Material control associate vs shipping clerk

Differences between material control associate and shipping clerk 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 clerk example responsibilities.

• Maintain a close-knit relationship with freight brokers to negotiate and attain the best possible pricing for LTL and truckload shipments.
• Print documents by either using fed ex or ups or grind or will call.
• Process shipments via FedEx, DHL & TNT, using different account numbers by comparing rates and weights.
• Schedule big pick ups, make BOL and print labels for next day or other dates if ready to print.
• Create and run reports as necessary to track ordering trends.
• Used mathematics to insure time are not waste folding new boxes.
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