Shipping Supervisor

Shipping Supervisor

Department: Manufacturing & Distribution - General Labor

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Henderson, TN

Reporting To: Michael Stenerson

The Shipping Supervisor oversees all shipping, plating, and warehousing activities to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant operations. This role manages order releases, coordinates with planners and vendors, maintains safety stock levels, and ensures efficient shipment of finished goods. The supervisor monitors plating schedules and inventory, resolves shipping issues, and addresses discrepancies in reports. Additionally, they lead and develop team members by monitoring performance, providing training, conducting evaluations, and enforcing company policies and procedures.

The Shipping Supervisor oversees all shipping, plating, and warehousing activities to ensure efficient, accurate, and timely operations. Responsibilities include reviewing material plans, releasing orders, coordinating with planners and supervisors to resolve issues, ensuring parts are pulled from staging for shipment, and correcting errors identified in reports.

The role also manages plating operations by assigning orders to material handlers, coordinating with plating vendors, and updating the plating board and register with product status and expected return dates.

In warehousing, the Shipping Supervisor maintains appropriate safety stock levels, ensures timely shipment of finished goods based on customer requirements, and reviews inventory to recommend actions for excess or obsolete stock.

Additionally, this position provides team leadership by monitoring employee performance, identifying and coordinating training needs, conducting performance evaluations, and enforcing company policies to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

• 3 years progressive experience in shipping, assembly, and forklift in a warehouse / shipping environment
• Proven experience in a leadership position within a manufacturing and warehouse environment, demonstrating strong planning, follow-up, and project execution skills.
• In-depth knowledge of safety procedures and industry regulations, with a record of accomplishment of promoting and maintaining a safety-first culture.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles and hands-on experience in implementing Kaizen methodologies, 5S, and other continuous improvement techniques.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 to analyze and leverage data for process optimization.
• Problem Identification and Solving – tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.