Senior Analyst, Operations Cost and Performance

United States Career•Bethlehem, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Why Messer? Messer is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on. The true strength of Messer is our people—at every level and in every role. Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care. Messer stands apart because we put what matters first, and you matter.

Requirements

Understanding of overall Operations cost drivers and business processes
Ability to translate complex data from various and disparate systems into cohesive and effective management information
Self-driven, fast learner
Strong data mining and analysis
Must be knowledgeable in SAP, Excel, and related data reporting environments and tools
Strong business systems experience
Bachelor’s Degree in the supply chain, engineering, finance, accounting, or equivalent discipline.
Minimum 5 years experience in industrial gases or related process industry with supply chain, accounting or related experience

Nice To Haves

C.P., M.B.A. and six sigma certification are a plus

Responsibilities

Report on and analyze KPIs for Bulk Operations’ performance
Prepare and support the presentation of the monthly Operations Performance Workshop (OPW) to the Executive Vice President of Operations and their direct reports.
Analyze performance vs targets and provide exception-based reporting including required actions for opportunities or mitigations for deviations to plan
Benchmark Transport & Production Performance.
Identify underlying trends at local and national levels that provide opportunities for cost savings and/or mitigation and assist with prioritization.
Help develop and utilize systems and methodologies that maintain validated data for reporting and analysis.
Using validated data to construct and deliver on a regular basis to required parties concise exception-based management reports on performance overall and by specific KPI or area
Drive continuous improvement in Scheduling and Transport via KPI reporting.
Manage training materials for Transport and Production cost reporting.
Compare external benchmarks to identify improvement or knowledge-sharing opportunities.
Assist with the yearly budgeting process and ongoing forecast
Coordinate budgeting activities within Bulk Operations and Finance teams
Collect and input master data in Adaptive for budgeting cycle
Support the revision process such that the final budget is optimized, agreed with stakeholders and supports the overall Operations’ strategy and priorities
Support Operational Budgets Manager with analysis and material development for presentation to Executive Vice President of Operations and their direct reports
Highlight gaps or opportunities regarding year-on-year budgeting by comparing to bottom-up or best practice examples
Provide support for cost and KPI related questions from Bulk Operations, Finance and Product Management
Provide updates to key cost inputs for quarterly surcharge calculations, analysis, and reports for Product Management
Work with stakeholders to provide business case justifications where required
Supports Supply Chain with outage cost reporting
Serve as a contact for SAP/BW cost questions
Systems usage and maintenance SAP/BW, GOLD, Parcview, Adaptive SAP Analytics Cloud and Tableau for data visualization
Additional duties as assigned.