Vice President Bulk Sales - Tampa, FL

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• Strategic Leadership: Formulate and implement comprehensive business strategies to drive the growth of the bulk gas segment, aligning initiatives with Airgas's corporate vision and financial goals.
• Safety & Regulatory Compliance: Establish a culture of safety and compliance across all operations, ensuring strict adherence to OSHA, DOT, EPA, and other relevant regulations. Regularly assess risk, implement corrective actions, and promote continuous improvement in safety protocols.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee production, logistics, and distribution processes, ensuring quality control and optimal operational efficiency. Implement best practices to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and reduce costs while maintaining high product quality.
• Customer-Centric Service: Drive customer satisfaction by developing innovative service offerings, refining delivery processes, and collaborating with the sales team to strengthen client relationships and identify new opportunities.
• Financial Management: Manage the division's budget, forecasting, and P&L to ensure fiscal responsibility and alignment with strategic objectives. Monitor financial performance closely and make data-driven decisions to optimize profitability.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team, promoting a collaborative environment that fosters accountability, growth, and continuous improvement. Invest in professional development to build expertise and resilience within the team.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field required; MBA or other advanced degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in the industrial or bulk gas industry, with extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements and safety standards, including OSHA and DOT.
• Strong background in regulatory compliance and safety management, with a proven track record of upholding and advancing safety standards.
• Proficiency in financial management, strategic planning, and operational oversight.
• Expertise in customer relationship management, with a strong ability to develop client-focused solutions and drive service excellence.
• Leadership & Personal Competencies:
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects and manage cross-functional teams.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.

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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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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.

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