Material control associate vs shipping lead

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

• Manage international shipping - coordinate documentation, commercial invoices, letters of credit, NAFTA, certificates of origin.
• Maintain compliance with company policies, safety standards, good housekeeping practices, ISO, OSHA, and other government regulations.
• Used FedEx, WorldShip, Endicia, and DHL to ship worldwide.
• Maintain hazmat records as necessary.
• Produce ISO work instruction manual for the shipping process.
• Perform quality checks and inspections to generate QC reports.
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