Senior Specialist, Production, Asset Optimizer

Celanese International Corporation•Cantonment, FL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Specialist – Production (Asset Optimizer) coordinates raw material, in-process, and finished goods inventories to align with the scheduled unit production plan. The role works with production planning, procurement, and 24/7 team operations to schedule raw material deliveries in support of the production forecast and address delivery-timing impacts. It is also responsible for the accuracy of onsite inventory and the overall raw material consumption process. This position is on-site in Cantonment, Florida.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or higher; relevant professional experience may be considered instead of a degree.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across all organizational levels.
Excellent time-management skills and demonstrated ability to prioritize outcomes; collaborative approach and ability to build strong working relationships.
Demonstrated experience with raw material procurement processes.
Demonstrated ability to understand production schedules and production capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to manage complexity, optimize work processes, and be resourceful.
Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.
Experience with ERP systems; SAP material-management usage is preferred.
Proficiency with basic computer software, such as Microsoft Office.
Ability to negotiate and operate and prioritize amid ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience with MES.
Four years of Santoprene experience.
Demonstrated experience in supply chain.
Associate’s degree in a technical field.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, tasks, or programs.

Responsibilities

Own the site’s integrated material management processes.
Coordinate with procurement, planning, scheduling, and supply chain teams to ensure raw materials, chemicals, and packaging are ordered and delivered to meet unit objectives.
Work with the unit team and 24/7 team to identify raw material and chemical quality issues requiring supplier attention.
Identify emerging supply issues.
Serve as gatekeeper for schedulers, accept production schedules, and provide a conduit between production and scheduling.
Optimize the internal supply chain and material flow, and support plant capacity increases, including line installations, product growth, and UTP, while ensuring material handling processes support plant success and comply with SQRE.
Identify scheduling improvement opportunities and work with schedulers to ensure compliance with rules for receipt windows, minimum batch sizes, production wheels, sequencing, schedule breaks, and changeovers.
Work with supply chain to communicate production schedule challenges, including planned maintenance outages, raw material concerns, unplanned downtime, and OST.
Ensure production runs are scheduled using accurate rates, OST, and changeover-time inputs.
Monitor throughput and production to ensure adherence to schedules and commitments.
Detect and anticipate emerging issues affecting productivity and schedules; collect and analyze required metrics and provide short- and long-term plans to address process gaps.
Facilitate kaizen events and actions to improve efficiency and reliability, minimize unplanned downtime, and reduce changeover times.
Collaborate with the Asset Leader to understand and prioritize equipment repairs, communicating with relevant production and scheduling stakeholders.
Communicate issues or barriers involving the production schedule or material containment.
Generate improvement ideas and support implementation of process improvements.
Manage SOX controls and inventory cycle counts.
Manage site KPIs for production schedule compliance, raw material availability, and packaging material availability.