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About the Role
This position requires a self-motivated, highly organized, and detail-oriented individual responsible for the accurate, efficient, and safe preparation, packaging, processing, and shipment of networking, telecommunications, data center, and related equipment.
Responsibilities
- Process outbound parcel shipments through the company's ERP system and multiple carrier platforms, including UPS, FedEx, DHL, and USPS.
- Review sales orders and shipping requirements, prepare shipment documentation, and record shipment information.
- Ensure completed shipments are accurate and traceable within company systems.
- Determine appropriate packaging methods and materials based on product characteristics and transportation requirements.
- Custom package networking, telecommunications, data center, and related equipment using appropriate materials and techniques.
- Construct, modify, reinforce, and configure packaging as necessary for non-standardized products.
- Inspect packaged shipments for appropriate protection, presentation, labeling, and readiness for transport.
- Prepare products for parcel and freight shipment, including weighing, measuring, labeling, palletizing, wrapping, securing, and staging.
- Coordinate and process freight shipments, including preparation of bills of lading and other required documentation.
- Obtain shipping estimates and evaluate carrier services.
- Review shipment records for accuracy, compliance, and alignment with requirements.
- Identify, document, communicate, and escalate discrepancies.
- Maintain accurate electronic and physical shipment records.
- Move completed shipments and products between workstations, warehouse locations, and staging areas.
- Monitor packaging materials and shipping supplies and communicate replenishment needs.
- Maintain clean, organized, and safe shipping, packaging, and staging areas.
- Operate pallet jacks, carts, ladders, packaging equipment, scanners, label printers, and other authorized equipment safely and efficiently.
- Support receiving, warehouse, inventory, order processing, and other Operations activities.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities for improvement in packaging, accuracy, carrier processing, material usage, workflow, and efficiency.
- Adhere to all company safety policies, quality standards, operational procedures, carrier requirements, and customer requirements.
- Perform other shipping, warehouse, inventory, and fulfillment duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience working in a shipping, fulfillment, logistics, or related warehouse role is required.
- Experience using an ERP, inventory management, order management, or similar business system is required.
- Experience processing shipments through commercial carrier systems such as UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS, or similar platforms is required.
- Experience working in a warehouse environment is required.
Skills
- NetSuite experience is preferred.
- Experience with custom packaging or protective packaging of varied, fragile, technical, or high-value products is strongly preferred.
- Experience with packaging methods and equipment such as expanding foam, protective cushioning, carton modification, palletization, binding, and stretch wrapping is preferred.
- Experience preparing bills of lading, arranging freight shipments, and obtaining shipping estimates is preferred.
- Experience using handheld scanners, label printers, shipping scales, dimensioning equipment, and related shipping technology is preferred.
- Experience working with networking, telecommunications, electronics, or related technical equipment is preferred.