National Agreements Manager

At Air Products our purpose is to bring people together to reimagine whats possible collaborate and innovate solutions to the worlds most significant energy and environmental sustainability challenges. Grow with us as we embark on building tomorrow together by being the safest most diverse and most profitable industrial gas company in the world.

Reimagine Whats Possible

The National Agreements Manager develops negotiates and manages national service agreements across the U.S. They serve as the main commercial and contractual contact for strategic service providers. This role ensures contracts are carried out consistently delivers value manages risks and leads data analysis to support contract performance decision-making and ongoing improvement.

The National Agreements Manager is expected to understand and challenge technical specifications commercial and operating practices and business processes with a focus on driving costreduction initiatives. The role promotes outstanding sourcing strategies and methodologies and requires strong sourcing postaward administration negotiation and written communication skills. Outstanding leadership and influencing abilities strong intuition for business and excellent organizational and timemanagement skills are essential.

Whats In It for You:

At Air Products we foster a culture of inclusion where every voice is heard and everyone feels they belong and matter. Additionally we offer competitive pay and excellent benefits for our employees. Check out some of our benefits below!

• Affordable medical dental and vision insurance available day one of employment
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of company match and core contributions
• Paid vacation holidays and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (medical dependent daycare)
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance (AD&D) Supplemental AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead the creation negotiation and oversight of national service agreements ensuring alignment with company standards risk tolerance and business objectives
• Coordinate service contracts end-to-end including scope performance issues amendments renewals and terminations
• Direct strategic collaborations with important contractors by functioning as the chief contact ensuring consensus on expectations and handling commercial or contractual conflicts as required
• Establish and monitor contract performance metrics to ensure service quality cost control compliance with contractual obligations and achievement of agreed service levels
• Partner with Contracts Management to develop service category strategies aligned with business needs
• Develop analytics dashboards and reporting to support decisionmaking and leadership reviews
• Collaborate with crossfunctional collaborators (e.g. Operations Contracts Management Legal Finance Project Management) to ensure agreements support operational and strategic goals
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement using data guidelines and lessons learned
• Complete sourcing processes by developing negotiating implementing and sustaining supply contracts in the construction arena consistent with business requirements
• Monitor communicate and respond to changing market conditions and business drivers on a global basis to improve leverage and minimize risk
• Handle a portfolio of national service agreements that support multiple sites and regions
• Serve as the primary point of contact to collaborate with strategic highvalue service providers
• Support enterprisewide consistency in service contracting and performance management
• Support supplier discovery and optimization of construction spend
• Support supplier nonconformance reporting
• Deliver innovative contracting solutions to increase value

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Business or a related technical field
• 1015 years of relevant experience including at least 10 years in construction and/or operations environments
• Strong influencing communication and facilitation skills across cultures and geographies
• Proven ability to bring crossfunctional teams together to achieve goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical and nontechnical audiences
• Strong organizational time management analytical and problemsolving skills
• Effective negotiation and contracting capabilities
• Experience preparing modifying and leading commercial negotiations for construction engineering and service contracts
• Solid financial business and macroeconomic understanding
• Comfortable working in a fastpaced environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and collaboration tools (Excel Word PowerPoint OneNote)
• Working knowledge of SAP and requisitiontopay processes
• Strong understanding of change management and claims prevention
• People management experience is a plus
• Leadership experience and enthusiasm for new opportunities preferred
• Employees are expected to work in the office each workday.

Air Products proudly values the skills dedication and leadership that Veterans provide. We actively encourage and welcome Veterans to apply for various roles within our company. We recognize the outstanding strengths and experiences that Veterans contribute and we foster a workplace that honors your service while providing a platform for professional growth!

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We are the worlds largest hydrogen producer with over 80 years of industrial gas experience. We are hydrogen and industrial gas experts delivering safe end-to-end solutions investing in real clean energy projects at scale and driving the industry forward to generate a cleaner future.

At Air Products we work in an environment where we put safety first diversity is essential inclusion is our culture and each person knows they belong and matter. To learn more visitAbout Air Products.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and vacation affordable medical dental life insurance and retirement plans. You will be eligible for benefits and also be 100% vested in your retirement benefits on your first day of employment.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (U.S.).You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin age citizenship gender marital status pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity and expression disability or veteran status.

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