Shipping and Receiving Clerk - ADVICS - Terre Haute, IN

Summary/Objective

The Shipping and Receiving Clerk position verifies and keeps records on incoming and outgoing shipments and prepares items for shipment.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.


• Prepares bill of ladings for outgoing shipments.


• Examines outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications


• Packages orders as required and maintains documentation for shipping and receiving.


• Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages.


• Routes items to departments.


• Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.


• Operates forklift to move, convey, or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.


• Maintains 5S standards and maintains Kanbans.

Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills


• Experience with Microsoft Office Word and Excel


• Exceptional training/teaching skills


• Technical capacity


• Organizational skills


• Time management skills


• Ability to operate a forklift


• o Ability to operate a pallet jack

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment and manufacturing environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Frequently the work environment may be loud, requiring hearing protection.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand and walk for at least 10 hours; and required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must also frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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. Working knowledge of Excel, Microsoft Word, Oracle and AS 400 systems.

Position Type

Non Exempt

Expected Hours of Work

Team member must be available during the “core” work hours of 3:30 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and as deemed necessary by company/customer demands.

Travel

NA

Required Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or Equivalent and two years manufacturing experience.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Education and Experience

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

NA

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled