Airgas, Inc. Looking for Buying Center Analyst at Tulsa, OK  Full Time

Location:

Tulsa, OK – W. 7th St. – Warehouse

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

The Buying Center Analyst will design, analyze, test and support the procurement processes within SAP, Business Warehouse, and JDA which enable the Buying Centers to achieve their goals and objectives. The primary focus is to support the Buying Centers within the hardgoods business unit at Airgas, Inc.

In particular you will:

• Prepare monthly analysis of retail and non-retail equipment consumption, inventory values and days on hand for the VP of Hardgoods.

• Create and maintain weekly divisional material master databases, which are used to support procurement decisions made by the Director of Purchasing and the Buying Center Managers.

• Facilitates management’s control of purchasing operations by preparing monthly regional databases for use in analyzing and communicating plant performance.

• Manage the bolt-on and retail equipment signup database, providing maintenance, performance analysis, and SAP validation.

• Perform Regional and Distribution Center cost analysis for large volume Hardgood purchases and write-offs.

• Communicates with management and end users to define technical specifications for system enhancements and provide performance testing.

• Plans, coordinates, prepares and submits scheduled and ad hoc reports, assisting management’s optimization of procurement and inventory control.

• Define new and improve existing reporting processes, using SAP (SE16/SQVI), Business Warehouse and JDA systems.

• Create and maintain written documentation for regularly scheduled reports, processes and solutions.

• Research SAP core functionality to satisfy management analysis requests.

• Document SAP data structure, relationships, formulas, queries and Visual Basic code.

• Provide workload balance analysis for Buying Center personnel and Distribution Center order fulfillment

• Work with minimal supervision with latitude provided for decision making

________________________Are you a MATCH?

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, computer science and/or business, or equivalent work experience preferred.

• 1+ years of experience in an analyst function, preferably in an application support role.

• MS Access or other relational database experience.

• Familiarity with basic supply chain business processes is recommended, but not required.

• Familiarity with JDA, SAP or other supply chain software applications is recommended, but not required.

• Foundational knowledge of SQL and/or Visual Basic helpful, but not required.

• Previous use of SAP T-Codes SQVI (query structure) and SE16 for data extraction recommended, but not required.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite, with an emphasis being placed on Access, Excel, and Word.

• Solid organization and time management skills.

• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, both as an individual contributor and as a team member.

• Creativity and innovation is encouraged.

• Willingness and ability to travel as required – limited.

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Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building 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 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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Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company’s written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request by contacting Human Resources at 844-myHR4AG (844-694-7424).

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by phone at 844-myHR4AG (844-694-7424) or by email to .

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