Shipping Clerk at Buckhorn, Inc. in Springfield, Missouri

Job Description:

Buckhorn, a Myers Industries Company (NYSE: MYE), an industry-leading manufacturer offering an extensive selection of reusable bulk boxes, hand-held containers and pallets designed to protect products, improve workflow, lower operating costs and increase profitability. Buckhorn provides superior custom capabilities that fit your precise applications.

Position Summary

Ensures the shipping department documentation is accurate and maintained and provides information to the outbound truck drivers as needed.
You have the responsibility as an employee at Buckhorn to make a good quality product to exceed our customer expectations. You have the authority and responsibility to initiate recommendations to resolve problems and continuously improve our Quality Management. Total Quality Management involves all employees at Buckhorn to be dedicated to participating in improving our processes, our products, and our culture. Quality product starts and ends with you! Take pride in your work by providing a clean & functioning product for our customers.

Duties and Responsibilities
The duties listed below are not all inclusive of the work that will be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

• Maintains all documentation for shipping and ensures that it is accurate.
• Validates orders are complete and ready to ship.
• Runs and invoices shipments from the Springfield location.
• Scans signed bill of ladings to Milford
• Completes Fed Ex and UPS shipments
• Properly communicates with the truck drivers picking up loads
• Works safety to prevent on-the job injuries by following Buckhorn policies and OSHA standards.
• Completes other duties as may be assigned.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); required
• Minimum of two years warehouse and/or shipping experience; required
• Forklift certification (preferred)
• Computer proficiency (Word and Excel); required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of Warehouse and Shipping operations, methods, and practices. Knowledge of Bar Code Technology and Electronic Data Interchange.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
• Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively with coworkers and supervision.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to do two mathematical operations to arrive at the solution.

REASONING ABILITY:
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk, climb or balance, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is primarily indoors with heating and cooling regulated in a general office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually low. The employee is rarely exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to extreme heat and has a low risk of electric shock.

Myers Industries, Inc. is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.

Other details

• Job Family INDIR
• Job Function Manufacturing
• Pay Type Hourly