Job Summary
Manages and organizes the tasks of workers who verify and maintain records for outgoing shipments and prepare items for shipment.
Principle Responsibilities
- Studies shipping notices, bills of lading, invoices, orders, and other records to determine shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping schedules, utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates
- Oversees outgoing shipping activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments
- Determines space requirements and position of shipment in trucks and lays out the position of shipment
- Inspects loading operations to ensure compliance with shipping specifications
- Inspects material handling equipment for defects and notifies maintenance personnel or contacts outside service facility for repair
- Directs movement of shipments from the shipping platform to storage and work areas
- Issues written and oral instructions
- Studies and standardizes procedures to improve the efficiency of subordinates
- Maintains harmony among workers and resolves grievances
- Prepares composite reports from individual reports of subordinates
- Adjusts errors and complaints
- Understands and applies Company policies and procedures
- Maintain good housekeeping in the area and adhere to established Company safety policies at all times.
Competencies
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work promptly; Strives to increase productivity; Works quickly.
- Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.
- Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
- Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time; Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; Arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
- Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals. Completes tasks on time or notifies the appropriate person with an alternate plan.
Education/Experience:
- High school diploma or G.E.D.
- 1 – 3 years of previous warehouse supervisory experience
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
