Warehouse Raw Material Planner

Shearer's Foods•Perham, MN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Create a safety and healthy workplace.
Warehouse experience required.
Must be able to read, understand and effectively communicate with team members in the immediate area.
Must be able to do simple math, conversions (mm – in., g-oz), and use formulas to compute run rates.
Must be honest, dependable, punctual, and trustworthy, and a team player with ability to interact with both management and co-workers.
Ability to apply common sense understanding and carry out written or oral instructions.
Must be able to follow standard work instructions.

Nice To Haves

1 –2 years Forklift, loading, unloading, and inventory experience preferred.
High lift reach truck, and WMS system experience also preferred.

Responsibilities

Work as part of the Raw Materials team to ensure that daily safety, quality and production goals are met.
Act as a front line commander ensuring maximum flow of materials with minimum delays on the production lines.
Act as a liaison between production, scheduling and customer service.
Provide visible leadership and guidance to all warehouse staff in order to foster continuous improvements and best practices.
Maintain continuous engagement with all warehouse employees.
Communicate daily with the warehouse leadership team/production/scheduling/IC departments to ensure coordination of raw materials activities.
Assist in transfer of information between first, second & third shift.
Balance pick schedules and work assignments (direct work) with the runners to meet production demands and customer requests.
Maintain the production schedule and monitor schedule modifications.
Maintain the schedule ensuring all components are picked before line is ready to run.
Complete status reports for production progress, work in process, and raw material inventory.
Interact with production leadership on a daily basis to resolve issues regarding raw materials shortages.
Notify the Shift Team Leader (Supervisor) of any problems with product or quality.
Manage the flow of raw materials in the most efficient manner while coordinating with pickers/runners, quality, production, and scheduling along with shift leadership on key priorities.
Print stickers/labels as production requires.
Update MIP as items are picked (color code system) for visibility.
Assist with weighing and tagging rolls of films, seasonings, and boxes as time allows.
Maintain the organization and material levels in the return stations and staging areas.
Evaluate the accuracy of RM tags (correct lot, expiration, etc.).
Assist with Period and Year End as needed.
Utilize Red Prairie for material transactions.
Perform all job functions in adherence of Shearer’s philosophy and values including; picking and returning of raw materials.
Maintain cleanliness of the designated Return areas.
Assist with picks/returns as needed.
Accept other duties as assigned, including but not limited to; flexing between finished goods, raw materials and inventory management as needed.