Shipping Lead

Company Overview:

DESTACO, a Stabilus Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors.

Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports.

DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 employees across 11 locations.

With nearly 90 years of demonstrated expertise, The Stabilus Group is one of the world's leading providers of motion control solutions for customers across a broad spectrum of industries.

Stabilus, approaching 1.5B EUR in revenue, is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany and employs more than 7,000 team members across 34 locations in 18 countries.

Position Summary:

The Shipping Lead provides work direction, policy and procedure compliance and ensures safety of the facility and operators. The Shipping Lead coordinates the storage, transportation and delivery of materials. This includes all material movement within and out of the facility and order accuracy for internal and external customers. This position oversees inbound and outbound shipments (domestic and international) as well as internal movement of materials. The Shipping Lead demands a robust customer service mindset with a high level of multitasking skills. The Shipping Lead requires organization, attention to detail, and strong leadership skills. This position reports to the Shipping Supervisor.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides instruction and guidance to the Shipping Department regarding proper and safe working procedures.
• Monitors work in progress to assure the quality standards are met.
• Required to facilitate and support all departmental training / cross training needs to support site requirements.
• Work with customer service to facilitate and investigate customer orders or discrepancies.
• Work with purchasing to ensure inbound POs are accurate and investigate issues
• Provides guidance, training and instruction on picking, packing, kitting, shipping or delivering to assembly lines, receiving, put away, loading and unloading of material.
• Communicates necessary information to operators in the area of Company policies, procedures and safety as directed by the Shipping/Materials Supervisor.
• Provides feedback regularly to the Shipping/Materials Supervisor on employee performance.
• Ensures that the facility and its contents are safe and secure at all times.
• Monitors and reports any workplace injuries, near misses or potential safety hazards.
• Reviews customer orders and internal job orders to ensure methods and requests are met.
• Verifies inventory accuracy as required.
• Hand carries, uses cart, or may operate forklifts to move, pick or put away parts
• Performs daily cycle counts of raw material, components and finished goods.
• Attends required Company training.
• Advises supervisor of conduct that may violate rules, policies, and procedures.
• Responsible for leading 6s activities on the floor
• Investigate and resolve inventory issues within the department and back orders.
• Assist Shipping Supervisor foster and maintain a positive and productive environment focusing on continuous improvement and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's):

• Safety - Understands safe operation of equipment, tools and PPE. Recognizes potential for dangerous situations; uses safe work practices. Utilizes behavior based safety methods to sustain a safe working environment.
• Ethics and Work Standards -Maintain the highest ethical and work standards, while promoting the same attributes in co-workers and others.
• Communication - Expresses thoughts clearly, both orally and in writing, using good grammar. Listens to understand input, feedback and concerns. Provides complete information in an open, honest and straightforward manner. Responds promptly and positively to questions and requests.
• Teamwork/Relationships -Works with other employees willingly and in a spirit of cooperation and teamwork. Supports cooperation. Demonstrates a commitment to the entire business and is supportive of all initiatives (company and departmental) to help grow the business. Cooperates fully with others to achieve organizational goals. Is tactful, courteous, and considerate. Embraces a positive outlook. Is respected and trusted by others.
• Continual Improvement and Problem Resolution - Identifies and communicates suggestions for work improvements. Works with others to develop solutions which meet company-wide needs and objectives. Applies a sense of urgency to resolve problems or creates opportunities that will increase productivity and create value. Shares best practices with other employees.
• Accountability - Accepts responsibility regarding projects/programs/duties as outlined in this job description. Advises supervisor of concerns, problems and progress of work in a timely manner.

Experience:

• 5 years of materials or shipping experience
• Experience as a lead preferred
• 1 year powered industrial truck experience
• Must be able to work effectively under deadlines and delegate responsibilities
• Experience in fast paced environment that required multi-tasking
• Experience with MS Word and MS Excel
• Experience with LTL, Air & Ocean Shipments both domestic and international
• Must be able to work well in a team environment and display a sense of urgency in serving the customer
• Oracle experience preferred

Education and Certification Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent education or experience

Physical Requirements: (To be met with or without accommodations)

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
• Stand 10 hours a day
• Good manual dexterity
• Eye hand coordination and attention to detail
• Ability to bend, twist and turn

EEO Statement - must be part of every job description and posting for Destaco US as a requirement of government contractor compliance

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.