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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Ensuring that all requests have clearly defined mechanical and performance specifications and/or scope of work to effectively communicate Airgas requirements to potential suppliers

• Maximizing the purchasing power of Air Liquide USA and Airgas, to reduce our total cost of ownership and increase efficiencies and measure these savings

• Ensuring timely and accurate placement of purchase orders/contracts in accordance with the requirements of internal customers and the approved supplier list maximizing the savings achieved in each transaction

• Enters purchase orders into the ERP system

• Protecting Air Liquide through sound commercial and legal terms incorporated in the purchase order or contract

• Effectively issuing requests for proposal, analyzing technical and commercial responses from suppliers on required products and services, negotiating the requirements and sourcing the requirement through accepted suppliers.

• Identifying and implementing pricing agreements with preferred suppliers for continuous improvement and cost savings

• Managing all blanket orders to ensure expiration dates do not lapse before renewal.

• Establishing additional blanket orders and or contracts where beneficial

• Displays proficient knowledge and use of Oracle R12 procurement and reporting modules

• Proficient in the use of Google+ products, including Slides, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, and Docs

• Proficient use of Google+ for e-mail

Safety and Compliance

• 100% attendance at all Airgas quarterly safety meetings and others as required

• Compliance to all Airgas safety practices and procedures

• Zero accidents

Growth and Continuous Improvement

• Handling correspondence/copying/faxing and general office duties for the department

• Purchase order placement and negotiations to optimize savings

Customer Satisfaction

• Meeting or exceeding customer expectations on responding to questions

• Accurate distribution of documentation to appropriate parties

• Accurate and timely entry of purchase orders/contracts into purchasing system

• Management of incoming phone calls

CORE COMPETENCIES ARE:

• Customer Service Orientation (CSO) Follows up

• Teamwork and Cooperation (TW) Cooperates

• Achievement Motivation (ACH) Works to meet others' standards

• Integrity (INTEG) Is Honest

• Organizational Commitment (OC) Models loyalty

• Flexibility (FLX) Applies rules flexibly

• Initiative (INT) Acts 1-2 months ahead

KEY COMPETENCIES (abbr.)

• Customer Service Orientation (CSO) Follows up

• Teamwork and Cooperation (TW) Cooperates

• Achievement Motivation (ACH) Works to meet others' standards

• Integrity (INTEG) Is Honest

• Organizational Commitment (OC) Models loyalty

• Flexibility (FLX) Applies rules flexibly

• Initiative (INT) Acts 1-2 months ahead

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS:
Other duties as required.

SUPERVISION:

EDUCATION:

EXPERIENCE:

WORK CONDITIONS:
Office Environment.

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We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building 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 race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. 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.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.

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