Description:
Shipping Manager - Temporary
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinates availability of delivery trucks and schedules finished product appointments with a focus on process optimization
- Determines shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.
- Coordinates activities with other departments, customers and outside trucking firms.
- Oversees incoming and outgoing traffic to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments. Inspects loading operations to ensure compliance with shipping specifications.
- Directs movement of inbound material from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
- Provides specifications for new equipment and purchases parts/supplies for repairs and preventive maintenance.
- Incorporates and ensures safety observances are met, including use of all PPE by colleagues, ensuring guards and safety features are working, and promoting good daily safety practices and habits, etc.
- Communicates goals and objectives, applies company policy, staffs, trains, coaches, recommends salary increases, insures positive colleague relations and reviews the performance of colleagues.
- Production planning.
- Inventory Control for raw materials and finished goods.
- Working with ERP system.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education And Experience
- 4-8 years of relevant experience including leadership experience.
Knowledge And Skills
- Possesses thorough understanding of trucking and transportation industries and regulations, warehouse operations, and shipping/receiving processes.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to effectively balance multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrates ability to effectively supervise less experienced colleagues.
- Must have experience with DTR or SBPLN software, or other logistic software experience.