Production & Inventory Scheduler for Fast-Paced Logistics

BELL LUMBER & POLE COMPANY LLC; Town of Sidney (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Disability & life insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Bell Lumber & Pole in Sidney, NE is seeking a Production Scheduler & Inventory Coordinator to keep operations moving by coordinating inventory, production schedules, load readiness, and deliveries. This hands-on role connects Operations, Dispatch/Logistics, and Sales to meet customer lead times.

The ideal candidate brings experience in production scheduling or inventory control, strong organizational skills, and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Experience in production scheduling, inventory control, or related manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Strong organization and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Verify counts of inbound and outbound loads and reconcile quantities against applicable shipping, inventory, and load documentation.
• Prepare and verify load readiness, confirming required product, quantities, tagging, and documentation are ready to support scheduled shipments.
• Coordinate pick lists with the dispatcher and communicate shipping priorities, changes, or issues to the appropriate operational teams.
• Conduct physical inventory counts and reconciliations as needed, maintaining accurate inventory records and escalating discrepancies for resolution.
• Coordinate production tagging activities to support accurate product identification, inventory control, and load readiness.
• Meet daily with the Production team to ensure production plans are in place and being executed to meet customer lead times for delivery.
• Facilitate production and shipping meetings to review schedules, date management, load readiness, and necessary changes; ensure updates are communicated to affected teams.
• Conduct weekly meetings with Sales to communicate current lead times and address potential customer or order issues.
• Monitor and create needed restocks for customer-held inventory to maintain established minimum inventory requirements.
• Track untreated inventory levels and upcoming wood needs to support timely material arrivals and continuity of production schedules.
• Create and maintain kiln and framing schedules aligned with customer order requirements and production priorities.
• Provide LumberTrack support and issue resolution, helping maintain accurate and timely production and inventory information in the system.
• Support the local operational team, attend Tier meetings, and assist with metric tracking, review, and follow-up actions.

Skills

Inventory coordination

Production scheduling

Logistics coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

LumberTrack

Job description

Bell Lumber & Pole in Sidney, NE is seeking a Production Scheduler & Inventory Coordinator to keep operations moving by coordinating inventory, production schedules, load readiness, and deliveries. This hands-on role connects Operations, Dispatch/Logistics, and Sales to meet customer lead times.

The ideal candidate brings experience in production scheduling or inventory control, strong organizational skills, and collaboration across teams.