Inventory Controller - Salt Lake City Refinery

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Salt Lake City, UT

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inventory Controller serves as the site-level inventory planning and material coordination lead for the Salt Lake City Refinery. The role manages maintenance, turnaround, project, and operational demand and translates it into inventory and supply actions that support safe, reliable, and competitive refinery operations. Acting as the primary interface among Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain, the Inventory Controller aligns material availability, inventory, and replenishment decisions with equipment criticality, lead-time risk, supplier capability, and site execution priorities. The position is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and reports to the Supply Chain Director. The Inventory Controller reviews and replenishes inventory, reviews and converts turnaround and project demand, converts planned orders into purchase requisitions, arranges transfers between plants, and routes repairable items for in-house or third-party repair. The role conducts hands-on inventory reviews and improvement work, supports audits and compliance reviews, maintains stakeholder relationships, performs assigned category supply chain activities, and supports the Warehouse Manager, including covering during absences.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
Four or more years of Supply Chain or business-relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Review and replenish inventory and review and convert turnaround and project demand requirements at one refinery.
Convert planned orders to purchase requisitions for sourcing and procurement.
Schedule transfers from the same plant or other plants to fulfill requirements.
Convert repairable items for in-house or third-party repair.
Conduct hands-on inventory reviews, including stockouts and items at risk of stockouts, inventory optimization, ABC classifications, demand forecasting, supplier stocking programs, unfulfilled or canceled work order reservations and affected inventories, surplus stock, and obsolete stock.
Participate in, identify, and lead continuous improvement projects aimed at optimizing inventory management.
Support Company audits and Supply Chain compliance control reviews as needed.
Build and maintain professional relationships with key stakeholders, understand their needs and activities, and serve as a point of contact to communicate and coordinate those needs and activities.
Serve as a liaison among the warehouse, CSA teams, and stakeholders.
Use stakeholder needs and CSA capabilities to manage and prioritize exception-handling tasks for the CSA team.
Perform CSA duties for assigned categories, including sourcing strategy development and implementation, RFP/RFQ planning and execution, supplier negotiations and relationship management, quantitative analysis, and purchase order creation and management.
Support the Warehouse Manager, including supervising Warehouse Supervisors and/or Warehouse Techs; overseeing daily warehouse operations; developing and executing material management strategy; ensuring compliance with legal and company requirements; supporting budget development and compliance; and backfilling the Warehouse Manager during absences.