Shipping & Receiving

Zausner Foods Corporation; New Holland (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Savencia Cheese USA is seeking a Shipping and Receiving Clerk for 1st shift in New Holland, PA. You will support day-to-day shipping and receiving, schedule freight, and prepare shipping documentation in a fast-paced warehouse environment.

Responsibilities include handling customer service questions, updating records, coordinating with carriers, and ensuring accurate inventory and reporting. Work requires lifting and operating warehouse equipment with overtime as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to speak, read, write and comprehend English.
• Computer experience – Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Answer phones, update records, and provide customer service.
• Coordinate with forklift operators and carriers to ensure orders are picked.
• Use warehouse systems to locate and gather stock and update records.
• Create shipping labels and manage shipping information.
• Track goods and report issues to supervisor.
• Maintain organized shipping records and documentation.
• Ensure proper packaging and arrange transportation services.
• Assist with coverage for Warehouse Supervisors when needed.

Skills

Customer service

Documentation

Warehouse operations

Microsoft Office

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Shipping & Receiving

Full Time New Holland, PA, US

Job Title: Shipping and Receiving Clerk, 1 st shift

Hours Required: Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm with OT, weekends, and coverage for other shifts as required.

Position Description: This position supports the supply chain operations in the day to day shipping and receiving functions in the warehouse shipping office. Works effectively and efficiently to receive and schedule shipping and freight operations, including developing a working knowledge of warehouse organization and creating proper and detailed shipping documentation. Works with logistics, customer service and warehouse team to ensure customer satisfaction.

Essential Functions

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

• Performs administrative duties like answering phones, updating records, and providing excellent customer service
• Works with forklift operators and carriers to ensure that orders are picked
• Effectively uses organization systems and warehouse technology to locate and gather stock
• Updates spreadsheets and stock information
• Creates shipping labels and handles shipping information
• Performs all computer functions necessary to track various aspects of goods.
• Reports defective materials or questionable conditions to the department supervisor.
• Maintains good relationship with Customer Service, monitors customer orders, and answers any customer service questions
• Keeps organized shipping records, including statements of origin, shipping costs, products shipped, and receipt dates
• Troubleshoots shipping issues and customer issues; works to solve these administrative or organizational problems to increase warehouse and dispatch efficiency
• Operates lift trucks or hand trucks to convey, move or hoist materials to proper departments or areas to pick orders or load trucks during periods of high activities.
• Operates the stretch wrap banders.
• Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
• Responsible for making arrangements for pick up by the carrier specified on the customer’s purchase order, which is conveyed to the shipping clerk by final inspection via the shipping instructions.
• Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
• Completes incoming inspection testing, confirmation of certificate of conformance and reconciliation of receiving/purchase documentation.
• Notifies and/or delivers incoming product to end user.
• Completes daily receiving entries in computer system. Distributes to purchasing office for filing.
• Responsible for managing all outbound shipments, including preparation of sequentially numbered paper work in software accounting system, management of packaging materials inventories, packaging of product to be shipped, and arrangement of transportation services. UPS/FedEx software is to be used effectively and understood for summary reporting on request.
• Distributes documentation, including transfer of all original documents, to supervisor for distribution.
• Handles requests for product samples
• Occasionally provides coverage for Warehouse Supervisors

Job Knowledge

Quality of work

Job Safety

Cost Control

Inclusion & Communication

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibility.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee primality works in an office environment but will also spend time in a refrigerated warehouse with the following conditions;

Exposure to hot or cold Climate frequently

Exposure to chemicals occasionally

Exposure to noise and vibration occasionally

Exposure to wet and humid conditions occasionally

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.

Stand - occasionally

Stoop/Bend – occasionally

Squat – occasionally

Crawl – occasionally

Climb Stairs or ladders, occasionally

Reach – chest level, above or below - occasionally

Push - 70 lbs occasionally

Pull - 70 lbs occasionally

Lift/carry- 70 lbs occasionally

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours vary depending on the shift and department. Overtime and weekend work is required at times. Vacation coverage as needed.

Travel

None is required for this position.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to speak, read, write and comprehend English
• Computer Experience – Microsoft Office Products

Preferred Education and Experience

• 1 year of relevant experience, or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to do the job
• Experience working in a warehouse or food manufacturing environment
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Familiar with software programs used in this job
• SAP knowledge

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None is required for this position.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Eligible to work in USA.

Food Safety and Product Quality

This position is responsible for supporting the food safety management system and for communicating food safety issues to the Quality Department.

Affirmative Action Plan/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Savencia Cheese USA provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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.