Shipping Clerk

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.
Come join the team at Westlake Royal Building Products/DaVinci Roofscapes, a fast growing, Lenexa, Kansas based roofing material manufacturing company! Attractive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision - available day one!
Summary:
This position is primarily responsible for coordinating outbound LTL (Less Than Truck Load) shipments.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties as assigned. Performs activities related to dispatching, routing, or tracking transportation vehicles. Performs investigations to verify and resolve customer or shipper complaints.
Promotes safe work activities by conducting safety audits and participating in company safety meetings/training sessions, and by wearing required PPE at all times.
Dispatches shipments to motor carriers using JD Edwards and TMS software are. Prepares necessary shipping documents for customer outbound shipments. Monitors and ensures shipments are confirmed picked up as scheduled. Monitors carrier performance and report carrier failures.
Maintains productive working relationships with customer representatives, motor carriers, and company employees.
Maintains and manages accurate records. Must be willing to drive a forklift when needed.
Previous experience with logistics or transportation management desired; familiarity with Excel, Word, JD Edwards and TMS systems a plus. Willing to train the right candidate.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Accountable for keeping shipping costs within the budget for each order.
SUPERVISORYRESPONSIBILITIES:
This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:

• 8 hour Day shift
• Monday to Friday

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here 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 talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here 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 job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts.
Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.
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