FT Senior Shipping Clerk - 928

Category/Area of Expertise: Distribution
Job Requisition: 497448

Address: USA-MD-Jessup-8580 Old Dorsey Run Rd
Store Code: Whse-Managers (5149714)


Who Is Giant?

With over 2 million weekly customers and annual sales topping $5 billion, Giant is the #1 grocer in the Baltimore-Washington area. What began as one store on Georgia Avenue in Washington D.C. in 1936, now has grown to over 160 stores spanning across D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.

Giant's mission is beyond stocking groceries on shelves, we strive to be the most trusted and loved local food retailer in our community .


A successful Shipping Clerk should be able to fulfill certain duties and responsibilities. Shipping Clerks are able to perform efficiently in a warehouse and dispatch environment by handling incoming and outgoing deliveries. The following are some duties and responsibilities for a Shipping Clerk that you should look out for in your candidate.

• Obtain and process product orders, including receiving deliveries, registering them and distributing packages and letters within the company
• Maintain the company stockroom through organizing, cleaning and cataloging items on a regular basis
• Schedule large shipments and plan logistics to ensure that there is sufficient storage space for incoming items and staff on hand to manage the shipments
• Keep files of goods shipped and received by preparing regular shipping and receiving reports for managers
• Ensure adherence to environmental management and systems
• Trouble shoots shipping issues and customer complaints that arise and work to solve them
• Place merchandise in a warehouse or storage facility by packaging, lifting items as necessary, operating forklifts and pallet jacks for large goods

Shipping Clerk skills and qualifications

A professional Shipping Clerk will have certain prerequisite skills and qualifications. These skills and qualifications guarantee the competitiveness of a candidate. Since Shipping Clerks are responsible for sorting, organizing, and transferring goods, they must have the following skills and qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent organization and administrative skills
• Integrity and leadership skills
• Exemplary customer care skills
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong computer skills
• Ability to operate warehouse machinery such as forklifts
• Detail-oriented and multitasking skills
• $21/hr. to start
• 11am start time, 4 - 10 hour days, Wed-Sat, off Sunday-Tues; Training the first 4 weeks will be 5 - 8 hour days

Why Work at Giant?

At Giant, we love what we do, and make it easy for you to love it, too! Every day, we build on our over 80-year legacy of innovation, quality, and value and hard work to keep our top spot in the market and with our customers. The most important part of that? Our people.

Giant's thousands of associates in our stores, distribution centers and corporate headquarters have one thing in common: the opportunity to advance their career. We proudly hire and promote from our own ranks, offering opportunities to learn and advance, take trainings and earn degrees, serve our communities, receive recognition for their work and have a career, not just a job.

We proudly host Business Resource Groups ( BRGs) - six voluntary employee-led groups that help build community and are aligned with our mission, values, goals, business practices and objectives. The BRGs programming is designed to support their members and our associates through social activity, volunteering and professional development opportunities.

Our mission is to provide convenient ways for our customers to prepare meals for moments that matter most through meal solutions, recipe inspiration, time-saving services like pickup and delivery and beyond. Giant also values being a better neighbor. One way we support our neighbors is by providing donations and charitable efforts to our local partners that support our main charitable causes.

We'd love for you to become part of the Giant family and join us in our journey of being a Better Place to Work, a Better Place to Shop and a Better Neighbor - because, after all, our people truly make us Giant.