Highlights
This position supports manufacturing operations by investigating inventory discrepancies, material inaccuracies, and transactional breakdowns across the manufacturing floor and stockroom. The role functions as a “CSI-style” investigative resource—identifying what went wrong, why it happened, when it occurred, where the material is, and how to prevent it from happening again.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | West Columbia, SC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
Description
Title: Inventory Control Coordinator
Location: West Columbia, SC
Hire Type: Contract to Hire | Full time
Schedule: Mon-Fri 7a-3:30p
Pay Rate: $27/hr
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO
Overview:
This position supports manufacturing operations by investigating inventory discrepancies, material inaccuracies, and transactional breakdowns across the manufacturing floor and stockroom. The role functions as a “CSI-style” investigative resource—identifying what went wrong, why it happened, when it occurred, where the material is, and how to prevent it from happening again. This is a hands-on, analytical role requiring strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in an unstructured environment. .
Key Responsibilities:
- Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies across manufacturing and stockroom environments
- Support discrepancy investigations, including engineering change break-ins and material variances
- Interpret and validate Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Perform physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and special counts (both internal and customer-requested)
- Identify root causes of inventory inaccuracies and clearly document findings and corrective actions
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to prevent recurrence of issues
- Accurately document and communicate findings via email and written reports
Required Qualifications:
- Approximately 5 years of experience in inventory control, manufacturing support, materials, or related operations roles
- Manufacturing environment experience strongly preferred
- Experience with discrepancy investigations and root cause analysis
- Basic understanding of Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Inventory counting experience (cycle counts, physical inventories, special counts)
- ERP system experience required (Bond ERP preferred; SAP, Oracle, or similar acceptable)
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Location: West Columbia, SC
Hire Type: Contract to Hire | Full time
Schedule: Mon-Fri 7a-3:30p
Pay Rate: $27/hr
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO
Overview:
This position supports manufacturing operations by investigating inventory discrepancies, material inaccuracies, and transactional breakdowns across the manufacturing floor and stockroom. The role functions as a “CSI-style” investigative resource—identifying what went wrong, why it happened, when it occurred, where the material is, and how to prevent it from happening again. This is a hands-on, analytical role requiring strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in an unstructured environment. .
Key Responsibilities:
- Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies across manufacturing and stockroom environments
- Support discrepancy investigations, including engineering change break-ins and material variances
- Interpret and validate Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Perform physical inventory counts, cycle counts, and special counts (both internal and customer-requested)
- Identify root causes of inventory inaccuracies and clearly document findings and corrective actions
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to prevent recurrence of issues
- Accurately document and communicate findings via email and written reports
Required Qualifications:
- Approximately 5 years of experience in inventory control, manufacturing support, materials, or related operations roles
- Manufacturing environment experience strongly preferred
- Experience with discrepancy investigations and root cause analysis
- Basic understanding of Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Inventory counting experience (cycle counts, physical inventories, special counts)
- ERP system experience required (Bond ERP preferred; SAP, Oracle, or similar acceptable)
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.