Shipping Supervisor

Job Title: Shipping Supervisor 

Job Summary: Responsible for ensuring the on-time shipments of finished goods to OEM and ARG customers. Supervise the shipping team including: Shipping Lead and Fork Lift Operators. Responsible for management of workflow, shipping patterns, staging lanes and storage of finished product and shipping trailers. 

Job Functions:

• Responsible for loading of shipments, planning of layouts and shipping priorities. Ensure compliance with shipping specifications from the customer, including barcoding format, ship times, Advanced Shipping Notices (ASN), etc. Ensure accuracy of shipping records
• Supervision of team functions: assigning tasks to fork lift operators, releasing requirements in Plex, preparation of shipping labels and Bill of Lading documents. Provide truck loading layout instructions. Stage shipments to cover first three hours of the following shift
• Train all new and existing shipping employees on essential job functions, including PLEX functions
• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product delivery. Resolve problems concerning transportation carriers, logistics system or customer concerns
• Coordinate any expedite situations with customer, carrier, production and/or quality
• Approve time records and requests for time off for shipping employees
• Resolve internal employee issues, concerns and complaints
• Serve as back up for receiving supervisor    
• Responsible for health and safety of employees   
• Participate in continuous improvement practices   
• Make sure all docks working properly and trucks are locked into dock
• Ensure employees have the equipment and tools to properly perform including PPE, fork lifts and propane tanks
• Scan all product into staging lanes. Perform 6S and housekeeping duties to maintain high standard of facility cleanliness   
• Fulfill assignments/tasks given by Manager   
• Other duties as assigned   
• Nothing in the Position Description restricts management's right to assign or re-assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time  

Qualifications

• Languages spoken commonly in the workplace are English and Mandarin. Ability to read, understand and comprehend documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to speak effectively and interact with other team members, engineers, leadership and customers.   
• 2 years Logistics management experience   
• Two year college degree in related field. Forklift certified. APICS a plus
• The employee is regularly required o stand for long periods. Duties include turning at the waist, reaching, bending, squatting and
   lifting up to 50 pounds. Ability to pass static strength requirements (grip)
• Visual acuity including, but not limited to: 
• Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less. Use this factor when special and minute accuracy is demanded
• Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. Use this factor when visual efficiency in terms of far acuity is required in day and night/dark conditions
• Three-dimensional vision. Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are
• Ability to identify and distinguish colors 
• Observing an area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• Safety requirements for this position are safety glasses, hearing protection and steel-toed work boots
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables
• Knowledge of and familiarity manufacturing software
• Glass production principles and technological process; all business processes by the company; conditions for raw material, unfinished and finished products storage    
• Company rules and regulations, quality policy, target and commitment  
• Shipping process, storage, and company procedure
• Provide logistics supplier with necessary document for custom clearance and ASN releases, check bill of lading    
• Make shipment plan and vehicle schedule Warehouse plan and daily management of finished product warehouse    
• Certain observation ability, communication ability and adaptibility to change
• Certain plan, organization, coordination ability and leadership
• Certain analytical and judging ability
• Ability to lead and instruct others
• Maintain effective communications with manager of shipping and receiving, operations team, plant schedulers and quality control