What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping Office Coordinator (Grocery Shipping) position at ADUSA Distribution?
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ADUSA Distribution, LLC is the distribution company of Ahold Delhaize USA, providing distribution services to one of the largest grocery retail supply chains in the nation. ADUSA Distribution supports a large, growing network of traditional and ecommerce distribution centers on the East Coast. ADUSA Distribution is part of a supply chain transformation taking place across Ahold Delhaize USA companies. Leveraging a $480 million investment, ADUSA Distribution is helping to evolve the supply chain network to a fully integrated self-distribution model of the future serving leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. In 2020, ADUSA Distribution and its third-party partners shipped nearly 1.2 billion cases or 10 billion retail units of product. Visit ADUSA Distribution on LinkedIn to learn more about exciting career opportunities.
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Position Summary : Shipping Office Coordinator
As a Shipping Office Coordinator, you will be responsible for maintaining and coordinating activities in the grocery and perishable shipping offices. You will also retain accurate and efficient records for grocery and perishable shipping departments in order to ensure a successful work flow.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Keep and maintain accurate records (logs of seals, manifest sheets and trailer tracking) as required
- Create load tickets for loaders and transportation, making sure that stores receive proper paperwork pertaining to orders, bills, scratches, split sheets, etc.
- Maintain an even and steady workflow for lift drivers performing replenishment duties
- Keep track of store selection completion and the timing of retrieving missed / short cases so that loaders can know when to seal a trailer
- File shipping office records and paperwork
- Keep daily records of shipped cases
- Ensure delivery loads make it to dispatch by their dispatch time, to ensure on -time delivery
- Follow good sanitation practices; keep work area clean and free of debris
- Responsible for calculating daily workload variance(s)
- Responsible for assigning associate production job functions and manage indirect job functions
- Coordinate breaks, lunches, and facilitate meetings based on workload and as needed
- Partner with Supervision and Third Party Labor Providers to align and allocate labor with workloads
- Partner with Transportation and Central Order Processing to resolve ordering and delivery exceptions
- Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs
- Ensure compliance with company standards in the areas of accuracy, safety and productivity.
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Preferred Qualifications
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