Job Description
POSITION TITLE: Shipping Coordinator
LOCATION: Park City, KS
REPORTS TO: Shipping Manager
SHIFT: 3RD (10PM-6AM)
PAY: $20+ based on experience
SUMMARY
Help support and coordinate all incoming and outgoing shipments. Help prioritize and support loading. Must have exceptional communication and organizational skills. Must be very detail oriented and reliable. Must be able to operate a forklift and fill in on the warehouse floor as needed throughout the shift.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Dispatch and coordinate with internal drivers throughout shift
- Update and manage loads through TMW system
- Greet incoming carriers and coordinate the loading/unloading of trailers
- Communicate with warehouse loaders on customer requirement, docking, billing, etc…
- Answer incoming calls from drivers and outside carriers
- Review and bill out all loads
- Maintain and update internal trackers
- Manage document retention and file needed paperwork
- Communicate with multiple departments to ensure customer needs are met
- Must be qualified to properly operate a forklift
- May be required to work overtime up to 4 hours before or after your shift for coverage or staffing shortages. Occasional weekends required.
Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:
- Basic computer skills & Microsoft Excel experience
- Exceptional communication skills (verbal & written)
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Must be able to multi-task
- Prior work experience in the corrugated industry
- Prior work experience as a forklift operator
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, training and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
REASONING ABILITY
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.
- Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with situations where limited information or standardization exists.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure.
- Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:
- Application knowledge and skill for computer data entry
- Quality standards – both ISO and QS
- Equipment used in an office operation and it’s capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.
- This also supports the Service Manager role of teacher and trainer for his/her personnel.
Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.
- The employee is sometimes required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving equipment in the work area.
- The employee is sometimes exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, along with hot and cold temperatures depending upon the season.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or GED.