Material control associate vs shipping associate

Differences between material control associate and shipping associate duties and responsibilities

Material control associate example responsibilities.

• Manage, review, analyze, verify, and ship raw, stock, purchase, QA, and manufacture materials.
• Coordinate with logistics team to have material pull for sales orders and reservation.
• Participate in regulatory (FDA, EMEA) and client audits/inspections of the facility.
• Monitor and track all product orders and work closely with logistics staff for cost effective shipments.
• Provide assistance to various departments to troubleshoot inventory and promotion issues that require higher level consideration and knowledge.
• Provide logistical and administrative support for finish product shipping to major customers, domestic and international, providing JIT deliveries.

Shipping associate example responsibilities.

• Pick up mail and packages from USPS facilities.
• Pick up & deliver mail to & from USPS processing center.
• Create bill of ladings for LTL shipments for both international and domestic.
• Develop a working knowledge of WMS systems to research inventory or print bills of lading.
• Prepare paperwork & make pick-up arrangements for shipments to be transport by way of LTL trucks.
• Gain basic understating of logistics and large-scale management.
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