Shipping/Receiving Manager - Greif Packaging LLC

Greif offers a great working environment and the opportunity to make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always welcome.

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Job Description:

Supervises warehouse operations, including shipping and receiving functions. Supervises record-keeping activities for incoming and outgoing shipments. Coordinates and supervises the daily activities of operations or business colleagues. Typically possesses 4-8 years of relevant experience, including leadership experience.

Key Responsibilities 

• Coordinates availability of delivery trucks and schedules finished product appointments with a focus on process optimization
• Determines shipping priorities, work assignments, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.  
• May manage and negotiate external carriers' pricing. Monitoring customer services, overall performance, and contingencies plans for potential risk and identifying improvements.
• Coordinates activities with other departments, customers, and outside trucking firms. May be required to meet with transportation sales representatives.
• Oversees incoming and outgoing traffic to ensure shipment accuracy, completeness, and condition. Inspects loading operations to ensure compliance with shipping specifications.
• Directs movement of inbound material from the shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
• Provides specifications on the purchase of new equipment and purchases parts/supplies as needed.
• Inspects maintains, and repairs truck fleet to ensure safe, cost-effective, on-time customer deliveries.
• Provides specifications for new equipment and purchases parts/supplies for repairs and preventive maintenance.
• Incorporates and ensures safety observances are met, including use of all PPE by colleagues, ensuring guards and safety features are working, and promoting good daily safety practices and habits, etc.
• Communicates goals and objectives, applies company policy, staffs, trains, coaches, recommends salary increases, ensures positive colleague relations, and reviews colleagues' performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Education and Experience 

• Typically possesses a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and 4-8 years of relevant experience, including leadership experience. 

Knowledge and Skills 

• Possesses a thorough understanding of trucking and transportation industries and regulations, warehouse operations, and shipping/receiving processes.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to balance multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrates ability to supervise less experienced colleagues effectively

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We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, gender, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, or veteran status. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran. For more information read Greif’s Equal Opportunity Policy.