Night Production Scheduler

National Beef of Kansas City, Missouri, is a leader in producing fresh, chilled, and further processed beef products for customers in the U.S. and worldwide. We strive to be the preferred employer in every community we operate in.

About the role

The Night Production Scheduler supports daily plant production across National Beef’s three beef processing plants, managing customer needs, creating production schedules, and arranging the daily shipment of finished goods.

Responsibilities

• Create a daily production schedule
• Coordinate the daily shipment of all finished goods
• Respond to sales and customer inquiries in a prompt and courteous manner
• Communicate with plant personnel to resolve production issues
• Collaborate with the scheduling staff to meet future customer demand
• Perform other tasks and projects as requested by management and plant personnel

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 2:00 PM – 12:30 AM. Some weekend work required. This is an on-site position.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize multiple tasks
• Capability to gather, process, and analyze large amounts of data
• Ability to thrive in stressful and ever-changing circumstances
• Experience interacting with all types of personalities and levels of authority (plant personnel, customers, etc.)
• Strong mathematical and accounting skills
• Responsive to intellectual challenges, including customer and management inquiries
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent time management skills

Requirements

• Some college or comparable experience in or with the beef or pork industry
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Creativity, reasoning, and problem-solving ability
• Must be at least 18 years of age or older
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. (no visa sponsorship provided)
• Successful completion of a background check

Nice to have

• Knowledge of beef production, including cuts of beef
• Familiarity with transportation, including receiving and shipping
• Experience in production scheduling and forecasting

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation
• Tuition reimbursement
• Advancement opportunities