MRPC Material Requirements Planning Controller
Location: Warwick, United KingdomContract Term: 6-month rolling contract
Work Style: Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
Hours: 37 hours per week with flexible working arrangements
Role Overview
Two Material Requirements Planning Controllers are required to join the Supply Chain Management team, supporting a major project. The MRPC will serve as the key operational link between suppliers and production, building and maintaining delivery plans that support customer commitments and the master production schedule. The team operates across multiple locations, with six members based in the United Kingdom.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and track delivery schedules for component orders in line with customer commitments and master production requirements.
- Act as the primary operational contact for assigned suppliers and maintain effective day-to-day working relationships.
- Lead regular supplier business reviews, assess capacity constraints, and negotiate achievable production and delivery schedules.
- Maintain accurate master-planning data, inventory parameters, and exception messages within SAP.
- Monitor stock levels against agreed targets and take action where material availability or inventory performance is at risk.
- Identify and resolve delivery bottlenecks, coordinate shortage-recovery activity, and maintain clear action plans.
- Escalate material, capacity, and delivery risks to management with clear status information and recommended actions.
- Work closely with production, purchasing, planning, and other stakeholders to protect programme delivery.
Requirements
- Five to ten years of experience in material requirements planning, supplier planning, production control, or a closely related supply-chain role.
- Relevant experience within aerospace, automotive, precision engineering, or manufacturing is required.
- Direct, hands-on experience using SAP for material planning, delivery management, inventory control, and exception handling.
- Advanced Excel capability for tracking, analysis, and reporting.
- Demonstrable experience actively managing suppliers and improving supplier performance.
- Proven ability to influence suppliers and internal stakeholders to achieve delivery outcomes.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Proactive and structured approach to resolving material shortages, delivery constraints, and competing priorities.
Application Process
Written answers to the following questions must be submitted before the CV. Applications without this screening information will not progress to interview:
- Describe an improvement you implemented to increase supplier performance.
- How do you build effective relationships with stakeholders?
- Describe a situation where you successfully influenced a stakeholder and explain the outcome.