Shipping Clerk

00001 American Crystal Sugar Co; Hillsboro (ND); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance starting day one

Pension/401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

American Crystal Sugar Company is seeking a Shipping Clerk who works with packaging and warehouse staff to execute the production plan and manage shipping/receiving documentation, including railroad planning. You will serve as a resource for SAP, ADC, LIMS and Expeditor.

The role maintains accurate inventory of product, pallets and packaging materials, coordinates purchasing, and supports daily rail/yard operations to minimize demurrage and ensure customer specifications are met.

Qualifications

• Two-year business or accounting degree with strong computer skills and math abilities.
• Experience in shipping/logistics, warehousing and inventory management preferred.
• Understanding of QA/QC, SQF, GMP HACCP and regulatory directives.
• Ability to multi-task under time pressures and communicate clearly with all levels.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates shipments based on sales plans, distribution needs and factory loading operations.
• Initiates and completes SAP, ADC and other system transactions and related documentation.
• Manages production orders and inventory for bulk sugar and packaged materials.
• Maintains accurate inventory records for product, pallets and packaging materials.

Skills

Shipping/logistics experience

Multi-tasking

Communication

Safety awareness

QA/QC knowledge

Regulatory directives

Education

Two-year business/accounting degree

Tools

SAP

ADC

LIMS

Expeditor

Job description

The Shipping Clerk position works closely with the packaging and warehouse staff in implementing the production plan, in all aspects of shipping and receiving and in the related documentation including railroad planning. They act as a resource for any of the related computer systems, such as ADC, SAP, LIMS and Expeditor. Responsible for maintaining accurate product, pallets and packaging materials inventory, and coordinates the purchasing of materials and supplies.

The principal accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates shipments based on sales plans, distribution needs and factory loading operations.
• Initiates and completes all production, shipping and inventory related SAP, ADC and other system related transactions and required documentation and reporting.
• Activates and confirms production orders, as well as inactivating for bulk sugar and packaged materials.
• Issues finished goods to a production order for bulk sugar, makes corrections as needed.
• Blocks/Holds (packaged) sugar by order or lot, closes out a production lot on a partial pallet, combines multiple packaged product lots on a single pallet.
• Creates or deletes a pallet, creates pallet labels and disposes of questionable pallets of packaged sugar.
• Enters car(s) loaded by shift (bulk sugar).
• Manually enters and/or scans security seal serial numbers.
• Prepares USC daily rail activities report.
• Prepares and faxes a daily report for the BNSF/M&N on ACS’s outbound.
• Communicates with local train crew to set-up switch time.
• Prepares an inbound daily report on the railcars being spotted and loaded.
• Accesses and reviews the Yard Status Report including the BNSF inbound report.
• Determines railcars to be loaded (by priority number) and receives railcars into the yard.
• Minimizes demurrage by monitoring BNSF web site and dispute any inappropriate charges.
• Accesses and reviews customer specifications.
• Ensures shipments meet customer specification.
• Research shipping customer complaints and resolves issues within established guidelines.
• Prepares a Deviation/Incident Report.
• Coordinates daily loading paperwork for the crew.
• Works with day warehouse staff on fulfilling orders.
• Compares and analyzes the “actual” packaging and loading results with the “planned”, and resolves any issues and makes adjustments to “plan” as needed and coordinates with USC.
• Enters all re-melt against the residual already entered for the day in SAP, including government residual.
• Prepares ADC reports to use in reconciliation between ADC inventory and actual floor counts, as well as reconciling and maintaining accurate inventories by product and by-products, packaging materials and supply inventory.
• Performs shipping, inventory activities related to molasses and pellets, via truck and bulk railcar.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Two-year business/accounting related degree with strong computer skills and business math abilities in converting fractions, hundredweights and metrics/English measurements, or equivalent experience.
• Previous shipping, logistical, warehousing and inventory management experience is preferred.
• An understanding of product and customer specifications is essential as well as knowledge of QA/QC, SQF, GMP HACCP and regulatory directives.
• This position must be able to multi-task under time pressures, analyze and problem solve issues and have the ability to organize and clearly communicate issues to others and work with all levels of employees and customers to resolve issues and improve productivity.
• This position requires an understanding of safety requirements in warehousing and packaging areas.

Compensation Range

$27.92 - $27.92 /hr

Benefits Include

• Our benefits include eligibility for comprehensive medical insurance starting on day one.
• In addition, we offer Pension, 401(k) retirement savings plan with a Company match, paid dental, paid basic life insurance, paid short -term disability, voluntary long-term disability, life insurance, vision insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, and paid holidays.
• We also offer tuition reimbursement, service awards, and a 24/7 employee assistance program with access to eight confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Our Cooperative Grows Opportunity.

American Crystal Sugar Company is more than just a sugarbeet cooperative. Our company is deeply rooted in the communities of the Red River Valley. We are committed to the sustainability and growth of our business and to improving lives in the places where we work and live. We do that by investing in our people, our communities, and the future of our company.

At American Crystal Sugar Company, growers who grow and harvest the sugarbeets also own the company and the factories that make our products.

We're proud to be an economic engine for our communities, employing approximately 1,600 full-time employees and about 900 hourly seasonal workers and many more contracted third-party workers.

Together, we build a better future for the sugar industry and the Red River Valley.

Everything We Do Benefits Our Growers and Our Communities.

Our valued team members can access a variety of benefits to enhance their health, wellness, and financial security.