# Material Controller

Job Purpose The Material Controller is responsible for ensuring the uninterrupted flow of raw materials, components, packaging, and production supplies required to support manufacturing operations. The role involves inventory management, production scheduling support and maintaining optimal stock levels to meet customer demand while minimizing inventory costs. Material Planning and Control Ensure the timely availability of materials to support production schedules. Monitor inventory levels and maintain stock within approved minimum and maximum limits. Review material requirements planning (MRP) outputs and initiate procurement actions. Inventory Management Conduct regular cycle counts and support annual stocktakes. Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies. Maintain accurate inventory records in ERP systems Monitor material usage, scrap, and obsolescence. Implement inventory reduction initiatives while avoiding production shortages. Production Support Liaise closely with Production Planning, Manufacturing, and Warehouse teams. Ensure material availability for production orders and new product launches. Monitor material consumption against production schedules. Coordinate urge

- **Id**: 3863657
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/senior-material-controller>
- **Role**: Finance
- **Role family**: Finance
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T09:26:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T00:51:09Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2903
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Precision Engineering, Automotive Components

## Company

- **Id**: 8944
- **Name**: Senior
- **Domain**: seniorplc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/seniorplc>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 20
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 49
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T11:09:09Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 49
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T03:06:23Z

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