Shipping Assistant

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.

 

With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.

 

If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.

 

A World of Difference. Made Possible.

 

 

SHIPPING ASSISTANT JOB SUMMARY: Drives liquefied gas, or electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, clamps, elevating platform to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials by performing the following duties. They understand and align business operations and the Department as he/she executes their role to exceed customer expectations and align with GPI business, cultural, financial, and operational objectives.

 

Primary Responsibilities are, but not limited to the following:

• Oversee shipping personnel during assigned shift.
• Directs and assigns tasks for shipping employees and holds them accountable for their actions.
• Submits notifications to maintenance on forklift or Shipping equipment repairs and ensures that the equipment is safe to operate.

 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be proficient at warehouse related SAP, T-box, and other applications and paperwork documentation procedures for movement of materials and be able to complete the forms efficiently and accurately.  (i.e. ZWM0W/MD04/LL01/LS24/LT24/CO03/VA05/VA03/MIGO and more as needed)

• Check inventory for shipments, run shipments for 2 days in advance, check schedules for all production departments.
• Check shipments for accuracy after they have been pulled and assign drivers to doors that need to be loaded.
• Run MD04 report for shipments that don’t have stock.
• Communicate with scheduler to determine if shipments will be ready for next day for items that are not ready.
• Clearly understand customers’ requirements and deliver results to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Process SAP Bill of Lading and Manual Bill of Lading as needed.
• Ensure accuracy of information of counts, weight, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bill of lading, packing slips, order, or other records.
• Route received items to appropriate departments
• Make sure AIB books are maintained current and updated.
• Maintain accurate and orderly inventory by properly warehousing all materials.  All finished good materials scanned to location.
• Ensure Baler room is staffed as needed to support production
• Load trucks, unload trucks, and pull orders as needed.
• Assist material handlers when necessary.
• Immediate reporting of incidents resulting in injury, product, or property damage to supervisor and completion of initial written incident reports involving warehouse employees.