MRP Controller
| Posting date: | 04 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bilston, West Midlands, wv14 0dn |
| Company: | Hunter Selection Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 39309230_1772618547 |
Summary
MRP Controller
Location: Bilston, Wolverhampton
Shift: Monday to Friday (office hours)
Salary: Up to £30,000 (DOE)
A unique opportunity has arisen for an MRP Controller to join a prestigious, time-honoured engineering firm within the heart of Black Country. This is a brand-new position, created as part of the firm's on-going development and expansion programme in partnership with a major manufacturing firm.
The successful applicant will occupy a central role within the firm's operational framework, overseeing materials control & workflow schedules to support seamless & efficient production.
Key Responsibilities
- Management of the MRP system: reviewing & actioning messages, ensuring data is always accurate, timely and error-free
- Accurately maintaining & updating Bills of Materials (BOM) and all associated product information within the MRP
- Liaising with sales, engineering, production and maintenance to gauge current WIP and future production demands to support production scheduling
- Creating, actioning and closing all work orders
- Maintaining a lean stock inventory, monitoring all stock transactions and actioning new material requirements on request
- Generating reports to provide real-time understanding of stock health, workload capacity and performance
- Engaging with suppliers to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of materials, ensuring potential delays or disruptions are resolved ahead of time.
- Raising job packs & generating Work-to-List briefings to ensure engineers are equipped with correct production schedules
- Support quality & non-conformance management oversight
About you
- Proficiency in using ERP/MRP software within a manufacturing environment
- Outstanding organisation skills, managing multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Strong problem-solving ability, anticipating & resolve potential issues ahead of time
- Excellent interpersonal skills, engaging clearly with internal & external stakeholders
- Exacting attention to detail, maintaining pristine and timely data
- Experience with Javelin software is desirable
- Knowledge of CNC Machining, Precision Engineering or working to QMS (ISO9001 or AS9001) is highly desirable
- Aspirational Graduates with interests in Supply and Production Planning may also be considered
If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.
Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.
Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.