Load Planner - Night Shift

Shearer's Foods; Massillon (OH); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Shearer’s Foods in Massillon, OH is hiring a Load Planner for nights to coordinate movement of product within the warehouse and maintain communication with all sites and managers. The role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and adherence to company policies.

The Load Planner will manage workflow for loaders, communicate with drivers, perform daily yard audits, and ensure accurate paperwork and deliveries across facilities, with shifts from Thursday to Monday.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and leadership skills via verbal and written communication.
• Ability to organize, self-prioritize, multi-task and adapt in a fast-paced environment with internal deadlines.
• Detailed oriented individual with experience analyzing numbers quickly and responding decisively.
• Ability to follow and adhere to standard operating procedures.
• Team player mentality.
• Contribute to organizational and individual KPI metrics.
• Flexibility to coordinate special projects, anticipate issues and take initiative to resolve them.
• Flexible to work various shifts as needed to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Communication between warehouse team at respective sites, inventory team (as needed), operators and floor supervisors through use of networked radios.
• Assign workflow for warehouse loaders to pull product and complete scheduled shipments.
• Communicate with outside drivers via phone or electronic communications to resolve issues or door assignments and any loading related issues.
• Complete daily yard audits of sites to ensure correct dispatching of completed loads from Shearers operating system.
• Research loads with product shortage and communicate to Transportation and Customer service of any shorted shipments.
• Prioritize loads based off scheduled appointments to ensure trucks leave each facility with product in a timely manner.
• Ensure paperwork is signed, trailer sealed, and load is closed out when truck is fully loaded.
• Ensure CCI and Export paperwork is completed and issued to driver upon departure from sites.
• Plan the unloading of shuttle trailers from plants with product for inventory purposes. (Stark Distribution Center)
• Complete daily shift handoff to Load Planner and warehouse of shipped loads, issues and available labor at respective sites.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Organization

Attention to detail

SOP adherence

Teamwork

KPI metrics

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

Shearer’s Foods, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Massillon, OH, is a leading manufacturer of salty snacks, cookies, and crackers. Specializing in private label and co-manufacturing, Shearer’s is the largest supplier of private brand salty snacks and second-largest supplier of private brand cookies and crackers.

With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer’s has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer’s is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer’s Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us.

Responsibilities

Load Planner - Nights

Onsite: Massillon, OH

Shift: Thursday - Monday 11pm - 7am

Your seat at the table:

The Load Planner must help facilitate movement of product within the warehouse and maintain constant communication with all respective sites and their manager. They must accomplish this in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with Shearer’s policies and procedures.

Please note that the following list is not exhaustive as duties and responsibilities are reviewed and revised at management’s discretion.

• Communication between warehouse team at respective sites, inventory team (as needed), operators and floor supervisors through use of networked radios.


• Assign workflow for warehouse loaders to pull product and complete scheduled shipments.


• Communicate with outside drivers via phone or electronic communications to resolve issues or door assignments and any loading related issues.


• Complete daily yard audits of sites to ensure correct dispatching of completed loads from Shearers operating system.


• Research loads with product shortage and communicate to Transportation and Customer service of any shorted shipments.


• Prioritize loads based off scheduled appointments to ensure trucks leave each facility with product in a timely manner.


• Ensure paperwork is signed, trailer sealed, and load is closed out when truck is fully loaded.


• Ensure CCI and Export paperwork is completed and issued to driver upon departure from sites.


• Plan the unloading of shuttle trailers from plants with product for inventory purposes. (Stark Distribution Center)


• Complete daily shift handoff to Load Planner and warehouse of shipped loads, issues and available labor at respective sites.

Qualifications

What you bring to the table:

• Strong communication and leadership skills via verbal and written communication.


• Ability to organize, self-prioritize, multi-task and adapt in a fast-paced environment with internal deadlines.


• Detailed oriented individual with experience analyzing numbers quickly and responding decisively.


• Ability to follow and adhere to standard operating procedures.


• Team player mentality.


• Contribute to organizational and individual KPI metrics.


• Flexibility to coordinate special projects, anticipate issues and take initiative to resolve them.


• Flexible to work various shifts as needed to meet business needs.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.