Vice President of Gas Applications

VP Gas Applications plans, directs, manages, and implements the gas applications strategies to grow application equipment and bulk and packaged industrial and specialty gases and chemicals sales to achieve Matheson’s revenue, profitability, and quality objectives.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Lead a team of application specialists, engineers, manufacturing, and service personnel with direct responsibility for supporting application needs of bulk, packaged, and spec gas BUs and Matheson’s customers
• Direct technical and commercial aspects of gas application development, application equipment and services technical sales, and application design and engineering, equipment manufacturing, and related services
• Direct application equipment manufacturing operations, including budget requirements, finished equipment and parts inventory, and cost controls. Consolidate product lines and computerize spare parts inventory to improve quoting process for equipment and parts, standardize on parts, reduce parts inventory, and consolidate materials suppliers to improve bargaining power and reduce cost.
• Improve safety, productivity, and profitability of manufacturing operation by promoting safe work practices and growing in-house equipment engineering and manufacturing capabilities to reduce outsourcing and expand range of available equipment. Reduce overtime of manufacturing and service personnel by improving production and field work planning.
• Coordinate with sales and marketing teams to promote Matheson’s application capabilities within Matheson and with customers, including developing website content, customer presentations, sales brochures, and application training packages
• Direct and perform application equipment and associated services product management, collaborate with business teams to ensure competitive and profitable equipment and services pricing, prepare technical and commercial equipment sale and lease proposals
• Stay informed about trends and innovations in industrial gases industry and industries we serve, define and lead innovation and new application and product development, actively participate in and support NSHD R&D and new application and technology development effort.
• Recruit, coach, mentor, train, manage, and evaluate staff performance