Shipping Clerk I
Neogen Corporation
Summary
The Shipping Clerk - First Shift performs the physical or administrative tasks involved in the shipping, receiving, storing, distributing and order fulfillment of merchandise, products, materials, parts, supplies and equipment. Checks goods received and for distribution against purchase orders or invoices, maintains records of goods and rejects unsatisfactory items. Packages and prepares products and merchandise for final shipment and posts weights and shipping charges. Lifts heavy items and may operate a forklift. Prepares and maintains records of merchandise shipped. Reviews customer orders, examines, stocks and distributes merchandise, products and materials in inventory warehouses, distribution centers or manufacturing lines.
Job description
Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Safely operate all necessary distribution equipment
- Able to train coworkers on all necessary distribution equipment
Understanding of bar code scanner to include:
- Picking orders
- Inventory look up
- Inventory transfers
- How to keep, save, and load an order
Small Parcel: UPS, Fed-Ex, DHL shipments
- Check order for accuracy
- Complete paperwork properly
- Properly pack basic packages per work instructions
- Trained and can perform special product packaging requirements
- Run packages through shipping station
- Perform international and domestic shipments via small parcel carrier
- Perform international and domestic freight quotes
- Trained on how to pull, box, and ship all temperature-controlled items
- Trained on how to handle all Hazmat shipments
- Complete AES/ITN number for UPS shipments
Pallet orders: LTL
- Understanding of picking a pallet order to check
- Pick accurately
- Proper product layering
- Face out product labels
- Case count labelling
- Pack loose items properly
- Check order for accuracy
Pallet orders: TL/ Large orders
- Pick accurately
- Understand special distributor requirements such as: (expiration dates, case quantity requirements, lot separation, palletizing requirements, keeping same items together, packing and labelling of gravity flow items)
- Check order for accuracy
- Pack all loose or easily damaged items properly
- Complete paperwork properly
- Print address labels for multiple pallet shipments
International Shipments
- Understands the use of heat treated pallets
- Customer packaging requirements
- International packing list
- Commercial invoices
Special customer requirements
- Gravity flow items packaged and labelled
- No partial cases
- No split lots
- Expiration date requirements
- Print address labels for multiple pallet shipments
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to 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.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Minimum of two years documented distribution/warehouse experience in an outbound or inbound function
- Ability to interface with management regarding duties and future development of department
- 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
- 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
- RF scanner experience desired but not required
- Forklift certification desired but not required
Company overview
Neogen Corporation is an international food safety company founded in 1982 and headquartered in Lansing, Michigan. The company specializes in providing comprehensive testing solutions and diagnostic products for detecting dangerous substances in food, including pathogens, allergens, mycotoxins, and contaminants. Neogen operates through two main segments: Food Safety and Animal Safety, offering a wide range of test kits, instruments, and genomic solutions. With a global presence in nearly 40 countries, the company serves food processing, animal protein, agriculture, and companion animal industries. Neogen's product portfolio includes over 100 drug detection test kits and advanced technologies for food quality assurance. The company has expanded through strategic acquisitions, including the merger with 3M's food-safety business in 2022, strengthening its position as a leader in food safety testing and diagnostics worldwide.