Inventory Control Specialist

Innova Solutions•Menlo Park, CA

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About The Position

Innova Solutions is hiring an Inventory Control Specialist for a six-month contract with a client in Menlo Park, California. The role focuses on accurate inventory transactions and manufacturing records in NetSuite, work order processing, inventory reconciliation, reporting, documentation, and process improvement. The specialist will work with approved production requirements, bills of materials (BOMs), and engineering changes to ensure that inventory activity is accurately recorded and reconciled. The role also supports contract manufacturers, remote and deployment locations, month-end activities, and Finance requests. Pay is $35–$39 per hour; the offered rate depends on factors including education, experience, location, duties, and certifications.

Requirements

At least three years of experience in inventory control, manufacturing transactions, ERP administration, materials management, or production control.
Experience creating and processing manufacturing work orders and related inventory transactions, including adjustments, transfers, consumption, returns, and assembly builds.
Working knowledge of bills of materials (BOMs), component-to-parent relationships, and how BOM quantities translate into material consumption.
Experience researching transaction history, inventory discrepancies, and reconciliation issues.
Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, filtering, formulas, and reconciliation of large data sets.
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy while processing a high volume of routine, repetitive transactions.
Strong organizational, documentation, and follow-through skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and time-sensitive production requests.
Ability to identify questionable or incorrect transactions, investigate or escalate issues appropriately, and avoid unsupported assumptions.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with an ERP/MRP system; NetSuite experience is strongly preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience in electronics, aerospace, defense, or high-tech manufacturing environments.
Experience supporting engineering changes, New Product Introduction (NPI), or contract manufacturers.

Responsibilities

Execute and maintain accurate NetSuite inventory transactions, including adjustments, transfers, returns, reversals, corrections, rework, scrap, and additional material consumption.
Create, maintain, process, and close manufacturing work orders based on approved production requirements and documentation.
Process component consumption and issuance and assembly builds, ensuring transactions align with approved BOMs, build quantities, and manufacturing records.
Review approved BOM revisions and engineering changes and update applicable inventory transactions to reflect material consumption accurately.
Research NetSuite transaction history to investigate inventory discrepancies, including work orders, item receipts, adjustments, transfers, assembly builds, and other inventory activity.
Reconcile expected BOM consumption against actual ERP transactions and identify and correct missing, duplicate, or inaccurate postings with appropriate authorization.
Support inventory reconciliation for contract manufacturers, remote and deployment locations, month-end activities, and Finance requests.
Generate recurring NetSuite inventory and transaction reports and use Excel to reconcile inventory, BOM, work order, purchase history, and transaction data.
Monitor open work orders and outstanding inventory transactions, maintain supporting documentation and audit trails, and drive transactional items to timely completion.
Maintain inventory-control work instructions and standard processes, support historical data cleanup, and identify opportunities to reduce repetitive manual work and transaction errors.

Benefits

Medical and pharmacy coverage (based on eligibility).
Dental and vision insurance (based on eligibility).
401(k) (based on eligibility).
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) (based on eligibility).
Life insurance (based on eligibility).
Pet insurance (based on eligibility).
Short-term and long-term disability coverage (based on eligibility).
Accident and critical illness coverage (based on eligibility).
Prepaid legal and identity theft protection (based on eligibility).
Sick time and other types of paid leave as required by law.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) (based on eligibility).