World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3,6 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company's activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide's ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
* Participate in efforts to standardize and implement processes and activities across the Americas HUB based
on Air Liquide's governing policies
* Supports Air Liquide business entities in the development of roadmaps, best practices, etc to implement
Group and entity transformation initiatives
* Participates for the Americas in Group core team discussions, arbitration, and development of policy &
Bluebook updates, Group wide transformation initiatives, and global projects
* Serves as a liaison between Group Procurement, HUB Procurement teams and the Americas Procurement
community on points of policy, process, tools and methodologies.
* Lead and develop processes for programs, as needed, including but not limited to:
* Supplier Relationship Management
* Small Business and Supplier Diversity programs,
* Sustainable Procurement and Climate programs,
* Governmental and Foreign Policies reporting (Conflict Minerals, UFLPA, REACH, etc)
* Market Intelligence
* Support procurement activities for the bidding and execution of H2E hub contracts as needed
* Supports the Americas in the implementation and on-going use of modules within Group's Digital
Procurement Solution (DPS) platform (ex. iAnalyze, iPerform/iRisk)
* Support the overall Americas in the reporting and management of the savings reporting process per Bluebook
* Supports continuous improvement projects across the Americas procurement community
* Provides analytics and reporting support for internal customers including the development and creation of BI
dashboards
* Serve as a business administrator and subject matter expert for Supply Chain / Americas Procurement
Center intranet design and maintenance
* Conduct detailed financial and operational analyses of the Corporation's business activities to support its
global strategic sourcing efforts
* Perform analysis of financial and operating information as requested including:
* Spend analysis
* Data mining from various Americas data sources (ex. Cluster ERPs, Digital Procurement Solution,
Finance systems, etc)
* Total cost of ownership analysis
* Trend analysis
* Provide additional and ad hoc reporting as needed, including:
* Market reporting and forecasting
* Supplier market conditions and analysis as directed by SCM leadership.
* Supplier and Commodity Profiles.
* Investigate and study supplier cost structures.
* Responsible for the development and publishing of market reporting and forecasting that provides sourcing
direction and customer forecasting
* Performs macro economic analysis and has the ability to understand key metrics and trends impacting global
supply chain.
* Responsible for coordinating North American Platform reporting for key Group initiatives and reporting
requirements
* Prepares presentation documents and assists in presenting finding to all levels of management.
* Makes recommendations on process improvements in Supply Chain practices
* Lead continuous improvement projects across the Americas procurement community.
* Serves as an Air Liquide policy and technical subject matter expert in Supply Chain practices, including:
* Compliance with Group Bluebook guidance in regards to spend and savings processes and reporting.
* Provide support, when needed, on global SCM system projects for assurance of Group compliance.
* Maintain strong lines of communication within Air Liquide's broad procurement community, key customer
groups, and other relevant stakeholders
* Regularly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of responsibilities through the Continuous Improvement
methodology and process.
* Participate in and execute additional projects as identified by the Manager, Strategic Planning.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

* Bachelors Degree in Economics, Finance, Engineering or any Business related field

* 3-5 years of finance, business analysis and economic modeling experience

* Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with ability to collect and correlate information and
data
* Advanced Google (Sheets, Docs, Slides) and Microsoft (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) skills are required
* Understands underlying mechanisms of customer/supplier relationships
* Solid written and verbal communication skills
* Detail oriented, self-motivated with ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize work and meet deadlines
* Possesses ability to synthesize information quickly and summarize conclusions and recommendations
* Resourceful

CORE COMPETENCIES ARE:
* Organizational Commitment
* Flexibility
* Customer Service Orientation
* Communicating Effectively
* Teamwork and Cooperation
* Developing others
* Managing Competing priorities
* Solution Focused Decision Making
* Entrepreneurial thinking

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build 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 background. 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.