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Shipping/Receiving Assistant

Leggett & Platt
Michigan City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 4 Apr 2024

About the role

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.

 

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

 

Furniture

 

A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

 

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

 

Workplace Furniture Solutions

 

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

 

Learn more about Furniture components: Furniture

 

Learn more about Work Furniture: Work Furniture

 

1. Supervisor: Shipping Supervisor/Materials Manager

2. Department / Division: Materials

3. Exempt: No

4. Summary: Responsible for day-to-day packaging, receiving, and material handling duties. Ensure proper packing slip and bill of lading receivers are correctly processed.

5. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Other duties may be assigned)

  • 5.1. Material Handling: Responsible for receiving and distribution of incoming materials to the appropriate division. To keep the hardware and T-nut racks organized. To organize and maintain finished product in the shipping area. Responsible for loading and unloading of semi-trailers, as well as the packaging of any outbound packages of product or samples.

  • 5.2. Packaging: Responsible to ensure the banding and wrapping of finished products are satisfactory for outbound shipping. Package samples and hardware in a quality manner for outbound shipping.

  • 5.3. Receiving: Responsible to receive all Davidson and IRT purchased materials and supplies, and complete associated documentation and distribution.

  • 5.4. Shipping: Perform shipping functions on computer, prepare packing slips and bills of lading and schedule trucking.

  • 5.5. Inventory: Responsible for maintaining and controlling inventory levels of packaging, T-nuts, and other hardware items. Responsible to help complete monthly and year-end physical inventories.

  • 5.6. Inspections: Hardware & Purchased product-Inspected to 7.4.3-B Receiving Inspection (Verification) (Other than Veneer) Work Instruction. Veneer inspected to 7.4.3-A Receiving Inspection (Verification) of Veneer Work Instruction.

  • 5.7. Administrative: Package and prepare paperwork for the shipping of items via United Parcel Service.

  • 5.8. Communication: Answe

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