Celanese · 3 days ago
Director, Global Benefits
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expCelanese is a leading company in the Total Rewards space, seeking a Director of Global Benefits to lead their global benefits strategy. This role is responsible for managing health and wellness plans, retirement programs, and ensuring competitive, cost-effective benefit offerings across all regions.
ChemicalChemical EngineeringManufacturing
Hiring Manager
Stephanie Rossi, PhD
Responsibilities
Lead the development and execution of the global benefits and retirement strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and compliance across all regions
Establish and maintain governance frameworks for benefits and retirement programs, driving consistency, equity, and risk management globally
Serve as the primary advisor on benefits and retirement matters, partnering with regional teams and external vendors to ensure programs remain competitive and cost-effective
Provide direct hands-on oversight of U.S. benefits and retirement operations. For non- U.S. programs, provide strategic oversight and guidance rather than direct administration of day-to-day operations, enabling regional and local teams to manage execution effectively
Monitor emerging trends, regulatory changes, and market practices to inform strategic decisions and maintain global competitiveness
Leads the effective management of all global benefits vendors and providers through the global benefits team; ensure appropriate processes are established, outcomes achieved, and service levels are met, while promptly addressing issues that may arise
Ensures the appropriate partnership and collaboration with our finance, legal, and human resources teams to execute our benefit and retirement programs
Ensures the development, maintenance, and utilization of key statistical reporting to analyze benefit spend, utilization, and future changes to our programs
Manage and support, as needed, any M&A related benefit or retirement support in partnership with additional key internal stakeholders
Ensure team supports any and all required compliance, filings and disclosures and does so within a timely fashion
Qualification
Required
10+ years relevant work experience, with at least 5 years managing a team of benefits professionals
Experience with U.S. health plans and defined benefit programs
Bachelor's Degree or higher, and /or equivalent work experience
Appropriate understanding of benefits related rules, regulations and requirements, particularly FMLA, ERISA, ACA, HIPAA, CAA, etc
Experience designing, implementing, and managing healthcare, wellness, and retirement programs in a unionized environment (U.S.)
Experience designing, implementing, and managing similar benefits programs in partnership with European Works Councils
Experience influencing and interacting with Senior Management
Appropriate knowledge of, and capability with, Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) and any other relevant tools
Excellent consulting, customer service, and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to think strategically and balance our focus of providing competitive yet cost-effective benefits for our employees
Experience successfully executing both divestitures and acquisitions into and out of existing health and retirement programs
Proven record of effectively managing key vendors, both to execute required services but ensuring those services are completed in a cost-effective and timely fashion
Ability to manage ambiguity, summarize key issues, and effectively communicate existing challenges to leadership, while likewise bringing forward solutions to resolve
Preferred
Knowledge of SAP and Success Factors a plus
Company
Celanese
Celanese is a global technology and specialty materials company that engineers and manufactures a wide variety of products.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (18)
2024 (16)
2023 (8)
2022 (11)
2021 (8)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11.5BKey Investors
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2025-12-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.4B
2025-03-06Post Ipo Debt· $2.6B
2022-08-24Grant
Leadership Team
Scott Richardson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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