Advanced Specialist, Maintenance

Celanese International Corporation•Sargent, TX

About The Position

Celanese is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Maintenance to join its team in Bay City, Texas. This role leads warehouse operations and inventory management, including receiving, storage, issuance, shipping, inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and reconciliation. The position is responsible for maintaining spare parts and supplies, optimizing inventory, and ensuring materials are preserved, identified, accessible, and ready to support plant reliability and uptime. The role champions warehouse 5S and visual workplace standards, supports site-wide Operational Excellence, and maintains SOX inventory controls and audit readiness. It also promotes safety and regulatory compliance, oversees the facility forklift training and certification program, and leads or participates in Operational Learning and Root Cause Analysis activities. The Advanced Specialist partners with Maintenance and Reliability teams on critical spares, turnarounds, outages, capital projects, and material readiness, while leading, coaching, and developing warehouse personnel.

Requirements

At least 5 years of warehouse, inventory management, logistics, maintenance support, or manufacturing experience.
Strong understanding of inventory controls, warehouse operations, and material management.
Knowledge of SOX compliance and audit processes.
Familiarity with Reliability and Maintenance programs.
Experience implementing and sustaining 5S programs and Operational Excellence initiatives.
Working knowledge of Root Cause Analysis methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience in chemical manufacturing, industrial manufacturing, petrochemical, or heavy industrial environments.
SAP inventory management experience.
Forklift certification program administration experience.

Responsibilities

Lead warehouse receiving, storage, issuance, and shipping activities.
Maintain accurate inventory records and material transactions in SAP.
Ensure proper storage, preservation, and identification of spare parts, consumables, chemicals, and operational supplies.
Optimize inventory levels to support operational reliability while minimizing excess inventory and carrying costs.
Manage cycle counts, physical inventories, inventory reconciliations, and corrective actions.
Identify and eliminate obsolete, duplicate, and non-performing inventory.
Serve as the facility owner and champion of warehouse 5S initiatives.
Establish and sustain 5S standards and implement visual management systems, including labeling, signage, storage maps, location identifiers, and inventory control boards.
Conduct routine 5S and housekeeping audits, develop action plans to address gaps, and improve material accessibility.
Support site-wide Operational Excellence and facility improvement initiatives.
Develop warehouse layouts that maximize storage density, efficiency, and safe material flow.
Maintain compliance with SOX inventory control requirements and ensure material movements, adjustments, counts, and transactions are properly documented.
Support internal and external audits, maintain audit-ready records, investigate inventory discrepancies, and implement corrective actions.
Develop sustainable inventory controls and drive closure of audit findings and compliance action items.
Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, company standards, and environmental regulations.
Conduct warehouse inspections, hazard assessments, and safety observations; ensure hazardous materials are properly stored and segregated.
Maintain clear access to emergency equipment, evacuation routes, and emergency response resources, and partner with site EHS personnel to improve safety performance.
Administer the facility forklift training and certification program, maintain operator qualifications and records, and conduct observations, evaluations, and refresher training as needed.
Investigate material handling incidents and promote safe forklift operations through coaching, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Lead and participate in Operational Learning events and Root Cause Analysis investigations involving warehouse operations, inventory, logistics, equipment failures, incidents, and process breakdowns.
Identify systemic issues, implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions, share lessons learned, and track completion of action items.
Ensure critical spare parts are available to support asset reliability and plant uptime.
Partner with Maintenance and Reliability teams to develop and maintain critical spare parts strategies.
Support turnarounds, outages, and capital projects through material staging and inventory readiness.
Establish preservation practices for long-lead and high-value spares and improve maintenance efficiency through organized, accessible material management systems.
Lead, coach, and develop warehouse personnel; establish expectations for safety, accountability, professionalism, and teamwork.
Conduct performance evaluations and development planning, develop cross-training programs, and promote employee engagement and continuous improvement.