Shipping Clerk - 2nd Shift

Challenge Mfg. Company; Michigan; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Shipping Clerk to join their team. This role involves coordinating shipping duties, ensuring quality checks, and maintaining accurate records in an ERP system. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in shipping or manufacturing, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. With a focus on safety and efficiency, this position offers a chance to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring timely delivery of goods. If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity in a dynamic setting, this could be the perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of shipping or manufacturing experience is required.
• Intermediate level use of Microsoft Excel is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate preparation and loading of trucks and associated shipping paperwork.
• Perform quality checks and maintain accurate shipping records.

Skills

Shipping and Receiving

Inventory Management

Microsoft Excel

Typing Speed (70 WPM)

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree in Business Administration

Tools

PLEX (ERP System)

Tier Lift Truck

Hand Truck

Job description

Who We Want:

Working as a member of a team or as an individual, performs and has primary responsibility for various types of shipping related duties, including but not limited; coordinating the preparation and loading of trucks, associated shipping paperwork, material movements and inventory transactions and inventory cycle counts. Shipping clerk performs necessary quality checks, records information in PLEX (Enterprise Resource Planning system -ERP), and performs general utility work to meet work schedule. Verifies and keeps records on incoming and outgoing shipments and prepares items for shipment.

What You’ll Do:

• Observe and comply with all safety environmental, regulatory, and statutory requirements associated with this job description.
• Participate in needs analysis and attend and perform the requirements of scheduled training and educational programs identified for this position.
• Participate as requested for independent objective auditing activity and support company continuous improvement activities.
• Authorized to stop work on processing, as appropriate and contain suspect or defective material or services to avoid further processing.
• Pull orders per order pick list. Re-palletize as required.
• Label orders with required destination labels.
• Compare and verify order against the pick list.
• Verify trailers are docked in and secured properly.
• Operate tier lift truck or hand truck to stage orders and load trucks.
• Verify loading order to pick list and shipper.
• Perform other warehouse functions as requested.

When and Where:

This will be a 2nd Shift / 2:00pm-10:00pm Monday-Friday position located at our Plant 1 in Walker, MI.

What You Need to Have:

• High school diploma.
• Associates degree in business administration.
• 2-3 years shipping or manufacturing experience.
• Intermediate level use Microsoft Excel background.
• Ability to type 70 words per minute.
• Has high standards of performance for self.
• Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.
• Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
• Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress.
• Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.
• Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships.
• Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow.
• Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.
• Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to perform all aspects of job; rotates through all job responsibilities.
• Maintains knowledge and skills to perform job effectively.
• Has ability to focus on benefits of change and see it as positive; approaches change or newness in constructive/objective manner; views change as learning opportunity.
• Looks for good in others; works collaboratively with others; shares information and knowledge.
• Is at work when scheduled and ensures coverage when absent; takes timely breaks/lunches; uses time wisely.
• Must be able to understand and follow written and verbal workplace instructions.
• Must be able to work up to 12 hours per day including Saturday and Sunday.

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.