Lead Shipper / Receiver

Overview

The Lead Shipper/Receiver provides daily operational leadership for shipping and receiving activities. This role coordinates workflow, prioritizes tasks, and ensures execution consistency across the team.

 

This role drives consistency, accountability, and communication across shipping, receiving, and stockroom interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily shipping and receiving tasks and communicate staffing or coverage needs to supervisor/manager.
• Set priorities based on site production schedules, customer needs, and shipment deadlines
• Ensure timely and accurate execution of shipments and receipts
• Act as first point of escalation for operational issues
• Drive adherence to standard processes and continuous improvement
• Lead onboarding, training and development of team members; coordinate training needs
• Partner with management to improve workflows, reduce errors and delays, standardize practices across shifts
• Support performance tracking and reinforce adherence to daily expectations and standard work
• Communicate daily status, risks, and constraints to Production, Supply Chain, and leadership
• Ensure alignment between stockroom, shipping, and receiving activities
• Maintain organized work areas and proper material storage
• Follow established GMP guidelines; ensure all documentation is accurate and properly maintained
• Ensure site-level compliance with DOT HazMat regulations and support training, audits, and process adherence
• Cross-train and backup material control, assist with cycle counting
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated leadership in operations
• Strong understanding of inventory control, material flow and logistics
• Experience coordinating teams and improving processes
• Prior work experience within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/Material Requirements Planning (MRP) environment required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with import/export regulations
• Epicor ERP experience
• DOT Hazardous Materials Certification, CFR 49 parts 100-185.

Physical Demands

• Lifting requirements up to 40 lbs. as needed
• Fast-paced, physically demanding work environment

Compensation

  

The compensation for this role is competitive and will be based on experience and qualifications. The anticipated range is $27.00-37.00/hr.

 

For temp, temp-to-hire, and regular full-time positions, our company policy is that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must already be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.