Shipping Lead

S&M Mt. Juliet, TN, US

Company Overview:

DESTACO, a Stabilus Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, work holding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors.

Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports.

DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 employees across 11 locations.

With nearly 90 years of demonstrated expertise, The Stabilus Group is one of the world's leading providers of motion control solutions for customers across a broad spectrum of industries.

Stabilus, approaching 1.5B EUR in revenue, is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany and employs more than 7,000 team members across 34 locations in 18 countries.

Position Summary:

The Shipping Lead provides work direction, policy and procedure compliance and ensures safety of the facility and operators. The Shipping Lead coordinates the storage, transportation and delivery of materials. This includes all material movement within and out of the facility and order accuracy for internal and external customers. This position oversees inbound and outbound shipments (domestic and international) as well as internal movement of materials.

The Shipping Lead demands a robust customer service mindset with a high level of multitasking skills. The Shipping Lead requires organization, attention to detail, and strong leadership skills. This position reports to the Shipping Supervisor.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides instruction and guidance to the Shipping Department regarding proper and safe working procedures.
• Monitors work in progress to assure the quality standards are met.
• Required to facilitate and support all departmental training / cross training needs to support site requirements.
• Work with customer service to facilitate and investigate customer orders or discrepancies.
• Work with purchasing to ensure inbound POs are accurate and investigate issues
• Provides guidance, training and instruction on picking, packing, kitting, shipping or delivering to assembly lines, receiving, put away, loading and unloading of material.
• Communicates necessary information to operators in the area of Company policies, procedures and safety as directed by the Shipping/Materials Supervisor.
• Provides feedback regularly to the Shipping/Materials Supervisor on employee performance.
• Ensures that the facility and its contents are safe and secure at all times.
• Monitors and reports any workplace injuries, near misses or potential safety hazards.
• Reviews customer orders and internal job orders to ensure methods and requests are met.
• Verifies inventory accuracy as required.
• Hand carries, uses cart, or may operate forklifts to move, pick or put away parts
• Performs daily cycle counts of raw material, components and finished goods.
• Attends required Company training.
• Advises supervisor of conduct that may violate rules, policies, and procedures.
• Responsible for leading 6s activities on the floor
• Investigate and resolve inventory issues within the department and back orders.
• Assist Shipping Supervisor foster and maintain a positive and productive environment focusing on continuous improvement and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

(KSA’s):

• Safety – Understands safe…