Warehouse Shipping Lead - 1st Shift

About the role

Since 1934, Stabilus has offered components for diverse applications. We started out as a manufacturer of retrofittable stabilizers for the American automotive industry in 1962 and were the first company in the world to produce gas springs as standard equipment. Since then, we have continued to establish our pioneering role: With a wide range of applications, our unique product range and decades of experience, we are the world's leading manufacturer of solutions based on gas springs, dampers and electromechanical drives.

Schedule

1st Shift, Monday - Friday from 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Responsibilities

• Assign daily tasks, train team members, and monitor overall workforce productivity.
• Coordinate daily staging, packing, and loading processes for outbound freight.
• Schedule truck arrivals, dispatch drivers, and manage relationships with shipping vendors.
• Inspect outgoing shipments to verify packing slips, item counts, and accurate addressing.
• Generate required bills of lading (BOL), custom forms, and commercial invoices.
• Maintain customer portals, execute Post Goods Issue (PGI) in SAP in a timely and accurate manner.
• Practice safe operating procedures and maintain a clean, organized, and accident-free shipping dock.
• Assist Customer Service Representatives (CSR) promptly with questions regarding tracking, transit delays, or shipping issues.
• Upload pictures of loaded cargo and shipping documents (BOL, packing lists, invoices) to the internal digital filing system for permanent quality assurance records.
• File paper copies of shipping documents chronologically in the file room to maintain an organized archive for the mandated 7-year retention period. Purge and securely discard paper files that have exhausted the 7-year retention period according to company compliance policies.
• Report any known inventory discrepancies to the Inventory Administrator in real time to ensure immediate system reconciliation.
• Support the Operations or Warehouse Manager in other tasks, projects, or coverage assignments as directed.
• Encourage regular operational feedback from the shipping team and actively participate in process improvement initiatives to boost warehouse efficiency.
• Ensure that work area housekeeping is well maintained.
• Advise the warehouse manager the status of shipments and related department information.
• Perform other duties as requested by the warehouse manager.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3-5 years of experience working in a warehouse in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Skills

• Good communication skills and ability to direct and coordinate the work of others.
• Complete working knowledge of many positions in a warehouse environment.
• Willingness to learn company products, terminology, identification of parts, and company shipping standards.
• Skilled in industrial truck handling.
• Ability to read and interpret all shipping instructions.
• Ability to perform basic math functions and have basic computer skills.
• Initiative and organization are required to coordinate department work efforts to meet scheduled work and occasional unexpected changes.