Shipping Coordinator- First Shift

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Location/Division Specific Information:
Role will be on-site at the Thermo-Fisher Charlotte production site warehouse. Warehouse is in Pineville, NC.

How Will You Make an Impact?:
This role is integral in ensuring we accurately ship customer orders. Successful performance ensures customer service.

A Day in the Life:
Manage the creation, communication, and deployment of the weekly production schedule for all manufacturing work centers. Ensure available capacity is effectively applied while level loading all demand requirements.

Conduct final material assessments and initiate the release of work orders to manufacturing.

Track work order statuses through manufacturing, reviewing work-in-process material inventory on the production floor. Address work order delays by working cross-functionally to resolve issues and maintain schedule adherence.

Identify and highlight all capacity constraints while working collaboratively with manufacturing teams to resolve these issues. Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure schedule attainment results, factoring in constraints related to supply, capacity, equipment, and other operational aspects.

Collaborate with manufacturing personnel, purchasing, and supervision on material status and production planning issues. Provide input and recommendations for improving supply chain strategies, policies, and practices to achieve world-class Supply Chain Management. Participate in problem resolution activities to ensure timely deliveries and support back-order reduction efforts.

May be required to perform other related duties as required and/or assigned.

Education:
Required: High School Diploma or equivalent.

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or another business or technical field.

Experience:
Required: Minimum of 1 year of work experience in distribution, warehouse or supply chain or related field.
Preferred: Experience with powered industrial trucks (order pickers/forklifts). Experience in an FDA regulated environment or equivalent.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Proficient in using an ERP System, with SAP experience.

Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

Strong analytical skills paired with practical discernment.

Proven ability to build relationships across various functional teams.

Demonstrated skill in managing multiple tasks within tight deadlines.

Ability to thrive in a matrix and cross-functional team environment and work well in a

global organization within Operations and with external clients.

Capable of working independently, typically initiating own tasks with input/mentorship

from a manager.

Physical Requirements / Work Environment
Ability to lift 50+ lbs

Position requires frequent walking throughout the workday in the warehouse as part of the preparation and shipping of materials.

What We Offer:

Compensation
Competitive Pay
Performance Related Bonus where eligible
Annual merit performance-based increase

Excellent Benefits
Medical benefits
Paid Time Off/Annual Leave
Employee Referral Bonus
Career Advancement Opportunities