Shipping and Receiving Clerk

About the role

We begin with dreams. Dreams drive our motivation. Dreams are our future. The world's dreams, people's dreams, our dreams. Our passion creates ideas that make dreams come alive. Technology and products that were only dreams become reality.

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Job Summary

The Shipping and Receiving Clerk I is an entry-level operational role responsible for supporting daily shipping and receiving activities, including handling incoming and outgoing materials, verifying documentation, and maintaining accurate records. The role focuses on learning standard logistics processes, following safety and quality procedures, and supporting warehouse efficiency with attention to detail.

Role Overview

The Shipping and Receiving Clerk I supports basic material movement and documentation tasks within a warehouse, distribution center, or plant environment. The role emphasizes process adherence, teamwork, and accuracy, performing routine tasks under guidance from supervisors or more experienced clerks.

This role does not include people-management responsibility.

This position typically reports to a Warehouse Supervisor, Logistics Supervisor, or Operations Lead (M1-M2).

Key Responsibilities

Shipping & Receiving Support

• Assist with receiving incoming shipments and preparing outgoing orders
• Verify shipment contents against packing slips, bills of lading, or purchase orders

• Report discrepancies, shortages, or visible damage to supervisors
• Material Handling & Movement
• Move materials to designated storage or staging areas
• Assist with loading and unloading deliveries as required

Safely handle materials using carts, pallet jacks, or other basic equipment

• Documentation & Data Entry
• Complete basic shipping and receiving documentation accurately
• Enter receipt or shipment data into inventory or ERP systems
• Maintain organized records and paperwork
• Inventory Control Support
• Assist with labeling, tagging, and stocking materials
• Support cycle counts or physical inventories as directed
• Help maintain accurate inventory locations and quantities
• Safety & Compliance

Follow all warehouse safety rules and PPE requirements

• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area
• Report unsafe conditions or incidents promptly
• Quality & Accuracy
• Ensure materials are handled carefully to prevent damage

Perform basic checks to confirm correct parts, quantities, and condition

• Follow standard operating procedures consistently
• Team Collaboration
• Work closely with warehouse, production, and logistics teams
• Communicate clearly regarding deliveries, priorities, or issues

Support team goals and daily workload requirements

• Learning & Skill Development
• Learn warehouse processes, systems, and material-handling practices
• Accept training, coaching, and feedback to build proficiency
• Demonstrate reliability, punctuality, and a willingness to learn

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or GED required
• Previous warehouse, shipping, receiving, or material-handling experience preferred but not required
• Typically 0-2 years of experience in logistics, warehouse, or operations environments

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Basic understanding of shipping and receiving processes
• Ability to follow instructions and standard procedures
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Basic computer or data-entry skills
• Ability to lift, move, and handle materials safely
• Dependable, team-oriented, and safety-focused
• Effective communication and willingness to ask questions
• Additional Job Details
• Support & Production - S1
• Organizational Impact
• Works to deliver on day-to-day objectives with minor impact on achievement results for the team
• Delivers job responsibilities following a defined standard output or set of procedures
• Work consists of tasks that are routine, or well defined, with specific instructions to achieve standardized solutions
• Work is closely supervised

Communication & Influence

• Communicates with contacts typically within immediate job area on matters that involve obtaining or providing information requiring little explanation or interpretation

Innovation & Complexity

• Responsible for checking data and information or troubleshooting when minor changes may be required based on review
• Daily challenges faced are routine and solutions clearly prescribed
• Follows a well-established and familiar set of activities and/or processes to derive a solution

Leadership & Talent Management

• N/A - Jobs at this level are focused on self-development

Knowledge & Experience

• Requires limited job knowledge of systems and procedures. Follows basic work routines and standards
• Does not require advanced education and requires little to no prior experience