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Shipping Lead - 1st shift - Nashville, TN

Pratt Industries
La Vergne, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 1/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/7/2025

SUMMARY

To oversee and support forklift drivers on product movement. Loading and unloading of product.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

  • Safety Checks for forklift drivers

Glasses

  • Ear Plugs
  • Fork truck seatbelts
  • Dock locks
  • Trailer chalks
  • Follow all safety standards
  • Complete daily equipment Checklist (forklift and trailer)
  • Report any equipment maintenance issues
  • Organize forklift driver daily task
  • Follow Load Plan and loading instructions
  • Verify accuracy of Closed Trailer Reports and Load Plans
  • Scan units, bays, and trailers as required
  • Review and monitor unit appearance
  • Check status of outgoing orders and load plans
  • Locate orders / units on items that cannot be found
  • Monitor Trailer utilization (empties in dock doors when needed)
  • Pallet Inventory
  • Verify accuracy of forklift drivers loading of trailers
  • Daily meeting with Shift Lead (issues, shipments, notes)
  • Organize and complete cycle counts on finish goods during the month
  • EDUCATION and / or EXPERIENCE

  • High school diploma or GED
  • Five years' experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following :

  • Experience in the corrugated container industry
  • Computer literate (MS Excel and MS Word)
  • LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Able to read and interpret documents such as bill of ladings, packing slips, training and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write shipping reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively.
  • REASONING ABILITY

  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.
  • Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with situations where limited information or standardization exists.
  • MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure.
  • Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.
  • TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Computer literate (MS Office including Word and Excel), data entry skills
  • Application knowledge of products and production processes
  • Quality standards - both ISO and QS
  • PHYSICAL DEMANDS

  • The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.
  • The employee is sometimes required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • WORK ENVIRONMENT

    The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving equipment in the work area.
  • The employee is sometimes exposed to wet and / or humid conditions, along with hot and cold temperatures depending upon the season.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
  • LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

    The individual must possess the following :

  • Time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently.
  • Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he / she has a high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his / her personnel to a successful resolution.
  • Excellent employee relations skills including being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts directly or by involving HR when necessary, understands and demonstrates positive motivational skills including coaching and delegation techniques.
  • Demonstrate confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.
  • Professional appearance to support his / her role as a managerial representative of the company.
  • PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

    The performance of the Shipping Lead will be measured as follows :

  • Operating standards - the employee will need to meet or exceed the Operating Standards in the areas of safety, loading, unloading, trailer utilization, and inventory tracking. Such standards will be set annually and communicated to the Shipping Manager.
  • Personal growth - while the company will provide the tools to assist the Shipping Lead to grow professionally the responsibility for moving forward lies with the individual. Each year there will be goals developed and agreed to by the GM and his / her superior.
  • Employee relations - through observations the Shipping Lead will be evaluated regarding his / her skills and advancements in the areas of motivational techniques and results, positive and corrective / constructive feedback, subordinate development and creating a positive work environment.
  • Creativity - this will be evaluated by how active the Shipping Lead is in participating in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas.
  • Pratt Industries is America's 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 7,500 highly skilled employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than a dozen states. The company operates three of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by "harvesting the urban forest."

    Pratt Industries offers competitive compensation plans with incentive opportunities, full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA, All State, Pre-Paid Legal, and 401(k) with company match, paid vacation, and paid holidays.

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