Coordinator: Materials

Job Title: Materials Coordinator

Division: Weir Minerals

Location: Port Elizabeth

Onsite

Purpose of Role:

As a Materials Coordinator, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth flow of materials and products through our operations. This position involves a variety of responsibilities, from capturing and recording data during the manufacturing process to maintaining accurate stock levels across the business. You will be responsible for monitoring inventory movements, reconciling discrepancies, and supporting production teams by providing timely and reliable information. By keeping our stock records precise and up to date, you will help safeguard efficiency, reduce waste, and ensure that customer demands are met without interruption. This role requires a keen eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across departments.

Why choose Weir: 

Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Inventory Accuracy: Ensuring stock levels are correctly recorded and maintained across all systems. Reconciling discrepancies and conducting regular stock counts.

• Data Capture & Reporting: Recording data from the manufacturing process in real time. Producing clear, reliable reports to support production and supply chain decisions.
• Process & Compliance Oversight: Monitoring stock movements to align with company policies and quality standards. Supporting audits and ensuring compliance with safety and operational procedures.
• Cross-Department Collaboration: Working closely with manufacturing, procurement, and sales teams. Providing timely updates to ensure materials and products are available when needed.
• Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Matric with a tertiary qualification in supply chain management, logistics or related field.
• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in a mining or manufacturing environment.

• Inventory Management Principles Familiarity with stock control processes, cycle counts, and reconciliation methods to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Manufacturing Process Data Capture Ability to record, interpret, and maintain accurate production data that supports operational planning and reporting.
• Systems & Software Proficiency Working knowledge of inventory management systems, ERP platforms (SAP), and Microsoft Excel for tracking and reporting.
• Supply Chain & Logistics Awareness Understanding of how stock control impacts procurement, warehousing, and distribution, ensuring smooth flow of materials and products.

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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