Shipping Associate - 3rd Shift

About the role

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) is one of the leading producers of packaged bakery goods in the United States, with 2025 sales of $5.3 billion. Brands include Nature's Own, Wonder, Dave's Killer Bread, Canyon Bakehouse, and Tastykake. The company fosters a culture valuing Honesty & Integrity, Respect & Inclusion, Sustainability, Passion, and Humility.

This role fills orders, counts, loads, and unloads product on incoming trailers according to the shipping schedule. The position requires demonstration of competency for all on-the-job activities that may have a direct or indirect effect on product safety, legality, and/or quality. The role is very physical and requires the ability to exert the force necessary to use a hand truck to transport stacked products weighing up to 400 pounds a distance of up to 300 feet continuously throughout the day into and out of transport trucks, up and down 30-degree slopes. It also requires the ability to stoop, bend, and lift product containers weighing 20 pounds from floor level up to 7-1/2 feet.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and medical benefits
• 401(k) Retirement savings plan
• Professional growth and leadership training
• Paid vacation, holidays, and parental leave

Benefits may vary depending on your work location.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that product received from plant or other plants is recorded correctly
• Loads and unloads to appropriate distribution area to ensure that shipping schedules are met
• Maintains cleanliness of work area
• Performs other duties as directed by supervisor
• Ensures compliance with all company policies and procedures (EEO, Sexual Harassment, Safety, Sarbanes Oxley, etc.)
• Performance of other duties deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, including but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• One year shipping or related experience

Essential Job Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Demonstrated ability to read, comprehend, and record information applicable to the job

Pay

Salary Range: $19.67 - $21.86 per hour. We offer a competitive salary and an excellent total rewards package.