Region Materials Manager

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Linde Gas & Equipment Inc. is seeking a Region Materials Manager to join our team located in Central region (OH, MI, IN, WI, IL, MO, IA, MN, ND, SD, NE, KS or OK. The Region Materials Manager is responsible for providing the direction to the Region relating to materials and inventory supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for material management-related work processes: requisitioning, purchasing, expediting, transportation, receiving within the Region.
• Generates reports, documents, spreadsheets, databases, graphs to report to the branches on inventory performance.
• Works with occasional supervisory review of progress and results.
• Has some influence on whether new policies should be developed/applied.
• Applies in-depth professional knowledge to solve moderate and complex supply chain problems.
• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices.
• Develops models to address specific business needs and problems.
• If working on a team, often coordinates, schedules and/or assigns work to materials associates.
• May be responsible for writing performance evaluations, recruiting, coaching, and training lower-level incumbents.
• Acquisition stream lead.
• Pursues learning and knowledge within and outside current skill set.
• Investigates problems, develops contingencies and is innovative in developing, selecting, and implementing appropriate solutions.
• Frequently interfaces with location personnel, sub region management and sales staff, as well as, across many different departments throughout the organization.
• Manage the progressive payment projects for the Region.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 5+ years inventory management, logistics, procurement
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Ability to operate with minimal supervision in a complex environment
• Ability to travel up to 30%
• Industry experience preferred

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2020 sales of $27 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 and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde’s industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions. For more information about the company, please visit our website at www.lindeus.com.

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.