Materials Requirements Planning Controller

Annual Salary: £35,000
Location: Sheffield
Job Type: Full-time
Hours: Monday – Thursday 07:15 – 4pm, Friday 07:15 – 12:15pm

Role Summary

This role will be responsible for managing supplier performance, coordinating material supply, and ensuring inventory levels are aligned with production requirements. Working closely with Procurement, Manufacturing and Logistics teams, you'll play a key role in maintaining a reliable supply chain and supporting on time customer delivery within a fast-paced engineering environment. The ideal candidate will come from a Materials Planning, Procurement or Supply chain background within the engineering or manufacturing industry.

Day-to-day of the role

• Manage supplier relationships and performance, taking ownership of a designated supplier portfolio, conducting reviews, visits, and monitoring key KPIs such as OTIF and RFT.
• Control supplier pricing and procurement activities, negotiating competitive rates, managing annual price reviews, raising purchase orders, and maintaining visibility of supplier spend.
• Ensure material availability for production, optimising inventory levels, managing MRP requirements, and working closely with Planning to prevent production delays.
• Resolve supply chain and delivery issues proactively, identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to maintain operational continuity.
• Maintain accurate systems and stakeholder communication, ensuring data integrity, supporting goods receipt processes, and providing timely updates to internal teams and customers on delivery status.