Load Planner - Night Shift

Shearer's Foods; Massillon (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Shearer's Foods in Massillon, OH is seeking a Load Planner - Nights to support overnight warehouse movements. This onsite role covers Thursday through Monday 11pm–7am, coordinating with site teams to ensure on-time shipments. You will manage loading plans, communicate with drivers, complete yard audits, and hand off shifts with clear documentation.

Strong communication and multi-tasking are essential. Experience in logistics is preferred, and growth opportunities exist within a large snacks

Qualifications

• Strong communication and leadership skills for coordinating multiple sites.
• Ability to organize, multi-task and adapt in a fast-paced environment with deadlines.
• Detail oriented with quick numerical analysis and decisive response.
• Ability to follow SOPs and maintain safety and quality standards.
• Team player mentality with KPI focus and initiative to resolve issues.
• Flexibility to shift as needed to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate warehouse loaders to pull product and complete scheduled shipments.
• Communicate with drivers to resolve issues and loading assignments.
• Conduct daily yard audits to ensure correct dispatching.
• Research shortages and advise Transportation and Customer Service on shorted shipments.
• Prioritize loads to meet on-time departures from each facility.
• Ensure paperwork is signed, trailers sealed, and loads closed out.
• Handle CCI and Export paperwork and issue to drivers on departure.
• Plan unloading of shuttle trailers for inventory purposes (Stark DC).
• Provide daily shift handoff with shipped loads, issues and labor status.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Organize

Multi-tasking

Detail oriented

SOP adherence

Team player

KPI awareness

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.