Shipping Specialist

We are seeking a detail-oriented Shipping Clerk responsible for coordinating freight and products to meet customer demands while maintaining internal inventory, ensuring data accuracy, and meeting tracking requirements. Extensive use and understanding of both internal and external PC systems are crucial for this role.

Responsibilities

• Review upcoming shipping requirements and research our ability to deliver products as requested.
• Inform customers on the customer website of truck space needed in advance of actual shipping dates to avoid chargebacks for excess or shortfall situations.
• Determine proper shipping container and pallet sizes needed to ship products without damage, and calculate floor space needed for each customer.
• Inform dock and picking staff of containers needed and other shipping instructions to meet requirements in advance.
• Print and write paperwork for outside vendor activities and forward to the shipping dock. Process paperwork received from outside vendors.
• Develop pick lists and staging areas for pickers and dock staff to pull and stage products.
• Review current inventory locations, schedules from outside vendors for returning products, and work in progress at Shelby/Madison, and communicate plans and activities needed to proper personnel or outside vendors.
• Determine by customer codes if a product is domestic or international and assign proper containers or skids. Communicate this to dock employees.
• Print all required paperwork, including packing slips, bar codes, waybills, and other international paperwork that may be required. Attach to boxes or containers or place inside containers as needed.
• Write OE Pack instructions outlining special shipping requirements as needed.
• Communicate with internal staff to act on blocked shipments and understand the internal process and system requirements to unblock sales orders and handle quality control issues.
• Process outside vendor paperwork to place parts in inventory correctly.
• Perform inventory transactions in proper accounts to receive parts into one inventory location or transfer and combine parts into another location.
• Perform cycle counts as needed to ensure inventory accuracy.

• Prior experience in a shipping clerk or receiving clerk role in a warehouse or manufacturing setting.
• Experience working within Epicor (ERP software), LN, Shop Floor AIM, and AutoCor.
• Experience monitoring and tracking inventory levels.
• Experience coordinating and communicating internally and externally regarding shipment updates.
• Proficiency in computer skills, including Email (Outlook) and Excel (formulas, opening tabs, adding/deleting columns and rows).

• Steel-toed shoes required prior to starting.

This position requires onsite work from Monday to Friday, 5am to 3:30pm, involving 10-hour shifts. There is potential for 4-5 hour shifts on Saturdays based on business demands, which will be communicated in advance.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Indianapolis, IN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $ $24.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision

• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

• Short and long-term disability

• Health Spending Account (HSA)

• Transportation benefits

• Employee Assistance Program

• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Indianapolis,IN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Dec 12, 2025.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email for other accommodation options.