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Lead and support the day to functions of shipping, receiving and material storage for multiple areas and/or locations for the Vertiv manufacturing, distribution or warehouse operations. Interface between numerous departments to track inbound material, finished good product, coordinate complete orders, schedule deliveries for customers and ensure high quality outbound shipments.
**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Set performance goals for the shipping, receiving and material handling departments and establish actions plans to meet them.
- Ensure storage and distribution activities are performed according safe regulations and policies to minimize the risk of employee injury and material damage.
- Drive compliance to tender lead-times for outbound carrier notifications
- Assure product shipments are customs compliant.
- Keep staff fully trained and compliant with regulations
- Responsible for the security of the finished goods transportation and disposition.
- Conduct performance reviews for team members
- Lead lean, cost savings and continuous improvement projects related to shipping, space optimization, materials handling and storage.
- Generates regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Point of contact for customer service for shipping documentation or information.
- Point of contact for production for material in transit.
- Troubleshoot issues directly with carriers on pick-ups and deliveries at jobsites.
- Assures the smooth relationships with Vertiv's daily preferred carriers and schedules various special transportation requests from the sales offices or customers.
- Coordinate and address changes or delivery issues with carrier.
- Executes shipments with preferred carriers scheduling outbound carriers per company routing guide and Supply Chain Optimization portal.
- Import compliance - Maintains document storage to proper guidelines per Vertiv and US Customs record retention policies.
- Export compliance - Maintains proper guidelines for document storage per the Vertiv and US Customs record retention policies.
- Retains all required documentation through Record Retention process. Troubleshoot any issues.
- Answer inquiries from customer service, sales offices, planning, and carriers for in-transit material.
- Import tracking - Point of contact for buyer/planners to locate shipments in transit and coordinate their delivery.
- Coordinates with designated freight forwarders to ship product in timely and cost effective manner.
- Provides International Sales and Logistics personnel shipment information and documentation for visibility to customer.
- Accurate and timely communication to customers, planners, and subsidiaries on their shipments.
- Quick and complete coordination of domestic outbound shipments.
**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Bachelor's degree in logistics or related field
- Minimum 5 years' experience in distribution in a global manufacturing and warehouse environment.
- Experience with MRP/ERP systems or other manufacturing/purchasing systems and Windows-based PC programs.
- General knowledge of modern warehouse and inventory practices.
- Knowledgeable of domestic and international shipping requirements.Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
**COMPETENCIES**:
- Demonstrating Ethics and Integrity
- Establishing Effective Teamwork and resolving conflicts
- Building and Maintaining Relationships
- Developing Others
- Ability to prepare and maintain accurate records
- Ability to plan and supervise the work of others
- Communicating Effectively
- Managing Change
- Analysis, Solving Problems and Making Decisions
- Taking Risk and Innovating
- Providing Customer Service
- Managing and Developing Yourself—Self Awareness
- Drive and High Sense of Urgency
- Achieving Outcomes and Optimizing Processes, Procedures and Practices
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing and interact effectively with personnel to accomplish tasks.
- Must be action-oriented with an eye for finding opportunity and solving problems.
- Must be able to operate in a dynamic, ever changing environment, thus being able to adapt to a fast-paced workplace.
- Detail oriented with ability to complete tasks in timely manner.
- Working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
**PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS**
- Please list all physical and environmental demands that may performed on a regular basis.
**TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED**
- 10%
