Shipping Clerk

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion‑control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units. With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Workplace Furniture Solutions

Leggett & Platt is North America’s leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating. From surface‑critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world‑class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high‑quality contract furniture products.

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The Shipping Coordinator assures timely, economical shipment of finished goods to our customers and warehouses with the highest level of customer service in a high stress, fast paced environment.

• Responsible for procuring outbound transportation (truckload and LTL) to ensure on time delivery to customers and outside warehouses both domestically and internationally
• Utilize third‑party logistic system to secure transportation from approved providers at agreed upon rates
• Communicate directly with Customers and/or Customer logistics systems for Collect shipment arrangements
• Arrange pickups and negotiate rates directly with common carriers when necessary
• Facilitate the flow of information between Shipping, Manufacturing, QA, Credit, Customer Service and Shipper/Receivers to achieve On‑Time, In‑Full shipment of orders
• Facilitate resolution of internal discrepancies such as labeling, weights, and pallet numbering prior to shipment
• Verify product dimensions and weights to select shipping method
• Check in trucks and communicate loading instructions.
• Responsible for verifying accuracy of packing lists
• Carries out special shipping instructions as specified by customer service, including expedited shipping
• Furnish Customer Service with order status information as requested
• Participate in resolving freight claims and freight‑related customer complaints
• Maintain and file shipping‑related records in an orderly fashion
• Emphasize quality and safety in all aspects of the role. Participate in plant safety training and activities in pursuit of Zero Incidents
• Other duties as they develop and are assigned

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

EDUCATION and/or

EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED required
• Preference will be given to candidates…