Receiving Coordinator

Join Nebraska Furniture Mart At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we've been hiring friends since 1937people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today's Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A fun, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities. Pay Range: $18.01 - $21.88 hourly Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle As NFM's Receiving Coordinator, you manage the full inbound receiving process, from appointment scheduling and driver check-in to post-audit completion. This role coordinates vendor- and NFM-controlled shipments across all product families, including furniture, appliances, electronics, and flooring. Key responsibilities include managing dock schedules and capacity, reviewing paperwork before and upon arrival, checking in drivers, and ensuring receipt and unload dates are entered accurately in the system. The position also audits vendor and carrier documentation, resolves discrepancies among manifests, packing slips, purchase orders, and system records, supports vendor compliance, and works closely with vendors, drivers, leadership, and internal teams to ensure merchandise is received accurately and on time. Job Duties: A Day in the Life Schedule: inbound vendor and carrier appointments by reviewing notices, bills of lading, invoices, purchase orders, and receiving capacity to create and maintain an accurate daily unload schedule Check In: inbound drivers and trailers by collecting and validating paperwork, confirming appointment details, managing drop trailer documentation, and ensuring loads are routed appropriately for unloading Communicate: with vendors, carriers, drivers, warehouse teams, and leadership to confirm schedules, obtain missing packing lists or manifests, provide status updates, and keep receiving operations aligned throughout the day Support: all inbound receiving processes by printing next-day purchase orders, maintaining unload sheets and trailer tracking, updating systems with receipt and unload information, answering phones, and assisting internal customers with product status inquiries Problem Solve: discrepancies or load issues before and after arrival by reconciling vendor paperwork to system data, identifying missing or inaccurate documentation, coordinating corrections, and preventing delays in receipt processing Audit: post-receipt documentation by reviewing manifests, packing slips, and purchase orders for accuracy, completing daily and weekly audit reviews, supporting vendor and carrier payment processes, and ensuring compliance with vendor requirements and internal controls Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they lovebecause that's what we love. Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes? High School Diploma or GED preferred 1-2 years of office, clerical, administrative, receiving, or logistics experience preferred Experience with furniture, appliance, electronics, flooring, warehouse, or distribution operations preferred Microsoft Office skills, including proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint required Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple inbound processes accurately and efficiently Ability to work night, weekend and/or early morning hours based on business needs Ability to lift per established department requirement Pre-employment screening includes, but isn't limited to, criminal background check Benefits: What's in It for You? Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7% Inclusive culture Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days) Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months) Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels Paid community volunteer opportunities Tuition Reimbursement You'll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM's 401(k) and you're eligible for company match after one year. NFM's 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer