Warehouse Clerk

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.

Warehouse Lead/Clerk

The Warehouse Lead/Clerk duties may include the following to be assigned plans, directs, and coordinates the storage and distribution operations

• Uses metrics/data to evaluate and improve receiving, storing, and distributing processes

• Inspects receiving, storing, and distribution to detect defects or malfunctions

• Uses standard work processes to ensure repeatable performance

• Monitors receiving, storing, and distributing goals and levels to make sure they are consistent with performance standards

• Collaborates with other managers and supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments

• Oversees the review of invoices, work orders, consumption reports, or demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and to issue work assignments

• Oversees the inspection of physical conditions of warehouses, vehicle fleets, or equipment and order testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacements

• Plans and establishes work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet performance standards

• Develop and execute standard operating procedures, including full utilization of a warehouse management system.

• Ensure products, parts or supplies are shipped, distributed or received in an efficient manner.

• Manage inventory of materials, parts and finished goods to maintain required supply.

• Maintains records, replenishes stock and plans for future requirements based on orders, production schedules and forecast.

• Evaluate daily inventory on hand, counts items received or shipped and checks against packing lists recording any discrepancies.

• Prepare and review distribution documents.

• Oversee the loading, unloading, movement or storage items according to delivery or routing documents.

• Communicate with drivers in transit or customers about status of freight.

3+ years' experience in a warehouse clerk or lead role – preferably in food processing industry

Certified to operate a Forklift or Reach Truck.

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.