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Air Liquide Biogas Solutions, employing over 200 people, is dedicated to producing biomethane, with a circular economy approach, for industry and transportation. Leveraging core Air Liquide technologies, the Group has developed competencies throughout the whole biomethane value chain, starting with biogas production from waste, to its purification into biomethane, liquefaction, storage, transportation to distribution. As part of the circular economy approach, Air Liquide also valorizes digestate as fertiliser and produces biogenic CO2.

Biogas Solutions is a key asset to contribute to Air Liquide’s strategic plan, serving the decarbonization needs of its customers as well as its own climate objectives.

With roughly 70 employees, Air Liquide Biogas Solutions UK operates in England and Scotland with the main office in Birmingham.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The role includes 3 main pillars : PLAN, ADJUST, MANAGE.

PLAN means you define the CNG and LNG logistic to source the LNG and dispatch it to the stations, every day. It requires to be well organized and methodical, and also to enjoy analyzing data. 

Each week:

• coordinate with LNG and CNG supplier to approve the delivery planning

• book loading slots at the LNG terminal 

• adjust the plan accordingly, trying to optimize

• look at logistic KPI (trailer efficiency, £/ mile, £/ tons delivered) to find potential efficiencies

• up-date consumption forecasts if needed (anticipated new trucks or ramp-up stations)

Each day:

• monitor the tank level 

• update LNG delivery notes follow-up

ADJUST means to adapt the logistic plan when facing unexpected events with transportation (trucks issues, etc). It requires a lot of communication with the teams and to enjoy finding solutions

Each day:

• interacts with transport drivers and their managers

• Interact with  OCC and UK Front Office  members

• interact with client if update needed on the delivery 

• interact with LNG terminal representatives 

• interact with Ops team if any safety incident are reported  

MANAGE is the part regarding analyzing the results and the performance and giving feed-back to the transporters , taking care of the proper invoicing and proposing process improvements: 

• Logistics KPIs follow-up

• Transport companies performance according to contract SLA

• Invoicing

• Consistency checks

Are you a MATCH?

Educational Requirements:

• a logistic diploma or experience in logistics, or engineer diploma

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Technical/Job expertise:

• Biogas for transport industry knowledge is a plus 

• Excel  and Google environment very good knowledge

Specific Capacities/Knowledge and know-how:

• Analytical Ability to structure and interpret data for optimization purposes 

• Communicative Ability to transfer needed information to the according stakeholders in an efficient and clear manner

Behavioral skills:

• Teamplayer Flexibility in your own workload to assist your direct colleagues if needed

• Customer Needs mindset

• Results focussed

• Crisis Management Handling of difficult situations under stress and finding safe and reliable solutions

• Decision making Making the best choice and understanding the risks 

• Priorities Defining most urgent matters and addressing them accordingly

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive 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 background. 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.