Senior Material Controller: Drive On-Time Delivery

Unipart Technologies Group; Sefton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Unipart Technologies Group is seeking a Senior Material Controller to coordinate material flow from suppliers through to customer delivery across our UK manufacturing operations. You will ensure on-time delivery, optimise stock levels, and drive supply chain performance.

The role requires experience in high-volume procurement, strong MRP knowledge, data analytics, and problem solving under deadline pressure. SAP experience is desirable; GCSEs/A-Levels are essential with a degree preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Material Controller or in high-volume procurement/supply chain.
• Strong knowledge of material planning, MRP, stock control and supplier schedules (SAP desirable).
• GCSEs and A-Levels essential; degree-level qualification desirable.
• Data analysis, master data maintenance and solving problems under deadline.
• Experience with CI or lean manufacturing principles.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate material flow from suppliers through to customer delivery.
• Manage planning and delivery of production materials with 100% on-time performance.
• Develop and manage supplier performance metrics and schedules.
• Review daily production plans and align material coverage with production.
• Manage stock levels, shop floor material flows, and inventory accuracy.
• Support negotiations and manage engineering changes to ensure material coverage.

Skills

Material planning

MRP parameters

Stock control

Data analysis

Lean manufacturing

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Education

GCSE & A-Levels

Degree (desirable)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Unipart Technologies Group is seeking a Senior Material Controller to coordinate material flow from suppliers through to customer delivery across our UK manufacturing operations. You will ensure on-time delivery, optimise stock levels, and drive supply chain performance.

The role requires experience in high-volume procurement, strong MRP knowledge, data analytics, and problem solving under deadline pressure. SAP experience is desirable; GCSEs/A-Levels are essential with a degree preferred.