MRPC (Material Requirements Planning Controller)
Location
Warwick, United Kingdom
Contract Type
Six-Month Rolling Contract
Work Style
Hybrid - 3 Days On Site / 2 Days Remote - 37.5 Hours Weekly
Start Date
ASAP
Role Objective
- Act as the operational link between suppliers and production, ensuring component availability supports customer commitments and the master production schedule.
- Build and maintain reliable delivery plans, monitor supplier performance and resolve material shortages to protect production continuity.
- Maintain accurate SAP planning data and inventory alignment, with delivery risks and recovery actions communicated clearly to stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, maintain and track delivery schedules for component orders in line with customer commitments and master production targets.
- Act as the primary operational contact for suppliers, building effective working relationships and actively managing delivery performance.
- Lead regular supplier business reviews, assess capacity constraints and negotiate practical production and delivery schedules.
- Maintain master planning data and exception messages in SAP, ensuring stock levels remain aligned with agreed targets.
- Troubleshoot delivery bottlenecks and coordinate shortage-recovery programmes across suppliers, purchasing and production stakeholders.
- Communicate delivery status, risks, constraints and recovery actions to the relevant purchasing manager and wider stakeholders.
Tasks
- Review material requirements and convert demand into achievable supplier delivery plans.
- Track component orders and supplier commitments against the master production schedule and customer deadlines.
- Analyse capacity, inventory, shortage and exception data using SAP and advanced Excel.
- Engage suppliers proactively to identify slippage early, agree recovery actions and improve performance.
- Prepare and lead supplier reviews, documenting actions, ownership and required delivery outcomes.
- Coordinate the cross-functional response to material shortages and delivery bottlenecks.
- Maintain accurate planning records and provide timely reporting on delivery risks and recovery status.
Decision Authority / Responsibility
- Responsible for the day-to-day operational management of assigned suppliers and delivery plans.
- Authorised to negotiate production and delivery schedules with suppliers within agreed plans and governance.
- Responsible for initiating and coordinating shortage-recovery activities, maintaining SAP planning data and escalating material delivery risks.
Requirements
- Five to ten years' experience in material requirements planning, supplier planning or production control within aerospace, automotive, precision engineering or manufacturing.
- Proven hands-on experience actively managing suppliers, including improving supplier performance and influencing delivery outcomes.
- Direct, practical SAP experience is essential, including work with master planning data and exception messages. Experience with comparable ERP systems is also relevant.
- Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical ability to interpret planning, inventory, capacity and shortage data.
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with proven stakeholder management ability.
- Demonstrated ability to build effective stakeholder relationships and influence outcomes across suppliers, purchasing and production.
- Proactive and structured approach to resolving material shortages and delivery bottlenecks.