Shipping Coordinator

Shipping Coordinator

Georgia-Pacific is looking for safety-oriented individuals to join our team as a Shipping Coordinator in McDonough, GA!

Salary: $27.00 per hour. You will have the ability to increase your compensation based on skills and contribution to the overall performance of the plant. This role is eligible for our Performance Pay program that could offer up to a 6% quarterly bonus.

Shift: Monday through Friday 7pm-7am and alternate Sundays. This may include overtime, holidays and weekends. McDonough operates on a point-based attendance program.

The Shipping Coordinator keeps our products moving efficiently from our McDonough, GA mailers facility to our customers. In this role, you'll be at the center of our shipping operations: scheduling trucks, preparing documentation, ensuring accurate orders, and working directly with drivers and carriers to make sure shipments leave on time and in great condition.

You'll thrive here if you enjoy being the go-to person in a fast-paced environment, solving problems on the fly, and keeping things organized when multiple priorities are coming at you at once. If that sounds like you, apply today and join a team that values both collaboration and personal growth.

Georgia-Pacific's Mailers is a part of the Packaging and Cellulose business, the Mailers business is expanding its product lines, working with key customers to create and launch one or more new products to complement our already thriving recyclable padded mailer business.

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What You Will Do:

• Coordinating flow of shipping and receiving operations
• Plan and direct all shipping daily while ensuring accuracy of shipping documents
• Accurately process shipping paperwork
• Dispatch work to the forklift drivers on the warehouse floor
• Managing the workload of incoming and outgoing freight
• Perform daily proof of billing
• Assist loaders with questions
• Problem solving, decision making and multi-tasking skills for a fast-paced environment
• Maintaining safe work environment and ensure compliance with all safety practices in all business initiatives.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications):

• 1+ year Logistics, Shipping or Warehouse experience
• 6+ months experience operating a forklift safely in a manufacturing, industrial or warehouse environment
• Familiarity with shipping or logistics software (SAP, WMS or similar)
• Previous leadership experience in a manufacturing, military, or industrial environment
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook
• Experience performing and managing an accurate inventory
• Proven ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

Other Considerations/Physical Requirements:

• Maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, to include wearing safety equipment
• Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day, in a loud/noisy, and industrial, high-volume environment

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As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day to make everyday products even better.

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Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

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