Shipping & Receiving Manager

Plan, direct and oversee activities of the shipping and receiving department.

• Direct manage shipping and receiving activities to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments.
• Determine routing and legal load limits of trucks, according to established schedules and weight limits of states.
• Inspect loading operations to ensure compliance with shipping procedures and specifications.
• Schedule and arrange trucks for material pick-up.
• Manage traffic of trucks at the factory at all times.
• Control and perform freight claim process.
• Review, approve and direct to accounts payable all incoming freight bills.
• Maintain record of pictures for all shipments.
• Control shipping schedule according to customer requested delivery dates.
• Provide accurate information to customer service team regarding shipment of materials.
• Provide accurate information to other departments regarding shipping costs.
• Provide accurate count of finish goods to purchasing department.
• Fosters and develops excellent relationships with transportation companies in a strategic manner.
• Ensure accuracy on bills-of-ladings.
• Ensure shipping logs are updated daily.
• Plan, prioritize and delegate work tasks to ensure proper functioning of the department.
• Identify and implement strategies to improve quality of service, productivity and profitability.
• Perform timely performance reviews with shipping and receiving team
• Completes training by supervisor.
• Complies with all safety and company policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Solid knowledge of logistics procedures.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Problem-solving abilities
• Ability to read planograms and set up merchandise and displays accordingly
• Well-organized, able to multitask but also attentive to detail
• Ability to think quickly and resolve issues
• Strong leadership skills to manage and motivate receiving employees and train new employees
• Knowledgeable in shipping management and transaction software, as well as MS Office

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position is responsible for supervision of the following positions:

• Shipping & receiving Assistants.
• Loaders
• Tarping Station

• Expectations of Management – Consistently exhibits a high standard of integrity and ethical behavior. Resolves conflicts in an open and direct manner. Communicates candidly and effectively. Selects the best employees for the organization and works with employees to help them succeed. Demonstrates and inspires a high level of commitment and performance. Leads continuous improvement efforts and positive change.
• Management Team Support – Outwardly supports management in all initiatives. Participates in management positively with an open mind and genuine and cooperative attitude. Supports and ensures that employees support other departments cooperatively.
• Employee Management – Successfully manages performance, behavior, and conduct of subordinates, including ongoing assessment, feedback, and coaching of performance criterion with successful results. Documents both issues and successes for a complete and well-rounded review. Ensures all policies, SOPs, and company practices are followed. Holds employees accountable to expectations.
• Team Building – Actively seeks and achieves group participation to improve work, sets priorities, is innovative, and solves problems.

• High school diploma; BSc/BA in supply chain, logistics or relative field is a definite plus.
• Proven experience as shipping manager.
• Experience in using EDI and preparing shipping documents (e.g. ASN)
• Computer savvy with excellent knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel).
• Good understanding of budgeting and reporting.
• Experience in directing and…