Inventory/Production Planner

Production Control Floor Walker

Hiring multiple Inventory & Production Planners for a large tech company in Redmond, WA. Exciting opportunity to work on a large satellite project. If interested, please apply directly.

We are seeking a Production Control Floor Walker to support our fast-paced satellite manufacturing line. The successful candidate will be the first line of support on the production floor, ensuring materials are available, processes flow smoothly, and any blockers are quickly resolved. This role is essential to maintaining on-time production, material availability, and close coordination between production, logistics, and inventory management.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as the go-to production control resource on the manufacturing floor.

Monitor material shortages, resolve WIP holds, and escalate issues as needed.

Coordinate with planning, purchasing, inventory, and quality teams to ensure production continuity.

Support production schedule execution by tracking progress and addressing any floor-level disruptions.

Manage material flow and staging to production lines in coordination with warehouse/logistics.

Ensure transactional accuracy of material movements in ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, etc.).

Participate in daily tier meetings, reporting KPIs, blockers, and improvement actions.

Maintain accurate and timely communication between cross-functional teams.

Champion 5S, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives.

They've mixed in Controllers (they're floor walkers) but coded as inventory planners

Help work through plans and execute, helping leaders move things along. They have material blocks, working with inventory management to get things unblocked, etc. A lot of Tactical work

These individuals will be on their feet all day wants very data driven folks. If he sees strengths and ability to leverage computers, manipulate and deep dive data he may move them to do something diff but would be starting off on their feet though

Skills

warehouse, production, fulfillment center, manufacturing, SAP, ERP, MES, MRP

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Top 3 skills:

1. Someone pursuing a degree would be ideal continuing education whether its towards bachelor/masters/etc

2. Hodgepodge of exp some warehouse, fulfillment centers, manufacturing environments

3. MES exp

4. SAP or other ERPs

He wants someone curious, who will take initiative, can deep dive and are HUNGRY!

Wants HUNGRY people good with greener and SELF DIRECTED GO GETTERS

Ability to deep dive

2+ years of experience in a production control, manufacturing, or supply chain environment.

Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.

Experience working on or directly supporting a high-mix, low-volume production floor.

Ability to navigate between material handlers, planners, engineers, and production techs.

High attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills.

Ability to stand/walk on the production floor for extended periods.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Redmond, WA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $26.00 - $27.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Redmond,WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 14, 2026.