Manager, ASU Supply Chain Planning-LAR

United States Career•Bethlehem, PA

16d

About The Position

This role is the primary liaison between the Supply team and field Sales organizations, aligning current and future demand with supply-network readiness while minimizing overall delivered cost. It provides data analysis, decision support, operational supply chain planning, and network optimization for ASU and LAR products across the Northeast, West region, and Canada. The position identifies productivity opportunities that improve cost, revenue, and cash, supports strategic growth initiatives, and interfaces with long-term projects that improve cost savings, productivity, and efficiency within the ASU and national LAR supply chain. The manager works with Sales, Strategic Product Management, Operations, field personnel, Scheduling teams, and Energy Procurement. The role plans production rates and inventory targets, manages supply reviews and operational plans for Sales and Operations Planning, coordinates outage planning and response, and develops operating assumptions and costs for budgeting and reforecasts. It supervises a Senior Analyst, ASU Supply Chain Planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required; a degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field is preferred.
At least 7 years of experience in industrial gases or a related process industry, with Supply Chain Management experience.
Strategic and tactical problem-solving skills for managing complex national networks.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and in SAP.
Excellent communication and prioritization-management skills.
Analytical thinking, influencing, effective information sharing, change management, strategy delivery, visible leadership, and a growth-driven mindset.
Ability to build partnerships and develop capabilities to drive team success.

Nice To Haves

S.C.P. certification.
M.B.A.
Six Sigma certification.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary interface between Markets/Sales Strategic Product Management and Operations for ASU and LAR products.
Work with account managers and regional Markets leadership to understand customer-demand changes that may affect supply-network configuration.
Provide product availability and costing analyses for Strategic Product Management’s DOA-based new-business and investment-case analyses, and for senior management’s business management.
Support tonnage account managers with liquid backup or supplemental supply concerns, including volume availability and costing.
Provide ASU and LAR outage or dislocation costs during major outages and force majeure events, in accordance with cost-recovery policies defined by Strategic Product Management and Markets.
Assign plant production rates and inventory targets with field operations and Energy Procurement to minimize overall product costs, including day-of plant turndowns or shutdowns to meet power-reduction obligations and minimize or avoid peak power costs.
Coordinate with Scheduling teams on inventory and alternate-sourcing needs to minimize customer impacts.
Ensure mid- and long-term purchase agreements are utilized based on the lowest total incremental costs.
Develop, use, and ensure compliance with proprietary network optimization systems, including the quality of inputs and adherence to outputs.
Conduct supply reviews with field personnel and develop operational plans for Sales and Operations Planning; set transport-resource levels to fulfill plans while minimizing assets and costs.
Ensure sufficient inventory for pipeline gaseous supply and internal plant uses through plant mode changes, liquid product transfers between storage tanks, liquid imports as required, and coordination of third-party deliveries.
Plan, track, and own the ASU and LAR outage process, including outage plans, cost forecasting and tracking, and timely network-status communications during planned and unplanned outages.
Use and maintain relevant systems and tools for supply planning, optimization, Sales and Operations Planning, data visualization, and business operations.
Supervise the Senior Analyst, ASU Supply Chain Planning, who coordinates the immediate-term supply network and manages finished-product inventories, take-or-pays, and FOB pickup customers.
Develop key operational assumptions and associated costs for annual budgeting and ongoing reforecasts, including purchases and planned outage or dislocation costs.