Associate Director - Customer Service

Linde Corporate; Youngstown (OH); On-site; USD 125,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Linde Inc. in Youngstown, OH, is seeking an Associate Director - Customer Service. You will lead safety and operational compliance across two centers, translate regional priorities into actionable plans, and coach leadership while overseeing staffing and budgets.

The role requires a strong background in industrial operations, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to travel between sites. You will partner with sales and engineering on technical requirements and project planning.

Qualifications

• Ten years of progressive experience in industrial operations or related fields.
• At least three years of management experience overseeing supervisors or multiple functions.
• Experience managing budgets, labor costs, productivity and operating performance.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Willingness to travel 25–50% between centers and customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety and operational compliance across two centers and ensure adherence to requirements and policies.
• Translate regional priorities into operating plans and establish safety, quality, productivity, cost, and responsiveness targets.
• Coach and develop superintendents and leaders, addressing staffing, performance, and succession.
• Coordinate staffing, capabilities, equipment, and materials to meet customer needs and balance workloads.
• Oversee customer supply systems installations, maintenance, and refurbishment; manage budgets and costs.

Skills

Leadership

Operations management

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Industrial gas operations

Job description

Linde Inc.

Associate Director - Customer Service

Youngstown, OH, United States | req34386

What you will enjoy doing*

• You will lead safety and operational compliance across both centers, reinforcing accountability and ensuring compliance with applicable requirements and company policies
• Translate regional priorities into operating plans and establish expectations for safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer responsiveness
• Coach and develop superintendents and functional leaders while addressing staffing, performance management, training, and succession needs
• You will also coordinate staffing, technical capabilities, equipment, and materials across both centers to meet customer needs and balance workloads
• Oversee customer supply system installations, preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment removals, and refurbishment
• Manage operating budgets and controllable costs, including labor, overtime, materials, and outside services, and implement corrective actions to address financial and performance gaps
• Partner with sales and engineering on site surveys, technical requirements, project scope, cost estimates, and installation planning
• Furthermore, you will lead cross-functional resolution of complex customer concerns, address recurring issues, and communicate priorities and progress to stakeholders
• Oversee equipment refurbishment, warehouse controls, inventory accuracy, and material availability
• Standardize processes across both centers, share effective practices with other regions, and improve service reliability, project execution, and productivity
• Provide regular updates to the Northeast Operations Director on performance, staffing, customer issues, project status, and improvement initiatives

What makes you great

• You have a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in industrial operations, technical service, customer supply systems, or a related industry
• At least three (3) years of management experience with responsibility for supervisors, technical teams, or multiple operating functions
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, develop leaders, and manage competing operational priorities
• Experience managing budgets, labor costs, productivity, and operating performance
• You have working knowledge of equipment installation, maintenance, refurbishment, or comparable technical service operations
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to manage escalated customer issues and coordinate timely and effective resolutions
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or a related field preferred
• Experience overseeing multiple locations or geographically dispersed teams preferred
• Industrial gas experience, including familiarity with cryogenic equipment and customer supply systems preferred
• Experience partnering with sales and engineering on technical solutions, project planning, and cost estimates preferred
• You have ability to travel approximately 25-50% between service centers and customer locations, including regular on-site presence at both centers
• Availability during off-hours to support urgent customer and operational matters

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life‑saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state‑of‑the‑art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!

Pay commensurate with experience. Open to salary range $125,475 - $184,030

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.