Shipping Clerk I

Neogen Corporation; Mount Sterling (KY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Neogen Corporation is seeking a Shipping Clerk to handle the physical and administrative tasks involved in shipping, receiving, storing, and distributing merchandise and materials. The role includes checking goods against orders, posting weights and charges, lifting heavy items, and operating distribution equipment.

Schedule is Monday–Friday, 7:00am–3:30pm. Responsibilities also cover packaging, labeling, palletizing, and preparing shipments for dispatch, including international and domestic

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to interface with management regarding duties and future development of department.
• Minimum of two years documented distribution/ warehouse experience in an outbound or inbound function.
• RF scanner experience desired but not required.
• Forklift certification desired but not required.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common shipping reports and regulatory documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate all necessary distribution equipment.
• Able to train coworkers on all necessary distribution equipment.
• Picking orders; Inventory look up; Inventory transfers; How to keep, save, and load an order.
• Check order for accuracy; Complete paperwork properly; Properly pack basic packages per work instructions.
• Perform international and domestic shipments via small parcel carrier; freight quotes.
• Train on how to pull, box, and ship temperature-controlled items and Hazmat shipments.

Skills

Reading and interpreting reports

Math skills

Interpersonal communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

RF scanner

UPS World Ship

Forklift

Job description

The Shipping Clerk

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.

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

Job Requirements/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.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Ability to interface with management regarding duties and future development of department.
• Minimum of two years documented distribution/ warehouse experience in an outbound or inbound function.
• RF scanner experience desired but not required
• Forklift certification desired but not required
• 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.

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

Come Be Part Of A Mission that Matters! From inside the farm gate to our dinner plates, Neogen protects the world’s food supply. Through a variety of animal healthcare products, to food safety solutions for dangerous bacteria, allergens, toxins, drug residues and much more, Neogen is there — and you can be too.