Shipping Lead

Basic Job Functions:

Responsibilities for the Shipping Lead include but are not limited to:

• Directly influence productivity by coaching, training, and developing shipping teammates while collaborating with production, ensuring safe and efficient product movement and loading.
• Complete and manage documentation, maintain inventories, operate forklifts, perform quality checks, find discrepancies, and implement solutions alongside the leadership team.
• Direct carrier traffic, coordinate inbound receiving, evaluate shipping processes for optimal space utilization, and negotiate rates with carriers for cost-effective shipments.
• Manage schedules to ensure quality and efficiency and communicate with internal and external customers for timely deliveries.

Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate

the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3 years of logistics, shipping, receiving, or otherwise related experience.
• High School Diploma or GED
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Detailed Selection Criteria:

• Problem Solving and Judgment/Decision Making - Identifying problems and analyzing or reviewing costs and benefits and other related information to develop and evaluate options and implement appropriate solutions. 

• Communication Skills – The ability to give full attention to what others are saying and communicate information frequently and consistently so that others will understand, excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to express thoughts and ideas verbally and in writing to effectively communicate key information.

• Time Management – Effectively managing one’s own time and/or the time of others.
• Leadership Presence and Courage – Willingness and confidence to have immediate and direct conversations on critical alignment issues such as teamwork, building relationships, initiating and supporting change.  This includes the willingness to face adversity and conflict.
• Teamwork – Working as part of a coordinated effort with others to achieve a common goal, while holding others accountable.
• Builds Customer Relationships – The ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships, both internal and external, that assist in “taking care” of their needs.
• Coordinating Information – The ability to coordinate multiple pieces of information to successfully meet the needs of our customers and teammates.

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