Material Handler and Shipping Clerk
Company Overview
The Griff Network is a leading manufacturer of high-quality paper and film products serving customers across a variety of industries. With a strong focus on innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence, we take pride in producing materials that help power packaging, printing, and converting solutions across the globe.
As we continue to grow, we’re looking for dependable, motivated individuals to join our team in general production and warehouse roles. Whether you’re experienced in manufacturing or just eager to start a hands-on career, this is your opportunity to become part of a dynamic production environment with room for advancement.
Position Summary
The Griff Network is seeking a dependable, detail-oriented, and safety-focused Material Handler and Shipping Clerk to support material flow, inventory control, and shipping activities within its new release liner coating division.
This position combines hands-on material-handling responsibilities with shipping coordination and documentation. The Material Handler and Shipping Clerk is responsible for supplying raw material rolls, cores, packaging, labels, and other production supplies to the silicone coating line while also preparing packing slips, shipping labels, and other required shipment documentation.
The position works closely with Production, Scheduling, Warehouse, and other internal departments to collect shipment information, maintain the daily shipping schedule, prepare accurate paperwork, stage completed orders, and communicate any delays, shortages, discrepancies, or documentation concerns that may affect production or customer shipments.
The ideal candidate has previous shipping clerk experience within a manufacturing, warehouse, or distribution environment, along with experience operating material-handling equipment and completing transactions within an ERP or inventory management system.
Key Responsibilities
- Accurately reads and interprets production orders, run sheets, packing slips, bills of lading, roll
labels, item numbers, lot numbers, packaging instructions, work instructions, and customer
requirements. - Prepares and reviews shipping documents while verifying customer information, product
identification, quantities, weights, carrier details, and special shipping instructions. - Uses ERP, inventory, warehouse management, and computer-based systems to enter,
retrieve, review, and update shipping, production, and inventory information. - Demonstrates strong attention to detail when reviewing inventory records, lot numbers, roll dimensions, product labels, shipping paperwork, and storage locations.
- Maintains strong organizational and time-management skills while balancing shipping
deadlines, production requests, and competing daily priorities. - Identifies, researches, and resolves inventory, shipping, labeling, documentation, and material discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Communicates clearly and professionally with Production, Scheduling, Warehouse,
management, carriers, drivers, and other internal or external partners. - Responds effectively to changing production schedules, shipment delays, priority adjustments,
unexpected events, and daily operational demands. - Works dependably and safely, follows instructions, maintains accurate records, accepts feedback, and contributes positively within a team environment.
- Supports overtime, schedule changes, cross-training, and additional production, warehouse, or
shipping responsibilities when required.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- At least 1 to 3 years of shipping clerk, shipping and receiving, warehouse, inventory, material-handling, or related manufacturing experience required.
- Previous experience preparing packing slips, shipping labels, bills of lading, pallet labels, and other shipping documentation required.
- Experience maintaining daily shipping schedules and coordinating shipment information with Production, Scheduling, Warehouse, carriers, or customer service teams strongly preferred.
- Experience using an ERP system, warehouse management system, inventory management system, barcode scanner, or other computer-based shipping and inventory system is strongly preferred.
- Previous experience working within a manufacturing, coating, converting, warehouse, or distribution environment preferred.
- Experience supplying materials to production equipment or continuous manufacturing lines preferred.
- Experience handling large rolls of paper, film, foil, or other web-based materials strongly preferred.
- Forklift experience required, or the ability to complete company forklift training and certification.
- Experience operating roll clamps, roll-handling equipment, pallet jacks, hoists, carts, or similar material-handling equipment preferred.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Medical, dental, vision, FSA, and 401(k)
- Training and cross-training opportunities
- Opportunity to help launch and support a new release liner coating division
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle tools and materials, reach, bend, stoop, and communicate effectively with team members. The employee must be able to move materials, assist with machine setup, and work around production equipment in a manufacturing environment. The position requires the ability to regularly lift up to 50 pounds and move materials weighing up to 100 pounds, with or without assistance. The employee must also be able to work for extended periods in a fast-paced production setting while following all safety requirements and wearing required personal protective equipment.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Griff Network is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status.
Industry:
- Paper and Film Products
- Flexible Packaging
- Converting, Coating, and Extrusion
Location:
- Fallsington, PA
Employment Type:
- Full-Time
- On-site Monday to Friday
- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt (Non-Exempt employees are eligible for overtime)
Department:
- GRC
Reports To:
- Director of Release Liner Coating and Warehouse Manager
Qualified candidates are invited to fill out the application below:
If you’re ready to work in a hands-on, fast-paced environment with opportunities to grow, apply now!