Job Summary:
Optimize manufacturing and transport costs to maintain Messer's industry leading customer service level while minimizing our overall cost to serve. Set plant production and inventory plans and direct customer assignment to sources. Direct supply network during any planned or unplanned outages.
Coordinate Sales and Operations Planning process, specifically managing demand forecasting and network optimization.
Lead the Business Process Excellence team for Supply, ensuring all transactional work is completed and the correct business processes are followed. Identify process improvement opportunities across Supply back-office activities and develop/enforce standard processes in support of Bulk and Tonnage organizations.
Lead the Operational Budget team to deliver continuous improvement of data and performance management through the use of Messer's systems to support the goals and strategy of RBU NA Bulk Supply.
Why Messer?
Messer is the world's largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.
The true strength of Messer is our people—at every level and in every role.
Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.
Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.
Principal Responsibilities:
Primary Interface between Markets/Sales and Supply:
Execute demand forecasting with Markets for Sales and Operations Planning and tracking changes in demand that could affect ability or cost to serve.
Provide supply outlook and planning including detailed costing analyses to Markets for pricing decisions, Strategic Product Management for investment case analyses and senior management for overall business management.
Executes surcharge policy defined by Strategic Product Management and Markets based on major cost changes within the network.
Cost effective supply and demand management, ensuring no operational shortfalls in product supply or customer service:
Sets plant production rates, operating modes and inventory targets in collaboration with Remote Operating Center engineers and Energy Procurement team to minimize costs; coordinate customer assignments with transport each week to support the minimum delivered costs.
Principal interface for coordinating product availability and subsequent sales with Messer Sales team and their FOB customers.
Negotiates and executes short term competitive swap, sale and purchases to address near-term inventory off-sets. Manage any short term take or pay commitments for feedgas or purchases.
Identify and coordinate changes in field supply operations that will improve customer service and/or improve costs.
Daily scheduling of rail assets as well as rail budgeting, KPI targets and operational performance (including maintenance oversight).
Directs response to supply network crises (plant outages, major quality incidents, etc), coordinating between Markets, Supply, Strategic Product Management and field operations.
Systems Development, Support and Maintenance:
Development, use, and enhancement of optimization models (TACT and Optimizer) as well as demand forecasting models; these tools provide the foundation of S&OP process for North America bulk plant network.
Manage vendor for network optimization and forecasting models.
Provide operational leadership for the BPE team in the Bulk/Tonnage organizations for North America:
Drive process excellence and continuous improvement around all administrative activities for the make and deliver teams (SAP data entry, payroll, trip administration, procurement, Goods receipt and Accounts Payable, AP, Kofax, etc).
Monitor/reconcile/book all inventories (S1, T1, Consignment) and goods receipts activities for bulk plant and identify any errors impacting Messer P&L and balance sheet.
Support the Operations Tonnage Invoicing Process.
Collaborate with systems teams to discuss and resolve systems challenges and ways to improve on current processes/ technology.
Train Field supply organization on proper work practices to ensure accurate business processes for back office data flows.
Provide leadership for bulk operations team for budgeting and cost reporting:
Develop transparent, timely, and straightforward processes to establish the yearly combined Supply budget.
Using validated data construct and deliver on a regular basis to required parties concise exception based management reports on performance overall and by specific KPI or area; includes reporting some personnel incentive plans.
Provide ad hoc reports and studies as required including the provision of validated data for all significant data driven projects, local or Global, including capital investment projects.
Analyze cost performance data to identify internal best practice.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Management or Finance preferred.
Minimum 10 years in Industrial gases or related process industry with supply chain optimization and planning experience.
Masters degree preferred.
About Messer:
Messer's safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.
We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization – the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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