Shipping and Receiving Associate II

OVERVIEW

Cadrex is searching for a Shipping and Receiving Associate II to manage shipping/receiving responsibilities as defined, to ensure accurate data entry and transactions, and product and material movement in and out of the site.

Full-time

• Operate a forklift (stand‑up and sit‑down), pallet jack, plastic bander, and shrink wrap machine.
• Communicate with purchasing on supplies required for orders.
• Run cycle counts.
• Enter information into customer portals.
• Collaborate with Material Handlers on ensuring shipments are packaged and prepared.
• Use critical thinking skills to navigate issues and assist with process improvement.
• Assist with “pulling” and communicating with sales and production to meet shipment deadlines.
• Optimize shipping lanes and racks to ensure product is well organized and prepared for shipments.
• Unload trucks for receiving.
• Operate box trucks for local deliveries and building transfers.
• Assist in training level I.
• Assist with process improvement for the department.
• Optimize material racks to ensure they are correctly labeled, well organized, and prepared for operators.
• Collaborate with purchasing to define the most efficient times for product delivery.
• Identify urgent material/items that need to be received first and notify appropriate departments.
• Communicate with operators to identify what material/items are needed at their station daily.
• Research transactions when necessary to locate items or identify issues.
• Cross‑train in both buildings to receive materials, items, and outside processing.
• Identify incorrect packaging from suppliers and ensure it is communicated with quality, purchasing and/or the materials manager to pass on to the correct supplier contact.

• 2+ years’ related experience in a high‑volume manufacturing setting.
• Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to read and interpret prints and work orders.
• Attention to detail and quality.