Shipping Lead

Sonny's Enterprises is the world's largest manufacturer of conveyorized car wash equipment, parts, and supplies. We are the industry leader, recognized and awarded by the International Car Wash Association for innovating new technologies to advance the industry with products proudly designed and built in the USA. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate whats next. We embrace change and the opportunity it produces to maximize the potential of our most valuable resource our PEOPLE! We invite you to explore our opportunities and grow your career with us.

The Shipping Lead should be highly detailed and work well under pressure to coordinate lots of changing factors. While their main priority is scheduling trucks efficiently, other Truck Dispatcher job duties include:

Print Staging Documents & highlight picking items for loading team.

Organize Staging Documents in work bins for picking associates

Update shipping whiteboards with customer information: Customer name, state, sales order number, number of trucks, door numbers when available.

Coordinate workflow for international shipments and communicate with International Logistics Coordinator on all scheduling, container drop-offs and pick-ups.

Monitor and process sales order changes from Sales as they pertain to, but not limited to, picking, trucks, and shipping dates.

Communicate Sales Order changes with trucking companies as they relate to delivery address changes, shipping date changes, number of trucks required for delivery, and coordinate shipping to storage.

Notify Sales of order errors/discrepancies via email.

Work closely with loaders and have them communicate missing items and inform management and production team

Create all BOLs

QC all trucks for equipment as completed by loaders.

Communicate to management all errors, capacity and shifting changes.

Coordinate all pick-ups with trucking companies via email.

Maintain inventory of empty trailers in lot and communicate when additional empty trailers are needed

a. Communication for trailers will be via email to trucking companies and Manager.

Coordinate all truck moves as needed with trucking companies and update Truck Move Log.

a. Maintain consistent flow of available trailers in bay doors for loading

Distribute End-of-Day Debrief to Manager and Logistics Analyst.

a. Missing Parts for orders scheduled for working week.

b. List of trucks pending to be completed.

c. Late Trucks

d. Carrier Issues

e. Potential Back Orders

Follow warehouse safety guidelines.

Other duties as assigned by Manager.

Experience & Education:

1-2 years warehouse experience required

Forklift experience required

Scan Gun experience required

High School Diploma/GED required

Working Conditions & Physical Demands:

Working conditions are normal for a manufacturing environment.

Will require heavy work (lifting greater than 30 pounds). Ability to carry 50 lbs. for 100 feet unassisted.

Machinery operation requires the use of safety PPE equipment to include but not limited to; eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, steel-toe shoes, and hardhats. Loose fitting clothes and jewelry are not permitted

Regularly required to stand or sit, and move about the facility. Ability to stand for 8 hours per day.

Materials and Equipment Used: Will require proper coordination, and motor skills to work with power/hand tools as needed.

Tools: SAP Software, Label Machines, scales, and printers.

We offer 100% employer paid medical plan. Other optional benefit programs are available to our employees and their families which include: 401(k) match,
additional medical plans, dental, vision, flex spending account, short-term and long-term disability & life insurance coverage.