Shipping Coordinator: M-F 6am-2:30pm
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WM B REILY & COMPANY INC
Knoxville, TN, US
Summary
The Shipping Coordinator manages carrier appointments, coordinates with the distribution team for order staging, and ensures accurate documentation for shipping and receiving. They are also responsible for maintaining a professional shipping office and participating in safety and inventory initiatives.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: Knoxville Plant - Knoxville, TN, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Reily Foods Company has a passion for flavor and has been providing iconic foods and beverages that create meals and memories for over 120 years! Our products consist of New England Coffee, French Market Coffee, Luzianne Iced Tea, Blue Plate Mayonnaise, Swans Down Cake Flour, Tiger Sauce, and Carroll Shelby Chili (to name a few) and can be found in foodservice and retail locations around the country.
Job Summary: The Shipping Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that all carrier appointments are scheduled, customer orders are communicated with the distribution team to confirm items are staged and ready, paperwork associated with shipping, receiving and returns are completed and accurate and the shipping office is professional, organized and clean.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions if it does not create an undue hardship for the department/company.
Schedules all pick-up and delivery appointments with carriers with reasonable time frames to complete
Checks in drivers and enters all required documentation
Maintains files and scanning of all required documentation
Accurately enters all pickup and delivery information on the loading or unloading forms
Assigns drivers to dock doors and ensures freight is marked appropriately on dock for correct floor to door loading
Ensures work is sent to the floor for picking within a reasonable time frame to accomplish
Monitors potential shortages and checks all open released orders to avoid potential cuts
Marks all pick-ups that are late with a reason code
Ensures proper items are filled in on the Bill of Ladings, seal, trailer number, pick up numbers, and Pro numbers
Handles all UPS and FedEx shipping
Completes a safety inspection of all fire extinguishers and fire hoses monthly
Assists with loading as needed
Seeks additional tasks when assigned work is completed
Participates in annual and other periodic physical inventory cycle counts
Follows all safety procedures and actively participates in safety training and safety system ownership initiatives
Maintains safe and efficient use of equipment, tools, and person; reports any injury, accident, or unsafe condition to supervisor immediately
Supports and complies with GMP’s; understands and follows emergency action plan
Supports food safety, quality, and legality
Ensures the operation is providing food-safe, quality products which meet or exceed all product specifications and regulatory requirements
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications: Qualifications: The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and attributes required to perform this job successfully.
Intermediate computer skills with the ability to learn new software quickly
Proficient with Microsoft programs, especially Word, Excel, and Outlook
Good attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines
Basic math skills
Good communication, both written and verbal
Strong customer service skills
Positive attitude and team player
Work Environment and Physical Demands: The work environment characteristics are representative of those that may be encountered while performing the essential functions of the job. The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
We offer a comprehensive and thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports the well-being, financial security, and work-life balance of our employees.
10 Paid Company Holidays
Generous Paid Vacation & Sick Time
Comprehensive, Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for you and your family
Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Dependent Care FSA (DCFSA)
401(k) Retirement Plan with company match and discretionary profit sharing
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and financial wellness resources
Company‑Paid Disability
Company‑Paid Life Insurance equal to 3× annual compensation
And more benefits designed to support your health, wealth, and well‑being
Together, these benefits reflect our commitment to caring for our employees both inside and outside the workplace.
Reily Foods is a 5th-generation, family-owned company that provides the wholesome and authentic foods and beverages that create meals and memories that bring together family and friends.
Since 1902, we’ve helped to define the true food and beverage flavors of the South. We’re proud of our New Orleans heritage – it continues to shape the way we make our products and the way we believe in doing business. Our commitment to quality is more than a corporate promise – it’s a Reily family tradition.
Prior to the turn of the 20th century, William B. Reily operates a wholesale grocery business in Monroe, Louisiana. With his expertise in roasting and the strong demand for his coffees, Mr. Reily moves to New Orleans and founds a company to roast, grind, package and distribute canned coffee. It is the birth of the Luzianne® brand.
Mr. Reily is joined by Jacob Aron, an importer of green coffee. With 85% of all imported coffee beans passing through New Orleans, they assure themselves of having the first choice of the finest beans available. As the company’s reputation for quality grows, tea is added to the product line.
Mr. Reily develops the first tea ever specially blended for pouring over ice. Luzianne® helps popularize iced tea as a cool way to beat the Southern heat, and its reputation for clear, smooth-tasting, refreshing iced tea is soon established across the South.
Reily Foods Company continues to manufacture and market the highest quality coffee and tea brands as well as mayonnaise, cake flour, sauces, chili seasonings, salad dressings, and brownie mixes throughout the U.S. and, for select products, internationally. The consumer demand for Reily Foods Company products reflects the impressive loyalty of our customers and continues to drive our company’s growth.
Founded
1902
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Food Production
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
New Orleans, Louisiana
Reily Foods is a 5th-generation, family-owned company that provides the wholesome and authentic foods and beverages that create meals and memories that bring together family and friends.
Since 1902, we’ve helped to define the true food and beverage flavors of the South. We’re proud of our New Orleans heritage – it continues to shape the way we make our products and the way we believe in doing business. Our commitment to quality is more than a corporate promise – it’s a Reily family tradition.
Prior to the turn of the 20th century, William B. Reily operates a wholesale grocery business in Monroe, Louisiana. With his expertise in roasting and the strong demand for his coffees, Mr. Reily moves to New Orleans and founds a company to roast, grind, package and distribute canned coffee. It is the birth of the Luzianne® brand.
Mr. Reily is joined by Jacob Aron, an importer of green coffee. With 85% of all imported coffee beans passing through New Orleans, they assure themselves of having the first choice of the finest beans available. As the company’s reputation for quality grows, tea is added to the product line.
Mr. Reily develops the first tea ever specially blended for pouring over ice. Luzianne® helps popularize iced tea as a cool way to beat the Southern heat, and its reputation for clear, smooth-tasting, refreshing iced tea is soon established across the South.
Reily Foods Company continues to manufacture and market the highest quality coffee and tea brands as well as mayonnaise, cake flour, sauces, chili seasonings, salad dressings, and brownie mixes throughout the U.S. and, for select products, internationally. The consumer demand for Reily Foods Company products reflects the impressive loyalty of our customers and continues to drive our company’s growth.
Founded
1902
Company size
501-1,000 employees
Industry
Food Production
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
New Orleans, Louisiana
