NCE PG S&OP Lead

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?
Education
Bachelor’s degree. Preferred disciplines: engineering,supply chain management,
Experience
5~10 years in Supply Chain - Operations
Solid experience of Operations management (both PG & Bulk)
Competencies
Hard skills
Strong knowledge of Supply Chain processes
Good ability to manage large quantities of data and produce impactful reports
Knowledge of Power BI
Soft skills :
Communication: ability to federate and adapt one's speech to Production as well as to Sales or Finance
Great ability to move from a global vision to a detailed vision.
Great ability to "pull"change: Leadership, influence, communication
- Continuous Improvement mindset
What makes us special | Our Benefits
The Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Lead is reporting to the entity PG Stock and Assets Manager and their primary mission is to orchestrate the monthly S&OP process on their entity (country or group of countries) according to the Standard defined by the cluster BPO.
The S&OP Lead works in close collaboration with the Sales, Operations and Product Management teams.
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.