Manager, ASU Supply Chain Planning-LAR

Messer Americas; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Messer Americas is seeking a senior supply chain planning professional to bridge the gap between markets, sales, and operations for ASU & LAR products across the Northeast, West, and Canada. The role emphasizes data-driven decision support, cost savings, and network optimization in a dynamic industrial gases environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating production, inventory targets, and long-term purchasing strategies while supporting strategic growth initiatives and ensuring alignment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 7+ years in industrial gases or related process industry with Supply Chain Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary liaison between Markets/Sales, Strategic Product Management and Operations for ASU & LAR products across regions.
• Provide product availability and costing analyses for new business and investment cases to senior management.
• Coordinate with Scheduling on inventory vs. alternate sourcing to minimize customer impact.
• Develop operational plans for Sales and Operations Planning and set transport resource levels.
• Oversee outage planning and cost tracking during planned/unplanned events.
• Utilize network optimization tools and drive cost savings and efficiency improvements.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Influencing

Information sharing

Change management

Strategy delivery

Leadership

Growth mindset

Collaboration

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

SAP

Job description

Job Summary:

This role serves as the primary liaison between the Supply team and field Sales organizations, ensuring seamless alignment between current and future demand while preparing the supply network to meet these needs at the lowest overall delivered cost. The position is responsible for data analysis and decision support or operational Supply Chain Planning and network optimization for ASU & LAR products across the Northeast, West region and Canada. Identifies and assesses productivity projects/opportunities that deliver costs savings, revenue, and cash improvements in the Supply Chain. This position is the primary interface between long-term projects and opportunities to drive cost savings, productivity, and efficiency improvements within the ASU and Nat'l LAR supply chain. It also provides critical Supply Chain insights to support strategic growth initiatives.

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.

Principal Responsibilities:

Primary Interface between Markets/Sales Strategic Product Management and Operations for ASU & LAR products

• Primary day-to-day interface with account managers and regional Markets leadership on understanding changes in customer demand that will affect the supply network configuration
• Provide product availability and costing analyses to Strategic Product Management for over DOA-based new business and investment case analyses and senior management for overall business management
• Support tonnage account mangers on liquid back-up or supplemental concerns (volume availability and costing)
• Provide ASU & LAR outage (dislocation) costs during major outages/force majeure events for cost recovery policy defined by Strategic Product Management and Markets

Tactical Supply Chain Planning and Optimization:

• Assigns plant production rates and inventory targets in collaboration with field operations and Energy Procurement team to minimize overall product costs. This includes day-of plant turndowns/shutdowns to meet power reduction obligations and minimize/avoid peak power costs.
• Responsible for coordinating with Scheduling teams on inventory vs. alternate sourcing needs to minimize impact to customers.
• Ensures all mid- and long-term purchase agreements are utilized based on lowest total incremental costs.
• Responsible for development, use and compliance to proprietary network optimization systems (TACT), including quality of inputs and adherence to outputs.
• Execute supply reviews with field personnel and develop operational plans for Sales and Operations Planning. Sets transport resource levels required to fulfil plan while minimizing assets and costs.

Operative Supply Chain Response:

• Responsible for ensuring sufficient inventory for all pipeline (gaseous) and internal plant uses through inventory planning via plant mode changes, liquid product transfers between storage tanks liquid imports (as required) and/or coordinating deliveries from third parties.
• Plan, track and own the outage process for ASU & LAR. Includes developing plans, forecasting and tracking cots, and providing timely communication on the status of the network during planned and unplanned outages.
• Execute supply reviews with field personnel and develop operational plans for Sales and Operations Planning. Sets transport resource levels required to fulfil plan while minimizing assets and costs.

System Usage & Maintenance

• Parcview, J5, Telemetry
• TACT, Optimizer and potential new, future network optimization tools
• Sales and Operations Planning including Demand Planning Tools
• SAP & GOLD
• SAP Analytics Cloud & Databricks for data visualization

Other:

• Supervise Sr. Analyst ASU Supply Chain Planning who is responsible for immediate term coordination of supply network, managing finished product inventories and take-or-pays and FOB (pick-up) customers
• Responsible for developing key operational assumptions and associated costs for the annual budgeting process and on-going reforecasts, including purchases, planned outage (dislocation) costs

Required Skills:

• Critical Behaviors: Analytical thinking, influencing (direct and indirect), effective information sharing, change management, strategy delivery, visible leadership, and growth-driven mindset.
• Collaboration: Partnership building and capability development to drive team success.
• Functional/Technical Proficiency:
  • Strategic and tactical problem-solving to manage complex national networks.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and SAP.
  • Excellent communication and prioritization management skills.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree required, preferably in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business or related field
• Minimum 7 years' experience in industrial gases or related process industry with Supply Chain Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• S.C.P., M.B.A. and Six Sigma certification are a plus

About Messer:

Messer's safety culture, commitment to providing dependable supply and innovative gas technology solutions help customers unlock opportunities to be safer, more sustainable, more productive and more efficient, so their business thrives. We nurture lasting, meaningful relationships with customers, our communities, and with one another.

We offer comprehensive benefits and appreciable pay, with steady schedules and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression. We prioritize and invest in our people at every level of our organization - the dedication, knowledge, customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of our employees is what make Messer refreshingly different.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities