Stores & Materials Controller

Feltham West

10 months ago

Applications closed

Related Jobs

View all jobs

Stores & Inventory Controller

Material Controller - Nights

Material Controller

Logistics and Stores Supervisor

Procurement Buyer - UK-044

Senior Engineer

Red Sky Personnel are Hiring - Cabin Stores & Materials Controller

Location: Heathrow

Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00

Red Sky Personnel are looking for a Cabin Stores & Materials Controller to join a leading aviation services company based near London Heathrow. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong materials management experience within the aviation sector to play a crucial role in ensuring stock availability, forecasting, and inventory control.

Key Responsibilities:

Liaise with operational teams to forecast and plan for materials, parts, and components, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
Manage stock levels of essential items such as foams, carpet kits, seat covers, seat spare pre-load kits, and CMP UCS kits.
Monitor daily and weekly status sheets, inventory levels, shipments, and purchase order updates.
Adjust Min/Max levels in the Quantum Inventory System based on demand and lead times.
Oversee inventory levels at remote bases and arrange stock transfers as needed.
Work closely with the stores team to ensure accurate stock records and conduct regular stock checks.
Manage and motivate a team of five, including planners and store personnel, to meet operational demands.
Provide key reports to senior management regarding stock levels and material shortages.
Identify and implement process improvements within the department.
Key Requirements:

Experience in Aircraft Material Planning or a similar inventory control role.
Familiarity with resource and material planning within an aviation environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
Ability to work independently, take initiative, and prioritize workload effectively.
Experience with Quantum Inventory System and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Strong experience in Excel.
Previous experience in stores, and aviation.
Strong communication and leadership skills to manage a team in a fast-paced environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established and highly respected company in the aviation sector. If you have the required experience and skills, apply today

Subscribe to Future Tech Insights for the latest jobs & insights, direct to your inbox.

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Jan 18, 2026

Careers Jobs

Quantum Computing Jobs for Career Switchers in Their 30s, 40s & 50s (UK Reality Check)

Quantum computing is exciting. Headlines about qubits, quantum advantage and futuristic breakthroughs can make it seem like the preserve of physicists in high-tech labs. But for career switchers in their 30s, 40s or 50s in the UK, the truth is both broader and more practical: there are real job opportunities connected to quantum computing that don’t require you to come straight out of a PhD programme. This article gives you a grounded UK-focused reality check on quantum computing jobs, what roles genuinely exist, which ones are suited to career switchers, what skills employers actually hire for, how long retraining realistically takes and how to position your experience for success. Whether you’re coming from IT, engineering, project management, research support, operations, compliance or even sales & communications — there are ways to pivot into this fast-growing field if you approach it strategically.

Jan 13, 2026

Jobs

How to Write a Quantum Job Ad That Attracts the Right People

Quantum computing is no longer confined to university labs and research papers. UK companies are now actively hiring quantum software engineers, physicists, hardware specialists, cryptographers and commercial leads as the sector moves closer to real-world deployment. But while demand for quantum talent is rising, many employers are struggling to attract the right candidates. Roles attract either underqualified applicants who see “quantum” as a buzzword, or highly academic researchers who are a poor fit for commercial environments. The problem often isn’t the candidate pool — it’s the job advert. Writing a strong quantum job ad requires a very different approach to traditional tech hiring. Quantum professionals are highly specialised, sceptical of hype and acutely aware when an employer doesn’t truly understand the field. In this guide, we’ll break down how to write a quantum job ad that attracts the right people, filters out the wrong ones and positions your organisation as a serious, credible player in the quantum ecosystem.

Jan 5, 2026

Education Jobs

Maths for Quantum Jobs: The Only Topics You Actually Need (& How to Learn Them) Linear algebra essentials, probability, complex numbers, basic optimisation.

If you are a software engineer, data scientist or ML engineer looking to move into quantum computing or you are a UK undergraduate or postgraduate in physics, maths, computer science or engineering applying for quantum roles, the maths can feel like the biggest barrier. Job descriptions often say “strong maths” but rarely spell out what that means in practice. The good news is you do not need a full maths degree’s worth of theory to start applying. For most graduate & early-career roles in quantum software, quantum research engineering & quantum algorithms, the maths you actually use again & again is concentrated in four areas: linear algebra, probability, complex numbers & basic optimisation. This guide turns vague requirements into a clear, job-focused checklist. You will learn what to focus on, what to leave for later & how to build small portfolio outputs that prove you can translate the maths into working code.