Materials Planner

Innova Solutions has a client that is immediately hiring for Inventory Control Specialist Position type:
Full-time – Contract. Duration: 6 Months.

Location:

Menlo Park, CA.

As an Inventory Control Specialist, you will:

• Execute and maintain accurate inventory transactions in Net Suite, 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/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 accurately reflect material consumption.
• Research Net Suite 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, identifying and correcting missing, duplicate, or inaccurate postings with appropriate authorization.
• Support inventory reconciliation for contract manufacturers, remote/deployment locations, month‑end activities, and Finance requests.
• Generate recurring Net Suite 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 through 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.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum of three (3) 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 and 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 elevate issues appropriately, and avoid making unsupported assumptions.

Preferred Skills &

Qualifications:

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

This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W‑2 basis. 1099 contractors and Corp-to‑Corp arrangements will not be considered for this position.

We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines.

Soni Kumari 612‑594‑8079

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