Wave Distribution Planner

About the role

When you join Smithfield, you become part of something special – a company that's sustainably feeding people around the world, producing good food the right way with respect for our people, animals, communities and planet. With opportunities across locations and functions, a culture grounded in our Core Four values - gratitude, communication, respect and accountability - and a strong commitment to learning, collaboration, and innovation, Smithfield offers challenging and rewarding careers where you can grow, contribute and make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Allocates orders, releases work to the warehouse floor, balances workflow, and ensures inbound and outbound truck turn times are within acceptable levels to meet customer needs.
• Assigns and monitors the work including staging, wave times and pick assignments for various teammates.
• Balances drop dead times versus product availability.
• Ensures proper order allocation by shipment ID or shipment line depending on the load.
• Prepares trailer loading reports for all outbound loads, organizes/prioritizes the paperwork to each loader as they complete loads.
• Prioritizes any inbound loads, notifying receivers if necessary.
• Receives completed paperwork for both inbound and outbound loads with discrepancies and finishes appointments.
• Checks for any shorts that can be filled or were cut unnecessarily and any other special requests before closing out the trucks.
• Determines which doors or yard locations trailers should be positioned.
• Observes priorities of all work and manages priorities of live loads, to make sure we have prioritization of work and loads in the queue.
• Responsible for escalating any system problems.
• Assists co-workers with