Manager, Field Sourcing Specialist- Airgas

R10076245 Manager, Field Sourcing Specialist- Airgas (Open)

Location:

Radnor, PA (Airgas HO) - Management

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At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

Airgas is Hiring for a Manager, Field Sourcing Specialist in Radnor, PA or Kennesaw, GA or Houston, TX!

We are looking for you!

• Hybrid role- 3 days in office from one of the locations: Radnor, PA, Houston, TX, or South Jordan, UT

• Must have prior Management experience

• Must have sourcing experience supporting operations, manufacturing and industrial field

Recruiter: Roseanne Khachikyan  / Roseanne.Khachikyan@airliquide.com  /  424-318-0169

Provides oversight and direction to Airgas Operations Support for the dedicated professional sourcing employees and other value creation services to assigned business unit or operating zone to support and achieve safety, efficiency, compliance and savings initiatives and objectives. This includes the management of NAM-led specific activities: competitive bidding, proposal analysis, negotiation of price and commercial terms, vendor management and asset sales requisition handling.  Responsible for administration including personnel management, reporting, process improvement and strategic planning.

• Provide overall leadership and direction for the Airgas Operation Support team.

• Serve as liaison between Airgas business leaders and internal customers and the other procurement teams in order to maximize the purchasing power of Airgas.

• Ensure participation of all the cluster’s internal stakeholders in all procurement initiatives and support deployment and compliance of the same in the field.

• Direct, plan and coordinate recruitment, resource management and performance management of Airgas Operational Support personnel.

• Develop short and long range strategic operational objectives to enhance the effectiveness of Airgas Operational Support. Plan for future operations of the team with emphasis on efficiency and effectiveness in meeting the needs of both internal and external customers. 

• Influence and lead Airgas business leaders to establish a partnership with Operations Support team to enhance its effectiveness procuring strategies and solutions that deliver demonstrative value to the business that align with the organization's strategic plan.

• Proactively manage sourcing activity for all Airgas’s major capital, maintenance and plant turnarounds (TAR)

• Develop frame agreements for regionalized spend clearly detailing expectations, roles and responsibilities, continuous improvement initiatives and consequences of failure to deliver expectations.  

• Establish Operations Support processes, policies and procedures. Procure necessary support and guidance to customers, vendors and staff to interpret policies and procedures.

• Ensure current and continued compliance with all regulatory requirements, policies and procedures both internally and externally to the organization.

• Develop and manage Airgas Operations Support metrics and balanced scorecard.

• Develop, review and evaluate financial and productivity reports to identify and achieve areas for potential expense reduction, and operational improvement. 

• Meets/ Conferences with Field Sourcing and SCM Category Management teams regularly to review project status and centralized sourcing needs/expectations to leverage Air Liquide buying power. 

• Contributes to the Supplier Relationship Management (Business Review) program.

• Networks with SCM Strategic Initiatives team to access current supplier and product/services market intelligence.

• Networks with the SCM Digital Procurement team on supply chain enablement technologies.

• Act as a change agent with a proven successful track record to design and implement purchasing services transformation.

• Promotes continuous improvement principles in the development of short and long-range analysis to enhance the effectiveness of supply chain management that aligns with the organization's strategic plan.

• Participates in reviewing emerging opportunities within the supply community and acting as an advisor to management by making recommend