At Sabre Industries, we connect and power America’s communities with world-class utility and telecom solutions. We reliably build a better world together; one customer, one team, and one community at a time.

 

Our teams live out the organization’s core values of integrity, commitment, innovation, and connection. That’s how we continuously exceed our high standards of enterprise excellence—by creating a space for our engaged employees to thrive.

 

With consistent hiring opportunities nationwide and countless career levels, chances are the next big step on your career path starts here. We work with our employees to create customized career paths and development in all facets of the organization. People will always be our greatest asset and we place emphasis on enhancing the lives of our employees.

Scope of Responsibility:

The Shipping/Receiving Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the shipping and receiving departments and supervising the department personnel.

 

Essential Duties:

Maintains workflow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; complying with reporting procedures and systems; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.Accomplishes results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and applying systems, policies, and procedures.Maintains staff by interviewing, hiring, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities.Seeks and identifies training needs for department to develop knowledge, skills and abilities to maintain competencies or become competent in other areas to enhance performance or promotional opportunities of employees.Provides timely, accurate, and candid information on critical issues to management, colleagues, and team members as appropriate.Builds and/or maintains effective business relationships with shipping carriers including management of pick-up/delivery schedules as well as rate negotiations to ensure quality customer service.Ensures documentation for all shipments is completed accurately and timely according to respective government regulations, company policy and customer specifications.Utilizes planning and organizational skills in coordination of the shipping team to effectively maximize their time as it applies to shipping and staging of all outbound shipments.Ensures appropriate shipping data from various resources and formats is collected and input into various operational reports to provide correct, up-to-date information in order to analyze department operations, department scheduling and staffing. Reviews areas of non-conformances and defines corrective action where necessary. Interacts with administrative and management staff to facilitate shipping and receiving process, changes and improvements. Develops or assists in the development of and implements necessary action plans to accomplish department related objectives and to properly manage staff, safety and any employee issues. Manages shipping functions in a cost-effective manner without disruption to key business objectives.Additional duties as assigned.

 

Primary Focus: 

Develop best practices and implement in the facility. 

Establish performance indicators; ensure site meets or exceeds.

Develop the skills and competencies for the employees within shipping & receiving and drive our Skill-Based Pay program.

 

Position Requirements:

Education:  High school diploma or equivalent

Experience:  Minimum of three (3) or more years of shipping/receiving or logistics experience and minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated leadership experience are required.  Previous forklift experience and MRP/ERP systems are also required.

Skills & Abilities:

Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently is required.  Bilingual in Spanish is highly preferredMust have strong interpersonal and communication skillsAbility to build, engage, influence and effectively manage teams of individualsAbility to identify areas for improvement, problem solve and implement solutionsMust be detail-oriented, have strong organization and time-management skills and be able to efficiently multi-task in a changing environment. Proficient working knowledge of general office equipment and computer applications including Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel and Outlook.Must be able to give direction, coach, train and guide a diverse team of varied skill to efficiently meet department/company needs.Must be able to demonstrate accuracy of work, effective organization skills as well as the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, changing environment.Regular and timely attendance is required.

 

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of arms and legs and moving entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, tugging, stooping, bending, twisting, crawling and handling of materials.Position requires manual dexterity, ability to pick/pinch and work with fingers, repetitive motions of wrists/hands/finger, arm-hand steadiness and a safety-minded individual. Must be able to work in an open environment for long shifts (including weekends) exposed to extreme temperatures and weather elements, standing entire shift.Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Must be able to pass the commercial driver’s vision test requirements.

 

At Sabre Industries, we invest in your future with a competitive benefits program. As a full-time employee, you are eligible for:

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage401(k) with Company MatchContinuing Education & Tuition ReimbursementLife and Disability CoveragePaid Time Off & Paid HolidaysHealth and Wellness ResourcesEmployee Discounts

 

Sabre Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer: M/F/Vets/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity