Shipping lead person vs shipping associate

Differences between shipping lead person and shipping associate duties and responsibilities

Shipping lead person example responsibilities.

• Manage international shipping - coordinate documentation, commercial invoices, letters of credit, NAFTA, certificates of origin.
• Use computers to verify inventory, cycle count, RF scanner and daily shipments.
• Operate 8000 pound forklift and used RF hand scanners to verify accuracy of load.
• Create and maintain the batch lot tracking and FIFO programs for the door impact beams.
• Repair, alter, and install sheet metal products and equipment, including ducts and hoods for HVAC systems.
• Provide leadership to create organizational structure and processes require to execute the requirements of services.
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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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