Shipping & Receiving Specialist - 1st Shift

About the role

Woodward is hiring Shipping and Receiving Specialists to support our Loves Park Campus. This position is on 1st Shift, Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 3:30pm.

Responsibilities

• Processing Orders: Inspect and verify goods against purchase orders, work orders, and sales orders to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Product Handling: Prepare and process orders, ensuring timely and accurate dispatch of products, and to verify appropriate packaging and handling codes for transporting of product.
• Inventory Management: The specialist maintains accurate inventory records, oversees stock levels, and conducts regular inventory audits to ensure consistency between physical counts and system data.
• Documentation: Handle and organize all necessary shipping, receiving, logistics documentation to ensure compliance and traceability.
• Equipment Operation and Maintenance: The role involves operating and maintaining material handling equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks, and ensuring the work area is organized and safe.

Qualifications

• Attention to Detail: Accurately inspects incoming and outgoing shipments and orders to ensure all items are correctly received and dispatched without errors.
• Time Management: Efficiently prioritizes tasks to meet shipping, receiving and material movement deadlines, ensuring timely processing of all logistics activities.
• Teamwork and Communication Skills: Effectively communicates with team members, and relevant stakeholders to coordinate shipments and resolve any issues that arise.
• Organizational Skills: Maintains orderly records and organizes inventory to facilitate easy access and tracking of goods.
• Basic Computer Skills: Utilizes business systems, and inventory management systems to enter data, process shipments, and generate reports.
• Physical Stamina: Handles the physical demands of the job, including lifting and moving packages, operating material handling equipment, and standing or walking for extended periods.
• Inventory Management: Monitors stock levels, conducts regular inventory counts, and ensures accurate inventory records are maintained.
• Problem Solving Abilities: Identifies and resolves issues related to shipping and receiving discrepancies, damaged goods, and delayed shipments promptly and effectively.
• Basic understanding of Logistics processes including all relevant documented instructions.
• Safety Compliance: Adheres to all safety regulations and company policies to ensure a safe working environment for themselves and their colleagues.

Skills

• Attention to Detail
• Time Management
• Teamwork and Communication Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Basic Computer Skills
• Physical Stamina
• Inventory Management
• Problem Solving Abilities
• Basic understanding of Logistics processes including all relevant documented instructions
• Safety Compliance

Benefits

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays.
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care
• Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:
• Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Pay

Estimated hourly base pay: $18.00 - $20.00

Schedule

This position is on 1st Shift, Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 3:30pm.