Manufacturing Material Accuracy Analyst

Prestige Homeseeker Park & Leisure Homes; Rushden; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestige Homeseeker Park & Leisure Homes is seeking a Manufacturing Material Accuracy Analyst to ensure BOM integrity and accurate stock across builds. You will reconcile BOMs with issued, consumed, returned and recorded materials, then investigate discrepancies and secure approved corrections with cross-functional teams to protect margins and delivery.

The role requires strong Excel skills, data analysis capabilities and Power BI reporting experience, plus a practical factory-floor mindset and

Qualifications

• Good literacy and numeracy; able to work accurately with quantities and costs.
• Qualification in supply chain, inventory, engineering, finance or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile materials issued and consumed in ERP/MRP with production records and physical stock; investigate gaps.
• Review booking, stock transfers, returns, scrap declarations, substitutions and adjustments; correct transactions at source.
• Support targeted cycle counts and stock checks on high-value materials; document differences and evidence for adjustments.
• Identify data weaknesses causing shortages, duplicated issues or distorted balances; propose fixes.

Skills

Excel

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Supply chain / inventory / engineering / finance / data analysis

Tools

Power BI

Job description

The Manufacturing Material Accuracy Analyst improves the accuracy of materials used to build Prestige homes, lodges and buildings. The role compares approved bills of materials (BOMs) with what is issued, consumed, returned and recorded against each build, then reconciles those records to physical stock. Working with Production, Technical, Procurement, Stores, Finance and Internal Logistics, the analyst identifies the causes and value of discrepancies, secures approved corrections and prevents repeat losses. Reliable material information supports build quality, delivery, stock availability and margin. Accountabilities Material usage and BOM integrity

Stock and transaction accuracy

• Reconcile materials issued and consumed in the ERP/MRP system with production records and physical stock, investigating gaps between the three sources.
• Review timing and completeness of booking, stock transfers, returns, scrap declarations, substitutions and adjustments; work with process owners to correct transactions at source.
• Support targeted cycle counts and stock checks on high-value or high-variance materials, documenting count differences and the evidence behind any recommended adjustment.
• Identify process or data weaknesses that cause shortages, duplicated issues, incorrect costs or distorted work-in-progress and stock balances.

Variance investigation and corrective action

• Prioritise discrepancies by quantity, financial value, recurrence and risk to production, quality or customer delivery.
• Investigate root causes with the people closest to the work, including BOM error, incorrect picking, unrecorded use, damage, waste, theft risk, supplier short delivery or transaction timing; record evidence before assigning a cause.
• Agree corrective actions with accountable owners, track completion and test whether the change reduces repeat variance.
• Escalate material losses, suspected control failures and unresolved high-value differences promptly through the Head of Internal Logistics and relevant functional leaders.

Reporting and continuous improvement

• Maintain clear, repeatable reports on BOM-to-actual variance, physical-to-system stock accuracy, scrap, adjustments and write-offs, with trends by material and product family.
• Present both quantity and cost impact, explain significant movements and distinguish confirmed savings from estimates.
• Recommend practical changes to material presentation, issue and return processes, data controls and shop-floor recording; help teams implement approved improvements.
• Support periodic reviews with Production, Technical, Procurement, Stores and Finance to agree priorities, resolve ownership and close aged issues.

Health and safety, quality and inclusion

• Follow site health and safety procedures when observing production or checking stock, and report hazards and unsafe practices.
• Escalate any material discrepancy that may affect product specification, traceability or customer quality; do not authorise unapproved substitutions.
• Work respectfully with colleagues across all departments and uphold company equality and diversity standards.

Key Measures of Success

• A sustained reduction in BOM-to-actual consumption variance, measured in quantity and value.
• Improved physical-to-system stock accuracy for the materials reviewed.
• Fewer unexplained adjustments and material write-offs, with improved visibility of the causes of loss.
• Timely closure and verified effectiveness of agreed corrective actions.

Key Relationships KEY RELATIONSHIPS (INTERNAL) KEY RELATIONSHIPS (EXTERNAL)

• Head of Internal Logistics Material suppliers, where a discrepancy requires joint investigation
• Production Managers and Team Leaders ERP/MRP support providers, where authorised
• Technical and Design teams
• Stores and Production Material Controllers
• Procurement and Supply Chain

Requirement Essential Desirable

Qualifications

• Good standard of literacy and numeracy, with the ability to work accurately with quantities and costs. Qualification in supply chain, inventory, engineering, finance or data analysis.

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience in manufacturing materials, stock control, production data or a comparable analytical role. Experience in configurable or bespoke manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of BOMs, inventory transactions, ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing consumption. Knowledge of standard costing, work-in-progress and material usage reporting.
• Understanding of stock counts, variance investigation and corrective action.

Skills, Competencies and Abilities

• Strong Excel skills, including reconciliations, lookups or equivalent functions and pivot tables. Power BI reporting experience.
• Ability to verify data against shop-floor evidence, quantify financial impact and explain findings clearly. Experience improving master data or material control processes.
• Organised approach to prioritising issues, maintaining an audit trail and following actions through.

Personal Attributes

• Curious, precise and comfortable asking constructive questions across teams.
• Pragmatic, approachable and willing to spend time in the factory to understand how materials are used.
• Takes ownership while respecting approval and segregation of duties.

Values

• Strong customer focus and pride in quality.
• Takes responsibility and delivers on commitments.
• Works smartly, collaborates and respects inclusion and diversity.