Shipping/receiving Clerk

Shipping and Receiving Clerk - Naperville, IL

8AM-5PM MONDAY-FRIDAY

$22/hr+

Job Description

The Shipping and Receiving Clerk oversees day-to-day warehousing and inventory management activities, ensuring accurate material receipt, storage, and distribution for project and lab operations. This role manages both domestic and international shipping, supports customs and brokerage coordination, and maintains precise inventory records using specialized software systems.

Responsibilities

• Receive incoming materials and verify quantities against purchase orders using Coupa software.
• Unpack, count, and store materials in designated storage locations, ensuring proper labeling and organization.
• Distribute material samples to team members as needed to support project and lab activities.
• Maintain accurate stock levels and inventory records using Sortly inventory software, including revision control.
• Administer and maintain the Sortly inventory system for the PoC labs, ensuring data integrity and up-to-date records.
• Manage project-related shipping for PoC materials and equipment, including packing, crating, and preparing customs documentation.
• Ship raw materials from PoC stock to external vendors in a timely and accurate manner.
• Support and lead warehouse organization efforts to ensure efficient layout and timely material access for projects.
• Prepare, kit, and issue materials from the warehouse to the PoC lab according to project requirements.
• Manage the return-to-stock process for materials coming back from the PoC lab, ensuring proper inspection, documentation, and restocking.
• Track inbound shipments provided by the procurement team and coordinate with inventory clerks for efficient material intake.
• Monitor and help resolve customs clearance challenges to ensure timely delivery of imported parts and materials.
• Coordinate with the broker team to confirm imported parts are correctly listed in the customs database and ready for clearance.
• Communicate proactively with shippers to resolve logistics issues and keep stakeholders informed of shipment status.
• Arrange and manage expedited shipments through the broker, including international shipping when required.
• Support inventory control activities such as cycle counts and data entry to maintain accurate inventory records.
• Prepare and review shipping documents, including bills of lading, to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Operate warehouse equipment, such as forklifts, to safely move, load, and unload materials as needed.

Essential Skills

• Hands-on experience with shipping and receiving in a warehouse or manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in warehousing and inventory management practices, including stock control and material handling.
• Ability to verify incoming material counts against purchase orders using Coupa or similar procurement software.
• Experience using inventory control tools such as Sortly or comparable inventory management systems, including revision control.
• Knowledge of shipping processes, including preparation of packing lists, bills of lading, and customs documentation.
• Experience with international shipping and coordination with brokers and customs for imported and exported materials.
• Ability to perform inventory control tasks, including data entry and cycle counts, with a high degree of accuracy.
• Familiarity with SAP and cycle counting processes for inventory management.
• Capability to communicate clearly with procurement, brokers, shippers, and internal teams to resolve logistics issues.
• Ability to operate forklifts and other warehouse equipment safely, following facility guidelines.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience administering or maintaining inventory systems for lab or cleanroom environments.
• Experience in managing project-related shipments for technical or lab equipment.
• Understanding of customs clearance processes and working with broker teams to ensure timely clearance.
• Comfort working with multiple software tools for procurement, inventory control, and logistics tracking.
• Strong organizational skills to maintain a well-structured warehouse and support efficient material flow.
• Attention to detail to ensure accurate documentation, labeling, and record-keeping.
• Ability to adapt to changing project needs and support cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Why Work Here?

You will join a large, stable organization that is investing in growth over the next several years, creating significant opportunities for advancement. The production team has a long average tenure, and upcoming retirements will open clear career paths for motivated employees. The business is expanding, including the addition of a fiber department, which will allow you to be cross-trained in multiple areas of the plant and continuously grow your skills. You will benefit from a culture that values long-term development, internal mobility, and the chance to build a lasting career.

Work Environment

The facility offers a very clean, temperature-controlled, and well-maintained manufacturing environment. Operations take place in dedicated lab and cleanroom areas for each department, supporting precise and high-quality work. You will work with modern inventory and logistics software, as well as standard warehouse equipment, in a setting designed for comfort, safety, and efficiency.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Naperville, IL.

The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $25.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Naperville,IL.

This position is anticipated to close on Apr 17, 2026.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.