Talascend is currently seeking a Shipping and Receiving Specialist for a contract opportunity with our client in Houston, Texas.
Overview
Support a dynamic, high-volume logistics operation by coordinating domestic and international shipments, maintaining inventory accuracy, resolving shipping and receiving discrepancies, and collaborating across departments to ensure operational excellence. The role requires strong transaction-processing skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Process and coordinate high-volume domestic and international inbound and outbound shipments while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare and review shipping and receiving documentation, including packing lists, bills of lading, manifests, certificates of origin, import and export documentation, letters of credit, declarations, and related records.
- Use inventory and carrier systems to process transactions, maintain accurate inventory records, and support order fulfillment activities.
- Investigate and resolve shipping and receiving issues, including shortages, damages, inventory discrepancies, delayed shipments, and documentation errors.
- Coordinate with carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely movement of materials.
- Partner with customer service, project management, finance, procurement, and operations teams to meet customer commitments and critical delivery schedules.
- Manage return material authorizations and returned goods processes while ensuring proper communication and documentation.
- Maintain inventory integrity through accurate receiving practices, transaction processing, cycle count support, and inventory reconciliation activities.
- Generate, analyze, and maintain shipping, receiving, inventory, and performance reports.
- Prioritize and expedite critical shipments to support customer requirements and operational needs.
- Identify process improvements that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and throughput within shipping and receiving operations.
- Maintain compliance with safety, quality, trade compliance, and operational procedures.
- Work in both office and warehouse or shipping and receiving environments, including frequent standing, walking, and occasional lifting of packages and materials.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED.
- Three to five years of experience in shipping, receiving, warehouse operations, logistics, or supply chain environments.
- U.S. citizenship or permanent residency.
- Experience handling high-volume domestic and international shipments.
- Strong experience with inventory and shipping transaction systems.
- Intermediate to advanced spreadsheet skills.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve shipping, receiving, and inventory discrepancies.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Teamwork, flexibility, initiative, and effective time management skills.
- Ability to interact professionally with different departments, vendors, carriers, and customers.
- High attention to detail and commitment to inventory accuracy.
- Strong sense of urgency and accountability.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines effectively.
- Ability to perform under pressure in a demanding operational environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, aerospace, or industrial environments.
- Knowledge of customs documentation, import and export regulations, and freight forwarding processes.
- Experience with inventory control, cycle counting, and root cause analysis.
- Experience with lean, continuous improvement, or Six Sigma methodologies.
- Forklift certification and warehouse equipment experience.
- Experience as a warehouse shipping and receiving clerk or specialist.
- Additional logistics experience.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Military connected talent encouraged to apply.