Shipping Clerk

Overview

Category/Area of Expertise: Distribution

Job Requisition: 433968

Address: USA-CT-Manchester-1339 Tolland Turnpike

Store Code: DC Manchester CT (5132568)

A great career opportunity

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize, is the parent company for Ahold Delhaize's U.S. companies, including its local brands, Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop, and the U.S. services companies, Retail Business Services, Peapod Digital Labs and ADUSA Supply Chain. When considered together, the local brands of Ahold Delhaize USA comprise the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast and the fourth largest grocery retail group in the nation, operating more than 2,000 stores and distribution centers across more than 20 states and serving millions of customers each week through a uniquely local omnichannel experience.

The Ahold Delhaize USA company team includes just over 100 associates across all East Coast office locations.

As a Shipping Office Coordinator, you will be responsible for maintaining and coordinating activities in the grocery and perishable shipping offices. You will also retain accurate and efficient records for grocery and perishable shipping departments in order to ensure a successful work flow.

• Keep and maintain accurate records (logs of seals, manifest sheets and trailer tracking) as required
• Create load tickets for loaders and transportation, making sure that stores receive proper paperwork pertaining to orders, bills, scratches, split sheets, etc.
• Maintain an even and steady workflow for lift drivers performing replenishment duties
• Keep track of store selection completion and the timing of retrieving missed/short cases so that loaders can know when to seal a trailer
• File shipping office records and paperwork
• Keep daily records of shipped cases
• Ensure delivery loads make it to dispatch by their dispatch time, to ensure on-time delivery
• Follow good sanitation practices; keep work area clean and free of debris
• Responsible for calculating daily workload variance(s)
• Responsible for assigning associate production job functions and manage indirect job functions
• Coordinate breaks, lunches, and facilitate meetings based on workload and as needed
• Partner with Supervision and Third Party Labor Providers to align and allocate labor with workloads
• Partner with Transportation and Central Order Processing to resolve ordering and delivery exceptions
• Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs
• Ensure compliance with company standards in the areas of accuracy, safety and productivity

• Able to reach, stoop, bend and lift up to and including 60 lbs.
• Able to stand for long periods of time
• Able to work in a warehouse environment with varying conditions (i.e. cool temperatures, concrete floors, powered industrial trucks)
• Able to work in a
  -5 degree to 90+ degree Fahrenheit environment (temperature varies within each department) for long periods of time

• High School Education
• Certification on powered industrial equipment where applicable
• Familiarity/experience in a distribution environment
• Working knowledge of WMS
  3000, CAMS, and YMS (if applicable)
• Good communication, verbal and written skills
• Have working knowledge of computers, programs, and office equipment
• Possess a friendly and professional attitude when dealing with diverse workforce
• Good organizational skills and be team oriented
• Able to meet production standards set by the company
• Must be able to work needed schedule to perform assigned duties
• Must be dependable in terms of attendance and punctuality
• Able to use personal computer for data entry and research purposes
• Able to read and understand written and numeric product identifiers
• Highly motivated self-starter and team player with strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

At Ahold Delhaize USA, we embrace and celebrate diversity. Our employees and prospective employees are treated with fairness, respect and dignity. We provide an equal opportunity workplace committed to hiring, training, compensating, and promoting persons based on their talents and abilities and without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, family status, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.