MRP Controller

Sappi; Ngodwana; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading leave benefits

Travel opportunities

Learning and development programmes

Job summary

Sappi is seeking an MRP Controller to coordinate rotable repair cycles, ensuring spares are repaired on time and tracked within the SAP system. You will work with Engineering and Maintenance to minimize plant downtime and maintain accurate stock records.

Key duties include SAP processing, tagging status items, and collaboration with workshop foremen on repair pathways, with emphasis on SHEQ compliance and stock integrity.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years in purchasing, procurement or supply chain.
• Experience in heavy industrial environments preferred.
• Familiarity with rotable spares and repair processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate rotable repair cycles and ensure spares repairs are on time.
• Process rotable repairs in SAP and tag items with color status tags.
• Collaborate with workshop foremen to choose repair pathways.
• Create repair requisitions in SAP and track approvals timeously.
• Maintain alignment between physical stock and SAP records.
• Support stock counts and lifecycle management of rotable materials.

Skills

MRP management

Stock control

Vendor liaison

Education

NQF Level 6 Diploma in Materials Management / SCM / Engineering

Tools

SAP MM/PM

Job description

At Sappi, we are a leading global provider with a reputation for delivering high-quality sustainable Woodfibre products and solutions for the global markets. We lead through our values centred around safety, integrity, courage, making smart decisions which we execute with speed. We are seeking unique people who believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive and safe environment.

We are on the lookout for a MRP Controller to coordinate and manage the rotable repair cycle to ensure spares are repaired timeously and their position in the repair cycle is traceable, with the aim to minimize plant downtime.

As a MRP Controller, you will be responsible for:

• Understand and comply with all SHEQ requirements, actively participating in a safe working environment.
• Proactively identify SHEQ conditions and hazards, taking immediate corrective action to mitigate risk.
• Report all accidents, injuries, and fires immediately to the Stores Supervisor or Safety Representative.
• Conduct regular Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) observations to maintain safety culture standards.

Reporting & Communication

• Meeting Participation: Attend all required operational and departmental meetings to align on repair priorities and plant schedules.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaise with and maintain strong relationships with both internal stakeholders (Engineering, Maintenance, Operations) and external vendors/suppliers.
• SAP Processing & Tagging: Process rotable spares repairs on SAP and physically tag each item with the appropriate color tag to indicate its current status.
• Repair Coordination & Strategy: Liaise with workshop foremen to determine the appropriate repair pathway (internal vs. external vendor repair).
• Requisitioning & Approval Tracking: Create repair requisitions in SAP and actively follow up with relevant approvers to resolve outstanding approvals timeously.
• Status & Work Order Management: Ensure repair work order revision statuses accurately reflect where each spare is within the repair cycle, maintaining alignment between physical stock and SAP records across workshops and vendor locations.
• Stock Control & Lifecycle Management: Action Scrappings and New Installation Advice (NIA) timeously to ensure mill units maintain sufficient materials per MRP rules, managing rotable material stocks, equipment numbers, and master data accuracy.
• Operational Support & Stock Counts: Manage internal/external customer queries, perform standby duties when required, and participate in annual machine rolls stock counts.

What are we looking for?

• Relevant NQF Level 6 Diploma in Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, or Engineering.
• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain, preferably within an Engineering or Heavy Industrial environment.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (preferably SAP MM/PM modules) for managing MRP, inventory master data, and work orders.
• Familiarity with rotable spares, workshop repair processes, and inventory control practices.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to work within a global organisation that continues to thrive in a rapidly changing world even after 80 years of existence.
• Learning and development programmes to fast-track your career within Sappi.
• Opportunities to travel.
• Market leading leave benefits.

Sappi is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. At Sappi, we encourage and support vaccination.

ABOUT SAPPI

Sappi isa leading global provider of everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy by making what we should, not just what we can.