Shipping Coordinator

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC; Sugar Land, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. is seeking a Shipping Coordinator to join our Sugar Land, TX site. This role supports our shipping and inventory teams, ensuring accurate material flow, timely shipments, and compliant paperwork.

You will handle carrier shipments, returns, and internal requests; maintain logs, prepare export declarations, and contribute to process improvements. A High School diploma and 1–2 years in warehouse/shipment are expected; bilingual English/Mandarin is a plus.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate's degree or higher preferred.
• 1–2 years of warehouse shipment and inventory experience preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Bilingual English/Mandarin preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain material flow and handling of all shipments from carrier and vendors.
• Process internal and external shipping requests, customer returns and ordering deliveries.
• Ensure material flow processes comply with operation standards.
• Maintain logs and reports of inventory and record keeping.
• Completing exporting shipper's declaration and relevant paperwork.

Skills

Bilingual English/Mandarin

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Job description

AOI is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including hiring, placement, promotion, training, transfer and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, veteran status, age, disability, marital status, or any other category protected by State or U.S. Federal law. Moreover, we endeavor to treat our employees fairly.Shipping CoordinatorSugar Land TXPosted 3 days agoShare## SummaryWe are seeking a Shipping Coordinator to assist our shipping/inventory department. The Shipping Coordinator will be responsible for material flow, handle custody of shipments in a swift, accurate, effective manner.## Job Responsibilities* Maintain material flow and handling of all shipments from carrier and vendors.* Process internal and external shipping requests, customer returns and ordering deliveries.* Ensure that all material flow processes are complying and accurate to operation standards.* Maintain logs and reports of inventory and record keeping.* Completing exporting shipper's declaration and relevant paperwork.## Qualifications* Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED is required, Associates' or higher of Science or Arts is preferred.* At least 1-2 years of warehouse shipment and inventory experience is preferred.* Ability to use Microsoft Office applications, such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.* Basic computer operating skills and use of Microsoft Office with Word and Excel is required.* May be required to stand or sit for prolonged period of time.* Flexible to meet customer demands and production line needs.* Ability to work overtime as needed during the work week and some weekends.* Bilingual (English/Mandarin) preferred.## Location* This position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.Whenever you're ready to begin, just let me know!