Shipping Team Member - First Shift

Assist Lead/operations manager in all functions of the shipping department to reach company defined objectives. This position is responsible for completing daily schedule. Move finished product and filling orders. Verify quantity, quality, labels and addresses of products and items of merchandise ready for shipment at manufacturing or commercial establishment: count, weigh, measure or examine packaging and contents of items for conformance to company specifications. Compare items packed with customer’s order and other identifying data.

What You Will Be Doing:

Communicate effectively with manager and other employees regarding problems, schedule, late orders, shortages, inspection, and completion of items (communicate and work with production scheduling to ensure workloads are within capacities).

Sort, label and move product to correct location.

Examine outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications. Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.

Operate forklift or use hand truck to move, convey or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.

Load, unload and move material within or near plant, yard or work site performing any combination of the following duties: read work order or follow oral instruction to ascertain material or containers to be moved.

Load live docked carriers/trucks and write down time trucks arrived.

Stretch wrap skids.

Work closely with other production departments to make sure daily shipping needs are met.

End of day process, small package process, Amazon process

Assist with training new shipping employees to current/updated standards

Problem solving to better utilize current floor space.

Call freight carriers and arrange pick-up.

Increase output and reduce freight damage.

Fill-in where needed when short staffed.

Communicate effectively with other employees and departments regarding daily operations, problems, schedule, orders, and completion of items.

Follow company policies: GMi Core Values, 6 “S”, and Safety/Quality procedures and standards.

Work company assigned hours for the position and additional hours if needed (regular and predictable attendance).

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications: 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.

Education & Experience:

High School Diploma or GED and additional education preferred but not required. A minimum of two years of shipping experience preferred but not required.

Knowledge and Competencies: The following key competencies represent qualities, traits and behaviors that a successful employee will exhibit. This list is not exhaustive, as other qualities, traits and behaviors are desired:

Excellent communication ability to follow through on requests for information and select appropriate responses; good listening skills, paying attention to others’ communications to ensure understanding; seeking input and showing a genuine interest in others’ opinions, facilitating and sharing information within department and across departments.

Positive/optimistic – Can do, make things happen attitude (genuinely believe the organization can accomplish a lot while managing to a conservative budget and resource allocation).

Self-motivated and curious (motivate others to achieve company and individual goals)

Computer literate (and actively using) and ability and willingness to learn how to use company software

Customer Centric – Recognizing and promoting the importance of meeting customer needs – both inside and outside the organization. Resolving internal issues with sensitivity and cooperation.

Ability to use good judgment when making decisions (maintaining professionalism and emotional composure).

Ability to problem-solve and troubleshoot, identifying problems immediately and working collaboratively with team mates to effectively resolve.

Conflict management – understand the inevitability of conflict and working to resolve with sensitivity and tact, listening and seeking to understand and facilitating the resolution between parties.

Organizational commitment – Supporting management and organizational decisions.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Forklift Certification (will train and certify)

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 function.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to walk, stand, climb/balance, and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee frequently lifts up to 35 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is in a manufacturing production plant environment where the temperature may vary hot or cold. The typical noise level is loud. Exposure to vibration, fumes or airborne particles, and moving mechanical parts.