Shipping Lead

4 weeks ago


Houston, United States Empower Pharmacy Full time

Position Summary:
Join Empower as our next Shipping Lead and take the helm in optimizing our supply chain operations. This role places you at the core of our logistics team, where you will support the Shipping Supervisor in managing the daily activities of our shipping department. It’s an opportunity not only to oversee but also to drive the efficiency and precision of order processing. This position is pivotal for ensuring our products reach their destinations promptly and accurately, maintaining our reputation for exceptional quality and service.

As the Shipping Lead, your impact will be immediate and significant. You will monitor and streamline the shipping processes, ensuring compliance with our stringent standards, and play a vital role in troubleshooting and resolving any shipping issues that arise. Your day-to-day actions will directly influence our ability to deliver excellent customer experiences, making your role critical to our mission of expanding access to quality, affordable medication.

We seek a dynamic individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is committed to continuous improvement. In this role, you will have the chance to mentor team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability. With a focus on innovation and efficiency, you will lead by example, enhancing our processes and inspiring your team to achieve and exceed their goals.

At Empower, we value dedication, resourcefulness, and a customer-focused approach. If you are driven by the challenge of maintaining high standards and influencing operational success, we encourage you to apply. Join us and contribute to a team that is dedicated to making a difference in the health and wellness of our customers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Monitors the flow of the shipping process to verify compliance standards and procedures are met.
- Assists Shipping Supervisor with monitoring team performance via Life File reporting.
- Resolves shipping issues while actively preventing future recurrences.
- Assists in submitting orders and controls the integrity of supply inventory.
- Hands on Lead that performs all required duties of a Shipping Clerk.
- Leads shipping team through the daily pick and pack process according to company standard operating procedures.
- Adheres to company policies and procedures and reports any employee or process concerns to Shipping Supervisor.
- Guides, supports effective training of employees.
- Ensures shipping area is clean, organized, secure and safe at all times.
- Collaborates with other departments, such as pharmacy, data entry, and clinical support, to ensure accurate and timely order fulfillment.
- Fosters a culture of collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Provides mentorship and feedback to team as needed.
- Stays abreast of industry trends and best practices.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and listen. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. The employee is regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Employee must also be able to lift 50 lbs. or more.

Knowledge and Skills:

- Ability to perform basic math calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentage).
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Skills-Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Excellent organization, prioritization Skills and the ability to multitask.
- Excellent detail orientation.
- Knowledge of courier operation processes.

**Key Competencies**
- Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions.
- Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently.
- Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Ensures Accountability: Holds self and other accountable to meet commitment.
- Situational Ada



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