Director - PG Growth Acceleration

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• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%.

• 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.

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

The Packaged Gas Growth Acceleration Director serves as a strategic partner and facilitator dedicated to elevating our PG Business Performance. In this partnership role, the Director acts as a vital link between corporate vision and regional execution, supporting our 18 regions in enhancing profitability through the thoughtful expansion of our nationwide Densification program.
By focusing on market density and optimizing our current assets, the Director helps teams maximize the value of every delivery while fostering the partnership between CID, PG Marketing to support the culture of operational efficiency. Beyond immediate growth, they are committed to the long-term health of our business-partnering with regional leads to bring the Streamlining initiative to a successful close and co-creating the roadmap for Phase 2. To ensure these successes are lasting, the Director will introduce a PG Maturity Assessment framework. This "Gold Standard" is built on Peer Benchmarking and Best-in-class reference, and is owned by the Region.

1. Packaged Gas Densification (Launch & Scale)

• Strategy: Execute a comprehensive densification program to optimize asset utilization and market density.

• Execution: Lead the full-scale rollout of the program across all 18 regions, establishing localized KPIs and logistics benchmarks.

• Growth: Identify opportunities to increase cylinder turns and reduce "empty miles" through data-driven route and inventory density planning.

2. Packaged Gas Streamlining (Execution & Phase 2 Transition)

• Current State: Oversee the finalization of Phase 1 across the remaining regions to ensure total organizational alignment.

• Optimization: Identify bottlenecks in the current streamlining process and implement lean methodologies to improve speed-to-market.

• Phase 2 Vision: Define the roadmap and objectives for Phase 2, focusing on advanced automation and sustainable cost reduction. Working hand in hand with CID.

3. Packaged Gas Maturity Assessment (Development & Launch)

• Framework Design: Build a robust, standardized Maturity Assessment tool from the ground up to evaluate regional performance across safety, service, and profitability.

• Standardization: Establish the "Gold Standard" for packaged gas operations, creating a clear pathway for regions to move from "Developing" to "World Class."

• Partnering: Launch the assessment program nationwide, using results to drive targeted capital investment and leadership coaching.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, or equivalent work experience.

• 10+ years in industrial gas, chemicals, or complex logistics; minimum 5 years in a leadership role.

• Proven track record in scaling programs across multi-regional footprints (15+ locations)

• Demonstrated expertise in full life cycle project implementation and support.

• High proficiency with Google Suite.

• Exceptional interpersonal skills to engage and inspire diverse teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to large audiences and interact effectively at all organizational levels.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex business processes and develop innovative, practical solutions.

• Capacity to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%.

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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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