Veterans Preferred - Area Operations Manager
Company: US11345-AIRGAS Airgas USA, LLC
Location: Export
Posted on: April 22, 2024
Job Description:
Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10038990 Area
Operations Manager (Open)
Location:
Export, PA - Filling industrialPittsburgh, PA - Roswell Dr -
Filling industrial
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
The Manager, Area Operations actively participates as a member of
the Area Leadership Team (VP Operations, Safety Director, Area Vice
President, Area Branch Operations Coordinator and District
Managers) providing strategic and tactical coordination and
implementation of site operations, safety and regulatory
compliance, and policy/procedural updates. The AOM champions and
promotes a strong safety and compliance culture implementing
programs to ensure associate safety and company regulatory
compliance.
In particular, you will:
- Provides support to the Area Leadership Team with asset
management reviewing production planning, stocking parameters and
asset management to ensure efficient supply chain and inventory
management. Assists in the sourcing and capacity planning to ensure
timely production and delivery of products as it pertains to
cylinders, pallets, and trucks. Develops capital expenditure
budget(s) and coordinates capital expenditures.
- Reviews production plans and operational schedules for
operations and manufacturing activities assisting in establishing
priorities, the sequencing of manufacturing products, and assuring
quality specifications are met.
- Drives improvements to Key Performance Indicators (KPI's).
Compiles, analyzes and reviews production and operating reports and
helps to improve/resolve operational, manufacturing, and
maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent
operational delays.
- Communicates routinely with the Area Leadership Team regarding
progress, obstacles, issues and improvements impacting the
business. Conducts routine visits to facilities to evaluate
performance, safety, compliance and training gaps. Inspects
machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance
and optimum utilization.
- Provides leadership regarding safe work habits assuring plant
monthly safety meetings are conducted and attends meetings to
reinforce the safety message and create a positive safety culture.
Coordinates annual safety meeting for the area with the Area
Leadership Team.
- Provides leadership and guidance on Airgas's incident review
committee and supports the development of safety improvement
plans.
- In coordination with the Area Leadership Team, develops and
communicates site procedures and reports, maintains registrations
and permits maintaining compliance with Occupational Safety &
Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Transportation (DOT),
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration
(FDA), state regulations and Airgas Policies & Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs).
- Develops or revises standard operational and working practices
specific to the site. Coordinates with the ABOC to assure
operations procedures, SAP procedures and training are
applied.
- Direct responsibility for ensuring plant associates are trained
in SMS, Department of Transportation (DOT) and other regulatory
policies and operations areas. Supports branch associates with same
training.
- Assists with review of delivery sites and standards to assure
safe deliveries.
- Leads in accordance with company policies by hiring, training,
motivating, planning and directing work, managing performance and
resolving associate issues.
- Provides customer support for operational requirements
including site visits as needed.
- Other projects/initiatives as assigned.
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Are you a MATCH?
- Undergraduate Business, Engineering, Operations Management
degree or degree in a related area of study required. In lieu of
degree requirement, may accept an additional four years of related
experience in addition to the required experience minimum.
- Minimum of 10 years of increasing responsibility in
manufacturing operations or related experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the following areas: compliance with
applicable federal/state regulations, gases and related hard goods,
DOT regulations, truck and trailer loading limits, cylinder
markings, test dates, pressure ratings, ICC markings, placarding,
hazardous material classifications, DOT driver
qualifications and record keeping, vehicle purchasing and
maintenance requirements, accident reporting, and safety and
compliance.
- Considerable independent judgment and initiative are required
in resolving problems and making recommendations; demonstrated
ability to balance customer service and cost of service issues;
demonstrates tact and diplomacy in dealing with internal and
external customers and with handling proprietary
information.
- Excellent leadership and motivational skills with ability to
work in a matrixed organization to achieve results.
- Achieves results with a sense of urgency addressing the time
sensitive needs of customers, sales, customer service and other
operations personnel - including daily urgent delivery
needs.
- Financial acumen for articulating ROC, and other metrics
utilized by business professionals when considering inventory
purchases.
- Strong project management skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence
others and to create cross-functional alignment.
- Must possess excellent communication skills, especially in the
development of actions plans and to ensure accountability and
follow through.
- Must be proficient with SAP utilization and system
capabilities.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and
PowerPoint.
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Your differences enhance our performance
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.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants,
regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion,
disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly
believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to
express their talent, both individually and collectively and it
helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals,
acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a
changing world.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Information
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified
applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran
status, or any other protected characteristic.
Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here
to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an
Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review
the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement.
This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon
request.
Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not
discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is
committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known
disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to
benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual
with a disability and would like to request a reasonable
accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please
contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .
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