Shipping Clerk I

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Shift: 1st Shift

Shipping (80% Time)

• Pull orders, screen for accuracy prior to pulling inventory.
• Must be able to operate scanning equipment proficiently.
• Proficient with pulling small parcel and truck orders in a timely and economical fashion according to written procedure.
• Manage shipping expenses to minimize packaging costs while ensuring good customer presentation.
• Shipping clerks are responsible for pulling packaging slip and placing with pulled inventory prior to quality check.
• Identify process improvements that will lead to greater efficiencies in the shipping operations.

Receiving and Warehousing (20% Time)

• Unload shipment from carrier and ensure that the shipment reconciles with proper paperwork.
• Process received shipments according to written procedures.
• Identify process improvements that will lead to greater efficiencies in the receiving operations.
• Provide input to Supervisor on ways to improve the warehouse to be more economical to pick and ship from.
• Monitor inventory levels and advises Supervisor of low inventories of product.
• Organize storage of products to facilitate efficient picking of product for shipping customer shipments.
• Ensure finished products are properly stored according to product label and inventory control procedures.
• Miscellaneous projects assigned by the Supervisor.
• Work with all employees to maintain a safe, clean and orderly-warehousing environment.
• Perform daily check list on all forklifts in warehouse.
• Assist with physical inventory.

Job Requirements/Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to interface with management regarding duties and future development of department.
• Minimal experience with shipping and operating a forklift.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common shipping reports and regulatory documents regarding shipping.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community.
• Ability to effectively present information to lower level management.

Mathematical and Computer Skills

• Ability to work with basic mathematical concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and averaging.
• Some experience with UPS World Ship online with the ability to learn more.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Physical Demands

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 sit; use hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.