The opportunity:
As the Shipping Supervisor you will be responsible for organizing and managing the day to day logistical activities for shipping and receiving of the Plant facility. Your role is also responsible for ensuring personnel operate efficiently and safely, maximizing loads while minimizing shipping costs, and coordinating with 3rd Party Logistics Companies to ensure on-time delivery of customer products and high customer satisfaction. How you will impact Smurfit Westrock Coordinate daily dispatch to ensure timely and cost-effective shipment methods Identify opportunities to maximize manufactured square footage (MSF) per trailer to increase utilization of assets and increase cost savings Coordinate material staging, shipments, pick and pack order fulfillment, expired inventory destruction, and raw and customer owned inventory Maintain working knowledge of Department of Transportation regulations and general routes to create time efficient shipping schedules Work collaboratively with Production to assess, manage, and prioritize customer requests to ensure load planning accuracy, mitigate delays, and enable high customer satisfaction Ensure Shipping team safely operates material handling equipment (e.g. forklift) and properly adhere to all safety regulations and procedures Partner with 3rd Party Logistics Companies to coordinate dock times for customer receipt of inventory What you need to succeed High School diploma or G.E.D.Prefer experience in Shipping and Receiving in a warehouse environment Great written and verbal communication skills with ability to adjust communication style and interact across all levels of the organization Ability to coach and develop talent to create a highly productive, safety-conscious team Strong decision-making skills with the ability to adapt and quickly respond to unforeseen changes in the production environment Well organized with great time management skills to manage the execution of multiple priorities Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.
