Transportation Specialist- Mid Shift

Position Summary:

Alene Candles LLC & Midwest is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world’s most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio and New York, we’ve been in business for over 25 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work.

The Transportation Specialist creates, coordinates, and completes shipments of goods between the company and vendor or customers.  This position will manage shipments and the transport of goods.

Pay: $22.50/hour

Shift: Monday-Friday 10:00am-6:00pm

Role and Responsibilities

·        Main point of contact for shipping

·        Verifies freight loads against Purchase Orders and Sale Orders

·        Schedules and tracks outbound freight.

·        Ensures all carriers meet tolerances and specification requirements.

·        Maintains accurate and up to date profiles on vendor routing guides.

·        Accurately report vendor managed inventory receipts into SAP while identifying and communicating any issues or errors to appropriate parties.

·        Extract key data from load plan and enter into IFS and SAP while ensuring accuracy between the two systems

·        Coordinate shipments to ensure on-time deliveries of goods to customers.

·        Critical, time sensitive decision making.

·        Operate forklift and load/unload trucks as necessary.

·        Prepares Packing Lists and assigns loads to turret operators.

·        Verify all staged loads.

·        Coordinate with QA for approvals of goods to ship

·        Create all packing lists and BOL paperwork verifying accurate quantities.

·        Communicate any/all changes with Customer Supply Chain Manager

·        Monitor and verify on hand inventory.

·        Review KPI Score Card with Customer Supply Chain Manager

·        Submit documentation of completed loads to customer.

·        Maintain Alene standards of performance and comply with housekeeping, safety policies and procedures.

·        Ensures that Logistics department is organized and aligned to meet daily goals and metrics.

·        Participate in company-wide and department specific process improvement projects.

·        Maintain all 5S defined areas in good working order.

·        Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education required:

·        High school diploma or general education diploma (GED)

Range of Experience:

·        2-4 years’ experience in a logistics environment

·        Strong knowledge of databases with substantive transactional experience

·        Proficiency with MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-Outlook, and Pivot Tables

·        Strong work ethic, ability to work autonomously.

·        Demonstrated ability to work well in collaborative environments.

·        Knowledge of inventory concepts, practices, and procedures.

·        Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

·        Detail oriented, ability to problem solve, and follow through.

·        Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure.

·        Experience with seasonal business a plus

·        Inventory Control experience

·        Good Problem-Solving Skills

·        IFS and SAP experience

Initiative                             

Use of some judgment to comply with instructions, prescribed routines, methods /and or practices or to respond to changes in priorities.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or touch; reach, talk, hear and smell. The employee may be required to, kneel, crouch, sit, climb or balance. The employee may lift and/or move up to more than 50 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee may be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, and aromas. The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the physical demands and work environment.

Benefits

Alene Candles provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Should you require assistance completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact recruitment@alene.com or call 614-933-4005 and ask to speak to Human Resources. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs in a reasonable amount of time.