Assistant Manager, Strategic Accounts Pricing & Profitability

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead the following with respect to employees: recruitment, onboarding, goals and objectives, performance evaluations, recognition and engagement, retention, and performance improvement

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with direct reports and cross-functional teams in support of business and departmental goals

• Lead by example to promote a customer-service oriented environment and ensure a consistent standard of service in a fast-paced & dynamic atmosphere

• Daily supervision of staff and workload to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency while maintaining the highest level of quality necessary for the sensitivity of the work performed

• Manage individual contributors in support of individual performance goals, as well as organizational financial and efficiency goals

• Ensure teams are resourced to deliver to objectives

• Be accessible to both internal & external customers, as well as team members to answer inquiries, provide accurate and timely information, and direction as it relates to systems and processes

• Develop, maintain, and promote consistent price strategies, tools, and analytics that are aligned with Strategic Account pricing and profitability goals

• Work closely with balance of leadership team to ensure consistent messaging and best practices are adopted within your respective team(s) and beyond

• Represent SA P&P or ensure SA P&P is properly represented on cross-functional projects impacting assigned market segments or functional areas (e.g. Market Segment Support, OTC, Rollouts, etc.)

• Responsible for providing monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc reporting related to price adjustments

• Other duties & special projects as assigned

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing or other related field or combination of equivalent education and experience working in a related role

Required Length & Type of Experience:

• Combination of 2-3 years of management experience &/or work in an elevated role with emphasis on pricing, business operations, contract administration, &/or finance

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrates the ability to be trusted with sensitive information

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with the ability to work successfully in a team atmosphere

• Demonstrated capacity to escalate issues appropriately, both within & outside the chain of command

• Comfortable presenting information, providing training and responding to questions effectively from groups in a business setting

• Demonstrated ability to interact and take direction from all levels of management

• Effectively coach and mentor in a one-on-one environment

• Superior organizational skills with ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines

• Demonstrated ability to interpret and comprehend Airgas and Customer contract language

• Comfortable challenging the status quo with proven ability to identify and communicate process improvement opportunities

• Advanced skills using multiple software packages including but not limited to:

  • Microsoft Office, with an emphasis on Excel

  • Google Suite, prior experience with Google Sheets a plus

  • SAP/Business Warehouse

• Knowledge of the gas, hardgoods and safety commodities industry preferred

• Possesses strong verbal and written communication skills

• Expert attention to detail with the ability to manipulate large sets of data, navigate and coach to complex procedures

• Creative problem solver with experience integrating new processes, tools, &/or technology into day-to-day operations and ability to analyze and adjust work procedures to achieve maximum efficiency

• Ability to deal with difficult situations in a diplomatic and professional manner

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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, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

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

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building 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 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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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies 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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