Linde Gas & Equipment Inc is seeking a Region Operations Director for our West Region. This role is responsible for all West Region Operations activities in Production, Manufacturing and Maintenance to ensure required business objectives are met. This role will report directly to the Regional Vice President. - Leads a team of Area Operation Managers throughout the region as well as being directly responsible for: - Plant Operations - Distribution - Safety (Personal and Operational) - Compliance - Quality - Oversees all production & distribution activities for plants as well as all distribution for internal shuttles throughout the markets - Responsible for safety and compliance (internal Linde standards, FDA, Federal, State, & local regulations for the division) - Manages Productivity, Lean & Six Sigma Initiatives - Works directly with region Productivity management team • Creates & manages operational plans that result in the accomplishment of business objectives o Develop yearly plant management operational goals with interim and final operational performance, and manages performance against the goals • Continues to utilize current US West Best Practices: o Facilitate Weekly Plant Expense Management Review Calls o Manage Regional Monthly Safety Trend Charts o Manage and Distribute Monthly Plant KPI Actuals Chart o Monthly RVP Operational Reporting • Coordinate and facilitates activities and commitments with sales organization • Ensures strategies are appropriately formulated and communication plans are provided • Monitors trends, develops procedures, and takes actions that set precedents o KPI Reporting o Develop continuous process improvement projects with retail and plant operations teams • Staff, train, coach, and administer performance reviews, and corrective action of subordinate employees o Ensure direct staff is also staffing, training, coaching, administering performance reviews and corrective actions down through the operations organization - Ensures compliance with all applicable internal and external standards • Works with strategic independence, conferring with Region and Senior Management on more complex assignments o Develops documented operational planning and goals • Coordinate's operations and project work with corporate functions including logistics, engineering, human resources, and finance - Other duties as assigned - Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required - 5-10 years management experience - Cylinder gas and Dry Ice operations experience required - Strong written & verbal communication skills - Strong MS Office skills - Ability to travel a minimum of 50% - Salaried: $157,500 - $175,000 Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 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.