Shipping & Receiving Clerk

Position Summary

The Shipping/Receiving clerk is responsible for verifying materials received are as ordered and routes incoming items to appropriate departments/locations.

• Complete daily purchase orders.
• Invoicing data entry into applicable software programs.
• Provide communication on order delays.
• Receives and unloads incoming materials and compares information on packing slip with purchase order to verify accuracy of shipment; may process return shipments from customers.
• Sort, count, package, label, insure, unpack, and/or log inventory which is shipped or received.
• Inspect shipments for damages or defects; records discrepancies or damages and notifies supervisor and/or purchasing personnel.
• Deliver items to requisitioning departments and obtain authorized signatures for accepted items.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

• High school graduate, or equivalent
• General knowledge of postal and commercial shipping methods and procedures is preferred.

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Quality of work reflects efficiency and accuracy.
• Ability to receive, track, and distribute materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Ability to prepare routine administrative paperwork.
• Ability to read, sort, check, count, and verify numbers.
• Ability to receive, stock, and/or deliver goods.
• Proactive, adaptable, with the ability to work under pressure to accomplish projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• A strong commitment to helping people.

• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.