Shipping Clerk, Chemical Manufacturing - Nuance Solutions

Nuance Solutions, LLC is growing and seeking a Shipping Clerk to join our Award-Winning Team! The ideal candidate will report directly to the Warehouse Manager and is responsible for coordinating and expediting customer order shipments and incoming purchase orders. In addition, processing all shipping paperwork for the Warehouse Department.

In this role, you will collaborate Department Managers, Traffic Coordinator, Inventory Control, Customer Service, and Material Handlers.

Who We Are:

Nuance Solutions is a chemical development and manufacturing company that recently celebrated our 50^th year in business. We’re all about cultivating chemistry in and out of the lab and committed to building lifelong, trusted relationships with our customers in all three of our divisions.

Our Mission is to “Provide creative solutions for our customers. People and products you can count on.” Our Vision is to “Create chemistry that bonds our people and serves our customers.”  What Core Values are important to our team: Caring, Dependable, Productive, Self-Starters, Team Players, and Accountable.

At Nuance Solutions, our 60 plus employees have access to big company benefits and we encourage our staff to have a healthy work-life balance. We owe much of our success to our bright and innovative employees. The people at Nuance are dedicated, creative, and forward thinking and all an integral member of a family business.

To learn more about Nuance Solutions long history in chemical development and innovation, visit us at Nuance Solutions History Wall

 Duties & Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the dock schedule based on customer orders and needs. Contacts carriers based on the dock schedule.
• Assists the Traffic Manager to assign carriers to insure on-time delivery at the best possible freight rates.
• Communicates with Customer Service or directly with customers on the status of shipments.
• Processes pick tickets and bills of lading for all shipments ensuring correct DOT shipping names, counts and freight classifications and that orders are correctly assigned a carrier. Ensures all necessary and completed paperwork is given to the material handlers for shipments.
• Verifies shipped quantities and corrects errors on all shipping paperwork prior to invoicing.
• Coordinates with the material handlers the placement of finished goods for shipments. (Plant or warehouse)
• Assists Purchasing with the scheduling of inbound purchase orders.
• Processes receipts verifying quantities and correct product.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Job Requirements and Environment:

Competency:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Inventory Control: Accurately tracks movement and counts of materials and products

Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Works well in group problem solving situations.

Critical Thinking: Reasoning effectively and coming to logical conclusions as one type of analysis for problem solving.

Decision Making: Breaks complex issues into manageable parts and organizes them in a systematic way before making decisions.

Initiative: Seeks new/additional responsibilities, projects, tasks; Acting independently in new/routine situations.

Innovation: Promoting creative, novel thinking and applying it to existing and emerging situations. Exhibits resourcefulness when researching opportunities or facts

Customer Service: Responds promptly to customer needs; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.

Oral Communication: Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions.

Teamwork: Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit.

Written Communication: Writes clearly and informatively; Able to read and interpret written information.

Quality Management: Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

Organizational Support: Follows policies and procedures; Supports organization's goals and values.

Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time; Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent.

Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions.

Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance.

Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.    

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with the shipping process and its associated paperwork.

Language Ability:

A strong command of English in written and verbal forms. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to comprehend and fill-in forms. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Math Ability:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

Basic computer skills required. Must be competent in Microsoft Windows, Excel, Outlook and Word. The ability to learn in-house computer software.

Certificates and Licenses:

Company safety courses. Valid driver’s license – job requires driving a short distance between plant and warehouse locations.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

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 regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; outdoor weather conditions; risk of vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (weather/non-weather); work in high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; cold (weather) and heat (weather and non-weather). The employee is occasionally exposed to non-hazardous and hazardous chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

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 stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee may lift and /or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus.

The Shipping Clerk is a full-time non-exempt position, eligible for overtime after 40-hours worked per week, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Hourly range is $16.00 to $20.00, compensation is commensurate with experience.

Nuance Solutions, LLC is An Equal Opportunity Employer - We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants are given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.