Senior Analyst, Operations Cost and Performance

Principal Responsibilities

• Report on and analyze KPIs for Bulk Operations' performance
• Prepare and support the presentation of the monthly Operations Performance Workshop (OPW) to the Executive Vice President of Operations and their direct reports
• Analyze performance vs targets and provide exception-based reporting including required actions for opportunities or mitigations for deviations to plan
• Benchmark Transport & Production Performance
• Identify underlying trends at local and national levels that provide opportunities for cost savings and/or mitigation and assist with prioritization
• Help develop and utilize systems and methodologies that maintain validated data for reporting and analysis
• Using validated data to construct and deliver on a regular basis to required parties concise exception-based management reports on performance overall and by specific KPI or area
• Drive continuous improvement in Scheduling and Transport via KPI reporting
• Manage training materials for Transport and Production cost reporting
• Compare external benchmarks to identify improvement or knowledge-sharing opportunities
• Aid with the yearly budgeting process and ongoing forecast
• Cook up budgeting activities within Bulk Operations and Finance teams
• Collect and input master data in Adaptive for budgeting cycle
• Support the revision process such that the final budget is optimized, agreed with stakeholders and supports the overall Operations' strategy and priorities
• Highlight gaps or opportunities regarding year-on-year budgeting by comparing to bottom-up or best practice examples
• Provide support for cost and KPI related questions from Bulk Operations, Finance and Product Management
• Supports Operational Budgets Manager with analysis and material development for presentation to Executive Vice President of Operations and their direct reports
• Supports Supply Chain with outage cost reporting
• Serve as a contact for SAP/BW cost questions

Systems Usage and Maintenance

• SAP/BW
• GOLD
• Parcview
• Adaptive
• SAP Analytics Cloud
• Tableau for data visualization

Required Skills

• Understanding of overall Operations cost drivers and business processes
• Ability to translate complex data from various and disparate systems into cohesive and effective management information
• Self-driven, fast learner
• Strong data mining and analysis
• Must be knowledgeable in SAP, Excel, and related data reporting environments and tools
• Strong business systems experience

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the supply chain, engineering, finance, accounting, or equivalent discipline
• Minimum 5 years experience in industrial gases or related process industry with supply chain, accounting or related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• C.P.
• M.B.A.
• Six sigma certification