Job Summary: Level one shipping/receiving clerks working under direct supervision to complete basic shipping and receiving tasks such as creating shipping documentation, make freight arrangements, bill of ladings, commercial invoices, bar-codes, answering phones and track shipments. As required loading and unloading trucks with forklift, verifying packaging slips and order contents, performing visual inspection, as well as packaging product for either outside processing or finished goods.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrate basic packaging skills such as part protection, verify packaging information, boxing, taping, wrapping, stenciling, banding, weighing, etc.
• Operate a forklift and will be certified on job
• Receives product from outside vendors
• Unload trucks with forklift as required
• Verifies parts through visual inspection
• Assists in unloading product as needed
• Builds boxes and places finished or in process components in protective packaging for preventing handling damage during transport
• Receive, verify quantity, item, and process transaction into database
• Reviews documentation for accurate information and records in both receiving and shipping
• Creates shipping documentation and labels and ensures accuracy of data
• Generating packing slips based on backlog demand
• Sets packaging standard as required
• Track shipments when requested by sales team
• Make freight arrangements with freight forwarders and LTL carriers
• Bill of ladings and SLI
• Commercial invoices and supporting documents for all shipments
• Creates Bar-codes / ASN via customer portals
• Work with vendor/suppliers with to address any discrepancies
• Reconcile all open POs against receipts and cancel/close old PO’s in MRP
• Answering phones and email correspondence
• Other duties as assigned

Required education / experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must have full-time availability
• Experience with shipping online services: FedEx, UPS and Freight carriers
• Experience with ITAR/export and import requirements
• Experience with sit down forklift
• Strong cross functional team and organization skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate knowledge using Excel
• Intermediate knowledge using MRP/ERP system (preferably Oracle)
• Detail oriented, able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Preferred requirements:

• Fluent in English
• Must be available to work overtime and weekends as needed

PHYSICAL DEMAND

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. 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 essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.