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July 18, 2025 | Comments Off on MRP Controller – York
Role: MRP Controller - York - Hybrid Role
Salary: £32,000 - £38,000
Location: York - You must be located within 1 hour of York.
We have an exciting opportunity for a
MRP (material requirements planning) Controller to join our successful team at our Head office in York. Once you are fully trained you can work from home 2 days per week.
You will provide lean, capacity managed production programmes in support of customer demand to deliver their requirements on time, whilst ensuring externally sourced materials are delivered on a JIT system with minimal held inventory.
***We are looking for a candidate with the ability and desire to learn and deliver efficiency improvement and optimisation. You will have strong experience and the ability to develop collaborative relationships both internally and externally, with a mindset to deliver the best for Portakabin***.
As a MRP Controller, you will:
*Ensure materials produced internally are available on time to deliver factory assembly programme.
*Liaise daily with the manufacturing team to eliminate bottlenecks and assembly issues and ensure that production schedules are understood, realistic and achieved; it includes monitoring and reporting the position of each manufacturing area against the schedule (Production plan adherence >95%).
Take responsibility for the introduction of new and superseded produced in house materials to avoid materials shortages, reduce slow movers, and obsolete.
*Identify slow moving, obsolete and surplus materials and recommend appropriate action to reduce inventory waste through stock turnover focus.
*Control the release of work within agreed capacity levels & provide smooth programmes to each work centre.
*Participate in lean initiatives to improve production schedule processes & systems; partnering with internal stakeholders to define clear roles and responsibilities.
*Lead the change of ownership of production scheduling from operations to supply chain.
Essential Skills and experience for the role:
*Supply Chain or Production background - Understanding of Production and Supply Chain methodology and strategy skills
*Solid understanding of Materials Resource Planning procedures, production planning and finite scheduling.
*Data analysis and manipulation
*Excellent stakeholder Manager.
*Excellent organisation and communication.
*Collaborative Mindset.
*IT- Excel, PowerPoint, ERP/SAP System
For a full list of responsibilities, view our role profile please follow this link - https://www.portakabin-careers.com/job/mrp-controller?source=bing.com
Benefits & Opportunities
*25 Days holiday + Bank Holidays
*Option to buy 5 days of annual leave
*Working flexibly principles
*Contributory pension
*Yearly Bonus
As a Portakabin Employee, you will also be able to access a range of dedicated health and wellbeing services, a chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day off, and fully funded professional qualifications! There is also a great opportunity for career progression within Portakabin.
Why Portakabin?
Portakabin employs more than 2,000 people across ten European countries with our head office and primary manufacturing facility located in York UK.
As innovators in the science of building, we provide modular buildings for hire and sale, as well as supplying refurbished buildings and construction site accommodation. We deliver building solutions for organisations of any size, in sectors ranging from manufacturing, education and health to transport, utilities and construction.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Portakabin is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives and hire great people to build talented and diverse teams.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes for candidates that require additional support and/or adjustments to be made. If you are having any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on