Shipping and Receiving Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Apex Placement & Consulting has partnered with an exciting organization seeking a motivated and dependable Shipping & Receiving Lead to join their team in Wixom, MI. In this role, you will manage S&R department and ensure compliance with the systems and processes. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, has great leadership qualities and able to work in a fast-paced environment and committed to producing quality products as part of a team.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

• Day shift schedule Monday-Friday 6:30am-3:00pm
• Competitive hourly wage based on experience
• Contract to hire opportunity with excellent benefits upon hire to include
  1. Medical, dental and vison insurance
  2. Company paid holidays
  3. Accrued PTO based on tenure

  Essential Responsibilities :

• Arranging expedited inbound/outbound freight shipments as required
• Complying with customer shipping requirements via releases
• Responsible for ensuring 100% compliance to shipping and receiving processes, procedures and systems implemented (Ex. 5S, Poka Yoke, SMED, etc…)
• Builds, develops, and manages shipping and receiving team capable of carrying out needed shipping and receiving strategies and improving employee relations
• Ensures scanned receipt of raw material within 24 hours and scanned out-bound shipments per shipping requirements
• Compliance to State and Federal regulations and complete USMCA documents
• Complies with Dock Audit requirements on all inbound and outbound shipments
• Validates packing lists to PO’s and communicates variances found
• Identifies, assigns and complies with training requirements for S & R and completes performance evaluations and annual objectives
• Responsible for supporting required sorts and utilizing the Hold area as needed
• Drives continuous improvement in cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and on-time delivery in shipping and receiving
• Continuously identify and implement inventory storage optimization plans
• Responsible for ensuring 100% compliance to inventory control processes, procedures and systems implemented (Ex. 5S, Poka Yoke, SMED, etc…)
• Implements and drives compliance to FIFO systems and processes
• Implements and drives compliance to 5S and Visual management activities on the plant floor associated with inventory storage and S & R
• Supports manufacturing policies in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques in inventory control and maintains measures of performance 
• Supports problem resolution activities to facilitate faster improvements and improved working relationships
• Actively participates in the Layered Process Audit program, participates in quality standard audits, and kaizen events as required
• Responsible for the development of a cohesive group of material handlers’ to drive the highest quality output of delivery and performance.

Qualifications :

• Leadership: ability to lead people, get results through others and hold self and others accountable
• Preferred knowledge and experience in ISO9001:2008 and/or TS16949 
• Shipping and Receiving systems deployment and compliance
• Problem analysis and resolution at the functional level
• Preferred technical skills including Lean Manufacturing Techniques, Kaizen, process improvement, Six Sigma, freight & distribution, materials management, production scheduling, ISO/TS and OSHA.
• Preferred experience with ERP systems-PLEX software experience a PLUS
• Minimum 1 year production experience in a manufacturing environment and mechanical aptitude
• Ability to operate Fork Truck as required
• Computer proficiency – strong Excel, PP and Outlook skills

At Apex, we actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups. Your unique experiences and perspectives are valuable to us, and we’re excited to see how you might contribute to our team. While we have outlined a set of qualifications for this role, we recognize that experience and skills can come from a variety of backgrounds. If you meet most of these qualifications and are eager to learn and grow with us, we invite you to apply.