Materials Controller

**Materials Controller**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an **office-based Materials Controller** to join a hugely successful manufacturing organisation in Bungay.

The Materials Controller is primarily responsible for ordering and maintaining appropriate material stock levels according to the business needs, liaising with suppliers and advising internal contacts on materials. This work is almost exclusively office-based **not** warehouse.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Raising orders for materials
- Scheduling and organising deliveries
- Goods receipt management and invoice checking
- To build and maintain professional relationships with new and existing suppliers
- Communicate with other internal departments
- Maintaining appropriate stock levels and monthly stock ordering
- Forecasting supply and demand to prevent over/under stocking
- Calculating Forward loads
- Assisting other members of the team where required

**Essential requirements**:

- Previous experience in a busy materials department within manufacturing
- Supplier liaison experience
- Knowledge of Procurement systems and processes including effective administration of Purchase Ordering
- Experience with use of IT systems
- Order expediting / progress chasing experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Excellent administration skills

**This role includes 26 holiday days (not including bank holidays) as well as Christmas shutdown - excellent work/life balance**

**ONE TEMPORARY AND ONE PERMANENT POSITION AVAILABLE**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,000.00-£23,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: JOD22022404