Job Overview
The Shipping Lead is responsible for executing all daily shipping activities while ensuring customer orders are shipped accurately, on time, and in accordance with company priorities. This position serves as the primary coordinator between Shipping, Planning, Production, Customer Service, and Transportation to remove shipping constraints, manage priorities, and ensure accurate system transactions.
The Shipping Lead owns the daily execution of the shipping process, provides leadership to shipping personnel, monitors shipment readiness, and proactively resolves issues that could impact customer delivery performance.
1st Shift Schedule- Overtime may be required
A Day In The Life
Every day at Hubbell is different and you’ll contribute in many ways. On any given day, you’ll make a difference by:
- Coordinate and prioritize daily shipments to meet customer requested ship dates and business priorities.
- Oversee shipment execution, ensuring orders are loaded accurately, safely, and efficiently.
- Monitor shipment progress throughout the day and resolve issues that could impact delivery commitments.
- Manage shipping activities within SAP and TMS, including shipment creation, delivery validation, PGI processing, and error resolution.
- Partner with Planning, Production, Customer Service, and Transportation teams to align shipping priorities and address changing customer needs.
- Track shipment readiness by identifying and driving resolution of quality holds, assembly delays, documentation gaps, material shortages, customer holds, and transportation constraints.
- Provide timely communication on shipment status, delivery risks, and expedited shipping requirements.
- Monitor key performance metrics including on-time shipping, daily shipment goals, shipping accuracy, dock throughput, freight issues, and carrier performance.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to enhance shipping processes, reduce errors, improve dock efficiency, and support Lean initiatives.
- Train and support shipping associates while promoting safety, accountability, teamwork, and compliance with established procedures.
What will help you thrive in this role?
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Strong knowledge of SAP shipping transactions, Transportation Management Systems (TMS), shipping documentation, warehouse operations, inventory control, and production scheduling concepts.
- Ability to prioritize competing demands and make effective decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong organizational skills with a high sense of urgency and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
- Proven problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues before they impact customers.
- Leadership experience with a focus on team development, accountability, and operational excellence.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and performance metric analysis.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and driving reliable, on-time customer delivery performance.
Hubbell Incorporated
Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.
The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.
We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.
Hubbell Utility Solutions
Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.
Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.
The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.
