Load Planner – Night Shift
| Company | Shearers Foods |
|---|---|
| Location | Massillon, OH, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad, Junior |
Requirements
- Strong communication and leadership skills via verbal and written communication.
- Ability to organize, self-prioritize, and be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment with internal deadlines.
- Detailed oriented individual with experience analyzing numbers quickly and responding decisively.
- Strong team player with history of partnering with transportation, sales, customer service and the customer.
- Flexibility to coordinate special projects, anticipate issues and take initiative to resolve them.
- Flexible to work various shifts including possible weekend hours as needed to meet business needs.
Responsibilities
- Verbal communication via network radios between warehouse team at respective sites, inventory team (as needed), operators, yard drivers and floor supervisors.
- 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 via internal systems and communicate to Transportation and Customer Service of any short shipments.
- Prioritize loads based off scheduled appointments, level of priority, and product availability to ensure trucks leave each facility with all 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.
- Coordinate with yard drivers on yard moves and equipment needs for proper loading sequence.
- Complete daily shift handoff to Load Planner and warehouse of shipped loads, any issues and available labor at respective sites.
- Create and update Standard Operating Procedures, as needed.
- Collaborate with team members to share best practices among sites as well as load planning techniques.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.