Air Liquide

Global Process Owner (GPO) Customer Care M/W

Air Liquide • $100K — $130K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10-15 years in Customer Care or customer-facing roles
  • Experience with large-scale process transformation
  • Expertise in process management methodologies (BPM, Lean, Six Sigma)
  • Proficient in CRM and customer service technologies
  • Fluent in English; knowledge of French is a plus
  • Strong leadership and influence skills
  • Excellent communication skills for executive-level interaction

Responsibilities

  • Define and harmonize end-to-end Customer Care processes
  • Lead multi-country transformation initiatives and identify performance levers
  • Drive implementation of new service capabilities and workflows
  • Mobilize subsidiaries for process adoption and governance
  • Apply consulting methodologies for modern Customer Care management
  • Define KPIs and monitor service performance trends

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Disability and life insurance coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick time, and holidays
  • 401k plan with company matching funds
  • Tuition reimbursement and discounted college tuition for dependents
  • Airgas Scholarship Program for dependents
Full Job Description

Location:

Radnor, PA (Airgas HO) - ManagementHouston, TX (HO) - Management

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

As the Global Process Owner, you are the guarantor of the design, harmonization,convergence and optimization of some Customer Care processes worldwide. Your goal is to support the transformation of our current approach into an agile, process-driven organization to support the Group's growth and efficiency ambitions. You will be able to quickly deliver efficiencies and improvements for both our customers and employees.

The job will be based in the USA

 Key Missions

  • End to End Process Ownership and Design: Define, harmonize and document selected "End-to-End" target processes for Customer Care (from order taking to dispute resolution). Define and maintain global process standards, documentation and interfaces.  Ensure customer-centric, scalable and technology-enabled processes. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to develop service frameworks, standards, and playbooks that align with global objectives.

  • Transformation & Innovation: Lead multi-country transformation initiatives. Identify and size performance levers, based on selected KPIs. Integrate market best practices. 

  • Program Implementation.Drive the implementation of new service capabilities, tools, and workflows. Coordinate pilots and phased rollouts across regions, ensuring effective training, adoption, and measurement.

  • Governance & Change Management: Mobilize and convince international subsidiaries to adopt the new standards. Act as a single point of accountability for process decisions. Balance global consistency with local adoption. Align with Global Business Support teams, IT, Digital, and Regional leaders. Challenge local status quos to promote global alignment.

  • Consulting Expertise: Apply consulting-grade methodologies and structured problem-solving. Act as an expert reference for top management to build competence in modern Customer Care management (tools, KPIs, Lean/Six Sigma methodologies).

  • Performance & Analytics Monitoring: Define global performance indicators (KPIs) and SLAs.  Ensure tracking to help prioritize improvements and report on service performance trends 

________________________Are you a MATCH?

  • Experience: Minimum 10 to 15 years of experience in the Customer Care field and/ or in customer facing roles within IM, including a significant part spent on large-scale process transformation projects. Experience in matrix organizations and with global service operations and/or omnichannel engagement.

  • Business Expertise: Advanced mastery of process management methodologies (BPM, Lean, Six Sigma, Design Thinking), associated technological tools (CRM, Artificial Intelligence / Chatbot, Self-service) and customer service platforms (e.g. Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud, Google CES,...).

  • Soft Skills:

    • Influential Leadership: Ability to convince various stakeholders (Subsidiary Directors, field teams) without a direct hierarchical link.Influence without authority.

    • Operational/Strategic Duality: Ability to "dive into technical details" while maintaining a macro and strategic vision.

    • Critical Thinking: Ability to challenge established organizations with benevolence and determination.

    • Executive-level written and oral communication

  • Languages: Fluent English is essential (daily international context), French is a major asset

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Benefits

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, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

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

Associates who are members of collective bargaining units should review their bargaining agreement to determine whether they are eligible for some or all of the benefits described here and to see any special terms or conditions for eligibility.

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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 Air Liquide

Air Liquide is a leading global supplier of industrial gases. The company's products are used in a wide range of industries, including healthcare, electronics, and energy. Air Liquide's product portfolio includes oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and other gases, as well as related equipment and services. The company has operations in more than 80 countries and serves customers in over 100 countries. Air Liquide was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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