Shipping Coordinator - 1st shift

Position Scope

The Shipping Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and executing all outbound shipping activities to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of aerospace products to customers. This role serves as the primary point of contact for shipping execution, carrier coordination, documentation accuracy, and ERP transaction integrity while supporting production schedules, customer commitments, and regulatory compliance.

The Shipping Coordinator partners closely with Production, Quality, Customer Service, and Materials to ensure shipments meet customer requirements, export controls, packaging standards, and internal procedures in a regulated aerospace manufacturing environment.

Position Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily outbound shipments to meet customer delivery commitments and production schedules.
• Prepare shipping documentation including packing slips, bills of lading, certifications, export documentation, and customer-specific paperwork.
• Verify part numbers, quantities, lot traceability, packaging requirements, and labeling accuracy prior to shipment.
• Ensure proper packaging, palletization, weight limits, and secure loading practices in compliance with safety standards and carrier requirements.
• Schedule carrier pickups, coordinate freight quotes, and resolve transportation issues or delays.
• Execute accurate shipping transactions in the ERP system, including shipment confirmation, invoicing triggers, and inventory relief.
• Maintain complete and accurate shipping records for audit readiness and customer traceability.
• Investigate and resolve shipping discrepancies, shortages, or documentation errors.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace quality standards (AS9100), customer requirements, and internal procedures.
• Support export compliance awareness (ITAR/EAR where applicable), including proper documentation and controlled shipment handling.
• Partner with Quality to ensure required certifications, inspection records, and customer documentation accompany shipments.
• Support audits, customer visits, and internal inspections related to shipping and logistics.
• Communicate shipment priorities and constraints with Production, Planning, Customer Service, and Materials.
• Escalate risks impacting on-time delivery, capacity constraints, or compliance concerns.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to reduce shipping errors, improve throughput, and optimize freight costs

Required Skills, Education, And Experience

• High school diploma or GED required; logistics, supply chain, or business coursework preferred.
• Minimum 3–5 years of shipping, logistics, or warehouse coordination experience, preferably in aerospace or regulated manufacturing.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems and shipping software.
• Experience preparing shipping documents, bills of lading, packing slips, and carrier coordination.
• Knowledge of domestic and basic international shipping requirements; export compliance awareness preferred.
• Forklift certification required or ability to obtain and maintain certification.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

Preferred Qualifications, Skills, And Experience

• Aerospace & Defense industry experience

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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