What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping clerk position at Leggett & Platt?
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products.
Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
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Bedding
The world leader in bedding technology.
Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.
Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.
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Qualifications, Knowledge, Education & Experience :
Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Maintain shipping schedule up to date and email to appropriate distribution list.
- Hand out work orders to team members for staging and shipping of orders.
- Check drivers in and assign doors.
- Ensure all paperwork is signed and accurate before turning in to customer service.
- Scan all paperwork and keep in orderly fashion on the computer.
- Communicate in a timely fashion the status of orders to customer service, managers, supervisors, leads and directors.
- Scan and email all dock audit forms to quality manager.
- Scan and email all trailer inspection forms to safety manager.
- Ensure all receiving paperwork is signed, printed name, and date before scanning to appropriate distribution list.
- Ensure efficient operation of shipping and receiving product to customer while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Maintain excellent housekeeping practices in shipping area.
- Practice proper safety techniques.
- Follow all procedures and guidelines.
- Perform other duties as assigned and / or requested.
Education :
High School diploma or GED equivalent required; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience :
Good mechanical aptitude .
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :
- Attendance / Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.
- Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
- Safety - Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; Uses equipment and materials properly.
- Good attention to detail.
- Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.
This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis.
It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.
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Last updated : 2024-05-09
