Shipping Supervisor

Smurfit-Westrock; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock is seeking a Shipping Supervisor to organize daily dispatch, optimize load utilization, and coordinate with 3rd party logistics for on-time delivery. You will ensure safety and efficiency in warehouse shipping operations while supporting production with timely load planning.

The role requires a high school diploma, shipping/receiving experience, and strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills to drive cost savings and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Prefer experience in Shipping and Receiving in a warehouse.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coach and develop talent.
• Strong decision-making and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily dispatch to ensure timely, cost-effective shipments.
• Maximize MSF per trailer to improve asset utilization and reduce costs.
• Coordinate material staging, shipments, order fulfillment, and inventory management.
• Maintain knowledge of DOT regulations to create efficient shipping schedules.
• Collaborate with production to prioritize customer requests and ensure load accuracy.
• Ensure shipping safety and proper use of material handling equipment.
• Coordinate with 3rd party logistics to arrange dock times for inventory receipt.

Skills

Shipping & Receiving

Communication

Team Leadership

Decision Making

Time Management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

The opportunity

As the Shipping Supervisor you will be responsible for organizing and managing the day to day logistical activities for shipping and receiving of the Plant facility. Your role is also responsible for ensuring personnel operate efficiently and safely, maximizing loads while minimizing shipping costs, and coordinating with 3 rd Party Logistics Companies to ensure on-time delivery of customer products and high customer satisfaction.

How you will impact Smurfit Westrock

• Coordinate daily dispatch to ensure timely and cost-effective shipment methods
• Identify opportunities to maximize manufactured square footage (MSF) per trailer to increase utilization of assets and increase cost savings
• Coordinate material staging, shipments, pick and pack order fulfillment, expired inventory destruction, and raw and customer owned inventory
• Maintain working knowledge of Department of Transportation regulations and general routes to create time efficient shipping schedules
• Work collaboratively with Production to assess, manage, and prioritize customer requests to ensure load planning accuracy, mitigate delays, and enable high customer satisfaction
• Ensure Shipping team safely operates material handling equipment (e.g. forklift) and properly adhere to all safety regulations and procedures
• Partner with 3 rd Party Logistics Companies to coordinate dock times for customer receipt of inventory

What you need to succeed

• High School diploma or G.E.D.
• Prefer experience in Shipping and Receiving in a warehouse environment
• Great written and verbal communication skills with ability to adjust communication style and interact across all levels of the organization
• Ability to coach and develop talent to create a highly productive, safety-conscious team
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to adapt and quickly respond to unforeseen changes in the production environment
• Well organized with great time management skills to manage the execution of multiple priorities

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.