Job Description

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The Inventory Controller serves as the site-level inventory planning and material coordination lead for the Detroit Refinery. This role is responsible for managing maintenance, turnaround, project, and operational demand into inventory and supply actions that support safe, reliable, and competitive refinery operations. The Inventory Controller acts as the primary interface between Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to ensure material availability, inventory, and replenishment decisions are aligned with equipment criticality, lead time risk, supplier capability, and site execution priorities. The successful individual will be located in Detroit, Michigan and report to the Supply Chain Director.

• Serve as the site’s primary coordination point for inventory planning decisions, balancing material availability, lead times, and operational reliability risk.
• Partners with Maintenance, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to validate material requirements, prioritize demand, and ensure inventory planning supports refining operations. Applies Sales & Operations Execution (SO&E) methodology through maintenance planning, scheduling, and operations meetings to align short-term supply chain priorities with tactical execution strategies.
• Converts planned orders to purchase requisitions for sourcing and procurement. Schedules transfers from same plant to fulfill requirements. Schedules transfers from other plants to fulfill requirements. Converts repairable items for in-house repair or third-party repair.
• Performs robust and hands-on inventory reviews to include stockouts and items at risk of stockouts, inventory optimization, ABC classifications, forecasting demand based on planned activities or seasonality, supplier stocking programs such as VMI and Consignment opportunities, unfulfilled or canceled work order reservations and affected inventories, surplus stock, and obsolete stock.
• Support material master data quality by identifying required updates to lead times, units of measure, stocking indicators, criticality, sourcing data, descriptions, and planning parameters.
• Participates, identifies, and leads inventory management continuous improvement projects aimed at optimizing inventory.
• Provides support for Company audits and Supply Chain compliance control reviews as needed.
• Use knowledge of stakeholder needs and CSA capabilities to manage and prioritize exception handling tasks for the Supply Chain team.
• Coordinates with Warehouse Manager to ensure cycle count results, inventory discrepancies, storage constraints, and physical material availability are incorporated into inventory planning decisions.
• Provides inventory planning, usage history, demand forecasting, and material availability inputs to support CSA sourcing strategies, supplier stocking programs, RFP/RFQ development, supplier relationship management, and PO execution as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• Zero (0) - two (2) or more years of Supply Chain or business relevant experience required.

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Location:

Detroit, Michigan

Additional locations:

Job Requisition ID:

00022444

Location Address:

13501 Oakwood

Education:

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenshipor any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation.Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.comThe hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability

We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.