What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping associate position at Fortis Life Sciences?
The Opportunity
Fortis partners with diagnostics and life sciences companies to design, validate, and manufacture solutions to solve their complex development problems.
Fortis’ tailored approach and end-to-end capabilities accelerate the work of its customers as they bring the next generation of medicines and diagnostics to market.
Fortis serves a global customer base and has offices across the world including four R&D sites and three GMP and ISO 13485 compliant manufacturing facilities in North America.
We are seeking a dynamic professional to join our Product Logistics team as a Shipping Associate. In this role, you will prepare, package, and ship orders.
Your primary focus will be on ensuring goods are packaged and shipped appropriately to minimize damage or wasted goods, and received by our customers on time.
What You Will Do
- Process all orders that have been entered SAP for shipment
- Pull and package products from inventory
- Coordinate shipments properly to ensure items arrive at customer location in good condition and at the appropriate temperature
- Communicate with other departments in a timely manner to ensure orders are fulfilled in a timely manner
- Partner with Customer Service for specific shipment needs or custom paperwork that is needed
- Verify labeling matches Customer Services notes on any custom orders
- Extract product data sheets and packing slips from SAP to send with shipment
- Confirm products and data sheets are accurate before shipping,
- Record necessary shipment information, product lot numbers, and other important information in SAP
- Process shipments labels through our external vendors and schedule pick up times if necessary
- Perform outbound delivery checks to verify open orders that need to be corrected by Customer Service or Product Packaging for delivery
- Verify all packages have been picked up
- Keep shipping supplies stocked in shipping area
- Backup the Product Packaging department as needed
- Perform other tasks as assigned by management, which may not be listed above
Who You Are & What You Bring
Educational, and Experience :
- High School diploma or GED equivalent required
- SAP experience highly preferred
- Shipping experience preferred
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities :
- Detail oriented and organized
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
What We Offer
Our mission : Pursuing a Healthier World by Creating Tomorrow’s Science Today is complemented by our core values ( EXCITE ) :
Excellence We believe in solving for root cause. No shortcuts, no band-aids
Customer First We prioritize the experience and outcomes of our customers above all.
Integrity We are honest and accountable, holding ourselves to a high standard of ethical conduct.
Trust We believe an engaged, empowered team begins with a foundation of trust. We trust our team members to make the right decisions and to be driven by and evaluated on results.
Entrepreneurship We encourage smart risk taking. We value novel mistakes in the pursuit of innovation.
Fortis provides a competitive salary, success-sharing bonus plan, medical, dental, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
We are an E-Verify Employer in the United States.
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Last updated : 2024-06-14
