Requisition ID: 183777
Career Group: Distribution Centre Careers
Job Category: Inventory Control
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Whitby
Location: 3016 Whitby RSC
Postal Code: L1N 9S1
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada's Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
The Shipping Clerk supports Operations through a commitment to accuracy, efficiency and exceptional customer service. While actively contributing to a positive, productive and safe working environment.
Here's where you'll be focusing:
- Complete and release all scheduled orders from EXE for selection.
- Prepare trailer maps for loaders and validate the loading process using CAMS.
- Consolidate and prepare load sheets.
- Generate Bills of Lading electronically or manually.
- Respond to all Customer Service inquiries in a timely manner.
- Distribute incoming mail to appropriate customers within their delivery guidelines.
- Collaborate closely with the Dispatch Team and Logistics to ensure all delivery documentation is ready for on-time deliveries.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment according to company standards.
- Work as a team to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Answer and manage phone calls.
- Guide all drivers entering the building.
- Organize purchase orders and categorize by vendor and appointment time.
- Match and verify packing slips and Bills of Lading with purchase orders.
- Print receiving labels for purchase orders slated for receiving.
- Check and update purchase orders in EXE.
- Finalize purchase orders after verification is complete.
- Modify, add, or remove purchase orders from scheduled appointments.
- Foster positive relationships with drivers and staff.
- Uphold a clean and safe work environment as per company policies.
- Engage with the team to seek opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Adhere to all company food safety standards, guidelines, and procedures.
- Carry out any additional duties as assigned.
What you have to offer:
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access) with experience in EXE, SAP and CAMS systems being an asset
- Aptitude for understanding new technologies
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills (written and oral)
- Proven time management, organization, and multi tasking skills
- Integrity and adherence to standards, policy, and procedures
- Ability to Problem solve, multi task and adapt to change
- Detail-oriented with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a deadline driven environment
- Dependable, conscientious and punctual
- Previous experience in shipping, dispatch, logistics, or warehouse operations will be considered an asset
- Post secondary Diploma or Equivalent Work Experience
- Experience in a team driven environment
- Physical work including frequent bending, lifting, and reaching
- Occasionally lift over 30 lbs
- Possible exposure to extreme temperatures
- Willingness to work various shifts, including evenings, nights and weekends
- Alertness to other people and vehicles
- Office environment
- Sitting for long periods of time; may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time
- Using a computer keyboard and mouse for long periods of time
- Various shifts including evenings and weekends
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better - physically, financially and emotionally.
Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this position role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Paid Vacation
* Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
