Shipper, Material Handler

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for a Shipper to join our Northfield Metal Products team to support our Work Furniture business. In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in the work and home furniture industry. From surface-critical bent tube assemblies, chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, our Furniture Components business brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality products.

If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

As a Shipper, you will be accountable for supervising the day-to-day shipping and distribution operations. The team you will be working with has a long tenure and values collaboration!

• Oversee the creating and handling of crucial shipping documents, including advanced shipping notices, packing slips, and BOL's and commercial invoices
• Experience with booking LCL, FCL, LTL AND FTL shipments (dealing with customs and overseas as well)
• Coordinating the movement of packages from the preparation stage to their final shipment
• Check in and out drivers logging specific information and work with shipping material handlers to load appropriate shipments
• Understand and utilize streamline shipping processes
• Collaborating with customers, carriers, and warehouses to effectively manage the delivery of products, ensuring their prompt arrival and proper handling
• Professionally assist customer service and Leggett and Platt logistics with questions that arise
• Review and maintain schedule weekly to plan for upcoming shipments to ensure on time delivery
• Initiate action to prevent the occurence of non-conformity related to the product, process and quality system
• Recommend or provide solutions through designated channels
• Work with the supervisors, production manager and customer service to ensure all products are shipped to the customer on time
• Ensure compliance to legal regulations and company policies
• Understand and practice the policies and procedures for ISO
  9001
• Complete all other duties as assigned

• Strong attendance record
• Attention to detail
• Well organized
• Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
• Proficient will all shipping procedures
• Post-secondary education in a related field
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of shipping and logistics experience
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work individually but be a team player
• Must be able to count and react well enough to identify parts
• Critical thinking skills to identify alternative solutions
• Must have good work attitude and ethics
• Basic mathematics skills
• Forklift license required but will train with previous forklift driving experience

The work hours are Monday to Friday from 8:00am – 4:30pm. We offer competitive benefits as well as an RRSP program.

We’re proud of the fact that we are strongly rooted in being an inclusive, people-focused organization. Our company culture reflects values like integrity, ownership, and authenticity. We take these to heart, and if you do as well, you’ll fit right in.

Leggett & Platt Inc. is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Leggett & Platt Inc. will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

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