ensuring employees understand and consistently follow safe, accurate, and efficient work practices.
Reinforce safety, quality, and housekeeping standards through daily presence, observation, and immediate corrective action when deviations occur.
Promote standardized work, LEAN principles, and continuous improvement, identifying inefficiencies and execution risks and partnering with the Warehouse Supervisor on improvement opportunities.
Act as the primary communication link between Shipping & Receiving staff and the Warehouse Supervisor, providing timely updates on operational status, risks, constraints, and execution challenges.
Enable and maintain a positive, accountability-driven work environment through clear communication, professionalism, and collaboration with internal teams, suppliers, and carriers.
Support the company’s Strategic, Quality, and Safety objectives through consistent execution leadership and operational discipline.
Functional & Cognitive Requirements of Position
Must have the ability to lift 70 pounds from floor to waist, carry 50 pounds, and push and/or pull up to 100 pounds.
Must have the ability to climb ladders and/or stairs.
Must have the ability to stoop, crouch, kneel, and bend.
Must have the ability to handle, feel, and grip.
Visual acuity is required to inspect work completed.
This role may be subject to internal and external environmental conditions.
Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.
Steffes Benefit Plan
Competitive Low Deductible/Low Out-of-Pocket Medical Insurance Plan
Dental and Vision Insurance
Generous 401K matching
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays + Paid Personal Days
Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Mental Health & Wellbeing Resources
Paid Military Leave
Education Assistance Program
Paid Paternity Leave
Paid Bereavement Leave
Paid Jury Duty Leave
Employer-paid Virtual Physical Therapy Program