Senior Material Resource Planner at Unipart, Southport

Senior Material Resource Planner

Location: Southport

Hours: 37 hours per week, full time

Salary: £33,000 per annum plus 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme

About the Role

As a Senior Material Controller, you will coordinate material flow from suppliers through to customer delivery, ensuring smooth supply chain performance, high customer satisfaction, and operational excellence across our manufacturing operations.

As part of your key responsibilities, you'll:

• Manage the planning and delivery of production materials, ensuring 100% on-time supplier delivery performance and mitigating supply risks.

• Develop and manage supplier performance metrics, transmit supplier schedules, and escalate deviations promptly.

• Review daily production plans and analyse customer needs to align material coverage and production activities.

• Manage stock levels, shop floor material flows, stock adjustments, and inventory accuracy to improve stock turns and minimise obsolete stock.

• Support commercial negotiations with providers and manage engineering change implementations to ensure full material coverage.

• Train, coach, and support team members using Unipart Way tools, conducting root cause analysis (3Cs) to resolve failing KPIs.

About You

We'd love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you'd be able to perform well in this role!

• Experience as a Material Controller or in a high-volume transactional procurement/supply chain environment.

• Strong knowledge of material planning, MRP parameters, stock control, and supplier schedule management (SAP experience desirable).

• GCSE and A-Levels essential (or equivalent operational/manufacturing experience); degree-level qualification is desirable.

• Proven capability in data analysis, master data maintenance, and problem-solving under deadline pressures.

• Experience utilising continuous improvement (CI) or lean manufacturing principles.

About Unipart

We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers' supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it's your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you 'you' - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.

You may have experience in the following: Material Controller, Materials Planner, Material Resource Planner, Production Planner, Supply Chain Planner, Inventory Controller, Stock Controller, Supply Planner, Procurement, Supplier Scheduling, MRP, SAP, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement