Shipping Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Works closely with departments in forecasting manufactured daily shipments.
• Collaborates with Manufacturing team to receive finish goods in such a manner that products are ready for shipment to ensure all orders are shipped on time to meet deadlines.
• Adheres to priorities and sequences for shipping products, ensures shipments are on schedule.
• Determines work schedules, distributes work and explains procedures.
• Escalates storage and shipping constraints to upper management in a timely manner.
• Manages the movement of materials and trailers in and out of the facility through scheduling according to manufacturing and customer demands.
• Covers communication and coordination with different departments, carriers and customers to ensure smooth shipment of products.
• Maintains warehouse and yard cleanliness.
• Solves practical problems; ability to "root cause" of a problem and determine corrective action.
• Ensures administrative documents are maintained in accordance with company policies.
• Performs monthly inventory counts of finished goods accurately.
• Tracks inbound flatbed trailers and ensure trailers are issued to manufacturing operations in FIFO method.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working in a warehouse distribution environment
• Strong leadership skills with experience supervising warehouse or logistics teams
• Knowledge of shipping, receiving, and inventory control processes
• Ability to operate or learn warehouse equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks
• Strong attention to detail with accurate documentation and data entry skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet delivery and productivity goals