PG Sales and Operations Planning Lead
Air Liquide
PG Sales and Operations Planning Lead
Air Liquide
Industrial and medical gas provider
Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry, health and the environment. Our company offers innovative solutions based on continuously improving technologies. We produce air gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon and specialty gases, but also other gas solutions such as hydrogen. Our 64,500 employees work for our customers in 78 countries. Dynamic and creative. Innovative and lively.
How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
The main purpose of the S&OP process is to align the Sales and Operations organizations on one shared plan, with the objective to reach high customer satisfaction at the lowest cost (capex+opex). It enables them to size their main PG resources monthly with a 18 months horizon. It is the 6 to 18 months term part of the PG planning system and at this level should focus on integrating the major impacts on the PG demand (marketing phase in/out or conversion projects, adjustments to the commercial strategy…) or supply (production transfers, large maintenance action, sites upgrades…).
For PG operations, the main resources sized through S&OP are:
Requirements for mobile assets
Requirements for filling/handling operators based on working units defined in the TRS
Requirements for filling fixed assets
Requirements for Logistics means
The S&OP Leader’s mission is to orchestrate the monthly S&OP process in order to contribute to the availability of products and guarantee a high level of customer satisfaction, while optimizing production and inventory.
She/He acts as a central link between Sales and Operations teams to balance demand and supply in the mid- to long- term.
She/He prepares different scenarios and, when appropriate, prepares for arbitration in the executive S&OP meeting.
The S&OP Leader is also in charge of orchestrating the OFR monthly and weekly processes.
The S&OP Leader's mission is to operate the monthly S&OP process by organizing the four monthly S&OP loops:
Sales Loop: prepare the forecast update based on historical data and already known impacts (projects, trends, seasonality), organize meetings with Sales Managers to share the actual vs. forecast gap analysis and gather their inputs, assemble the new forecast over 18 months under the accountability of Sales..
Supply Loop: prepare the actual vs. planned analysis, organize meetings with Operations (Production and Logistics) representatives to update the production plan including major impacts (production transfers, main maintenance actions, projects), assemble the new production plan under the accountability of Operations. Share the new production plan with Stock and Assets.
Pre-S&OP meeting: identify unbalances between Sales and Operations, build scenarios and simulations to balance. Prepare request for arbitrations
Executive S&OP: organize the meeting, update the decision log, present arbitration requests, communicate the consensus plan.
The S&OP Leader is also in charge of organizing the OFR monthly and weekly loops, assembling the root cause analysis of non-OFR based on the input from Sales, Production, Logistics and Stock&Asset Teams, updating the decision log, and requesting arbitration from management when necessary.
Are you a MATCH?
This position is based in Germany.
No direct people management responsibilities involved
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What makes us special | Our Benefits
Wie für Sie gemacht: Neben einer attraktiven Vergütung in der Sicherheit des Chemietarifvertrags, Urlaubsgeld und einem 13. Monatsgehalt bieten wir Ihnen je nach Position die verschiedensten Zusatz-Benefits: betriebliche Altersvorsorge, überdurchschnittliche Anzahl an Urlaubstagen, flexible Gleitzeit, Mitarbeiterrabatte und vergünstigte Mitarbeiteraktien.Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to build 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 background. 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.
Industrial and medical gas provider
Air Liquide produces and supplies industrial and medical gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, argon, and specialty gases, to manufacturers, healthcare providers, electronics, and energy companies. It operates through production plants, pipelines, cylinder networks, and on-site supply units, and it also designs and builds gas production and separation systems, including cryogenic air separation plants and large electrolyzers, via its engineering arm. Its Gas & Services business serves industry and healthcare and it is a major producer of hydrogen, investing in low-carbon hydrogen projects and electrolysis as part of industrial decarbonization. It serves the semiconductor industry and space programs as well. Its goal is to enable industrial decarbonization and the energy transition by providing reliable gases and engineering capabilities for large-scale gas production, hydrogen supply, and on-site services.
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