MRPC (Material Requirements Planning Controller)

Kintec Global Recruitment; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment seeks a MRPC (Material Requirements Planning Controller) for a Warwick-based, hybrid contract. You will coordinate with suppliers and production to ensure component availability aligns with the master schedule and customer commitments.

Responsibilities include building delivery plans, monitoring supplier performance, maintaining SAP master data, and driving shortage-recovery actions. Hybrid work: 3 days on site / 2 days remote, 37.5 hours weekly. ASAP start.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Supplier management

Stakeholder management

Analytical ability

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

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.