Shipping and Receiving Lead

On behalf of a top-tier luxury stone and surface distributor, we are seeking a focused Shipping & Receiving Lead for their Palo Alto facility. This is a functional, lead-level role responsible for managing domestic shipments while guiding a small team of 3–4 logistics associates.

This role bypasses the headache of international customs and carrier rate negotiations—focusing instead on accurate staging, physical loading/unloading, and seamless system tracking. Qualifications:

• Experience: 2–3 years of shipping and receiving experience, ideally within an industrial, building materials, or heavy-product environment.

• Logistics Knowledge: Solid understanding of domestic freight shipping. 

• Software: Computer skills with SAP experience preferred (or experience with a similar major ERP system).

• Leadership Style: A grounded, practical leader who enjoys being physically involved in the day-to-day work while keeping the team on track.

salary: $60,000 - $62,400 per year
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

• Team Guidance: Oversee and work alongside a tight-knit team of 3–4 shipping/receiving associates to ensure accurate order fulfillment.

• Domestic Logistics: Coordinate all inbound and outbound Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) and Full-Truckload (FTL) shipments.

• Physical & Digital Tracking: Balance the physical loading/unloading of stone materials with light administrative logging and order verification.

• System Management: Utilize the inventory system ( SAP ) to track shipments, print manifests, and log incoming materials.

The essential functions of this role include:

• wearing steel toe shoes
• manual lifting up to 50lbs
• standing for 8 hours at one time

Skills

• Order Picking
• Packing
• Order Pulling
• Supervising
• Packaging
• Cycle Counting
• Lifting
• Lumping
• Order Fulfillment
• Distribution
• Managing

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 2 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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