CO2 East Operations Manager

Location:

• The ideal candidate would be located in Charlotte NC, however we are open to candidates in Philadelphia PA

• This position requires up to 50% travel via driving and airline flights within the assigned region and to corporate offices

Quentin Chavis Jr. / quentin.chavisjr@airgas.com / 346-459-4397

Job Description Summary: The Regional Operations Manager is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the strategic oversight, operational excellence, and financial performance of the assigned ANC region. This manager drives the strategic development, administration, and retention of all regional operations leaders. Key responsibilities include ensuring world-class safety compliance, achieving profit and loss (P&L) targets, optimizing distribution and logistics effectiveness, maintaining high asset and fleet readiness, ensuring superior customer service, and upholding quality control standards. This role is crucial in fostering a high-engagement, safety-focused culture that aligns with Airgas's corporate goals.

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Area BevCarb Managers (ABM), ensuring alignment and execution of the regional business strategy.

• Cultivate a positive, safe, and professional workplace culture in line with federal, state, local, and corporate safety and environmental regulations.

• Drive employee engagement, development, and retention for all direct reports and drivers located at remote depots throughout the eastern United States.

• Oversee and optimize the region's beverage carbonation distribution network, focusing on maximizing route efficiency and execution of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Manage critical assets, including tank inventory, scheduling tank refurbishment, and overseeing stand tank maintenance to ensure product delivery meets or exceeds quality control and safety standards.

• Collaborate with ANC departments, including Field Service and Sales, to orchestrate service and installation projects, ensuring they are completed safely, efficiently, and profitably.

• Maintain comprehensive P&L accountability for all areas within the assigned region.

• Assist with regional inventory control and allocation processes.

• Communicate complex financial and operational data effectively through clear report development and interpretation across all levels of the reporting chain.

• Partner with the organizational safety team to ensure robust execution of all safety programs and operational directives.

• Maintain expert-level working knowledge of Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules and regulations, ensuring all regional operations remain fully compliant.

• Ensure rigorous adherence to customer and company site compliance activities.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Ten (10) or more years of professional work experience in operations, logistics, or industrial distribution, including a minimum of five (5) years in a supervisory or management role.

• Proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency with Google Kite products (Sheets, Slides, Gmail) as well as Salesforce.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Transportation Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management or a related field.

• Industrial gas experience a plus

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Benefits

We care about and support all Airgas associates. 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.

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.

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Your DIFFERENCES enhance our PERFORMANCE

At Airgas, we are committed to building a 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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About Airgas

Airgas, an Air Liquide company, is a leading U.S. supplier of industrial, medical and specialty gases, as well as hardgoods and related products; one of the largest U.S. suppliers of safety products; and a leading U.S. supplier of ammonia products and process chemicals. Through the passion and diversity of its 18,000 associates, Airgas fosters a culture of safety, customer success, sustainability and innovation. Airgas associates are empowered to share ideas, take initiative and make decisions.

Airgas is a subsidiary of Air Liquide, a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 60 countries with approximately 66,500 employees, Air Liquide serves more than 4 million customers and patients.

Join us for a stimulating experience: At Airgas, you matter and so does the work you do. As a member of our team, you play an important role in the success of your team, making sure our products are created sustainably and delivered safely and efficiently. In turn, you'll find a welcoming workplace where you're valued for who you are and where you can fill your potential while growing a fulfilling career - whatever path you choose.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company is a Government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Airgas 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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