Shipping Receiving Lead

Precision Resource seeks a Shipping & Receiving Lead  to join our well-established Vernon Hills, IL manufacturing division.  We’re a medium sized division of our solid, privately held, global company that innovates and manufactures a high volume of metal parts for automotive, aerospace, hardware and other industries.

You’ll Have
- Generous PTO supporting our work-life balance culture.
- Opportunity to learn multiple areas of the operation, and tuition reimbursement.
- Competitive compensation package with excellent benefits.
- Annual bonus potential.  
- Collaborative culture.
- Smaller company culture with the best features of being a part of our larger company.

Essential Duties
- Plan, schedule, prioritize and coordinate material handling activities to deliver manufactured products in a timely fashion.
- Operate sit-down and stand-up forklifts safely and proficiently. Load and unload trailers. 
- Material movement both off and on forklifts throughout fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment. 
- Ensure proper and timely staging, loading and shipping of shipments.
- Read and accurately update material movement and required inventory records.
- Complete and process domestic and international shipping documents.  Create labels.
- Work closely with Purchasing/Customer Service to coordinate incoming truck schedules. Contacting external resources by phone, email or website portals. 
- Assist with counting and maintaining accurate inventory records.
- Support production material handling needs as required.
- Maintain safety and housekeeping at all times.
- Very reliable and punctual attendance .
- Apply self-motivation to achieve excellent productivity starting at $21-$27 hourly with annual pay increases and bonus potential.

Qualifications
- High School graduate or equivalent with ability to read, write, and communicate in English, Bilingual preferred but not required.
- 2-3+ years minimum safe forklift driving experience including loading and unloading trucks in a manufacturing or warehouse environment.
- Related Lead and/or logistics coordinator related experience ideal with excellent decision-making skills.
- Proficiency with computers on the job and performing inventory and transportation related transactions.  Knowledge of bills of lading.
- Excellent attention to detail with good math skills.
- Ability to lift or move up to 45 pounds and use various types of material handling equipment safely.
- High energy multi-tasker with outstanding organizational skills.
- Collaborative team-player and communicator who achieves goals effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Strong customer service passion with reliably punctual attendance.