Business Performance Manager

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• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14-week paid child birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.

The Business Performance Manager serves as the central driving force of the Central Division Strategy Department. This role is dedicated to strategic project management, capturing business efficiencies & tracking division-wide strategic KPIs. Combining strategic oversight with operational rigor, the manager guides efficiency and expense analysis initiatives to address operational waste and captures cross-functional savings. Additionally, this position stewards the end-to-end design, delivery, and governance of executive reports and dashboards that provide clear, real-time line-of-sight into strategic progress.

• Facilitate the implementation of strategic transformation projects across cross-functional teams, supporting milestone completion and deadlines.
• Thoughtfully identify operational bottlenecks and partner with department leaders to remove friction and advance project progress.
• Identify, quantify, and resolve operational waste (e.g., freight inefficiencies, redundant costs, rogue spend) by developing and executing cross-functional savings plans.
• Support alignment of daily purchasing best practices (e.g., PCards, requisitions, blanket POs) among applicable associates.
• Design and maintain executive-level performance dashboards that translate raw operational and financial data into actionable strategic insights.
• Establish standard reporting definitions and delivery cadences across the division to ensure a single version of truth and inspire stakeholder action.
• Build and maintain matrixed relationships across divisional, regional & corporate leadership (operations, finance, sales, etc.) to foster collaborative problem-solving.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Supply Chain, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 5 years performance management, PMO, operational analytics, finance, business operations or management consulting.
• Experience delivering digital transformation and/or complex BI initiatives within a decentralized, multi-site environment.
• Strong understanding in BI architecture (Power BI), data modeling, data lifecycle management, and Google Business Suite.
• Familiarity with coding languages.
• Advanced financial & operational literacy with a proven track record of identifying, targeting & capturing operating expense savings.
• Demonstrated experience in communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex operational data into clear strategic narratives for groups and executive leadership across multiple formats (e.g., email, slides).
• Experience in project management and organizational skills.
• Innovative, problem-solving mindset capable of challenging the operational status quo.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Candidates must have valid employment authorization in the U.S. and must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• MBA or advanced degree in Data Analytics/Business Intelligence preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and/or Industrial Gas or Distribution experience.
• Experience with SAP, Gemini and applied AI/ML in a business context.
  

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate and the work environment is an office setting.

• Able to talk, hear, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel or crouch.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to focus objects.

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Benefits

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Additionally, we offer our eligible employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for eligible employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.

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Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE

At Airgas, we are committed to building a 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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About Airgas

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.

Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.

Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you'll find a welcoming workplace where you're valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career - whatever path you choose.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Airgas 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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