VIE - Strategic Operations Planning Analyst(M/F/D)

Location

Air Liquide Large Industries provides our customers with industrial gas and energy solutions that are vital to their own industrial production. We own and operate over 2,000 miles of industrial gas pipelines in the U.S. supplying mainly oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and syngas in large quantities from multiple production sources to major customers in the chemicals, petrochemicals, refining and steel industries. Our pipeline operations and industrial gas production facilities are closely monitored 24/7 within our leading-edge operations control center located in Houston, Texas. Our operations control group monitors over 89,000 data points and assists with product supply and coordination. We are constantly optimizing our supply network to provide high reliability and energy efficiencies allowing Air Liquide to adjust supply needs more quickly and effectively enabling growth to our customers.

This role will support the broader mission of the Strategic Operations teams through data science and strategic process improvement by helping develop solutions that will optimize the consistency and efficiency of internal information packaging to create sustainable transparency and empower thoughtful business decisions by the greater organization. The candidate will be introduced to the cryogenic gas and liquid supply chain and the critical assumptions that drive both inputs and outputs of the modeling and hydraulic simulations routinely performed by the team for mutliple products on multiple and complex pipeline distribution networks.

The role will focus on supporting a series of projects that can be replicated from supply network to network and product to product, utilizing (1) statistical analysis, (2) data linking between existing and new tools and platforms, and (3) dashboard development, to contribute the following:
- Facilitate better and more aligned understanding between up and downstream product supply chain management teams,
- Increase consistency and transparency of data interpretation throughout the larger business entity,
- Increase sustainability and decrease team workload of maintaining (a) rationalized and current inputs to and (b) translation for the business stakeholder teams of outputs from the pipeline network hydraulic modeling.

Throughout the internship, the candidate will support/lead in developing solutions for data handling, interpretation, and linking between cryogenic gas and liquid tools, while working alongside the Strategic Operations Planning team and coordinating with project investment stakeholder teams such as Planners in the national pipeline Operations Control Center and Commercial and Business Development teams.

Why Join Us?
You will be able to learn more about the dynamic business environment of a matrix organization with a multicultural team. You will contribute to process calibration, enhancing our TA value to the business. Additionally, you will play a key role in the selection process to identify our future leaders by managing the Fresh Graduate hiring process.
You will also be able to learn about cryogenic products, the interdendency between primary and byproducts when operating a supply chain where up to five (5) different products are produced by a single asset, and the criticality of rationalized dashboarding as it filters and creates a truth across an organization. You will help establish inputs to routine hydraulic modeling, improve processes that affect consistency and sustainability of product supply chain network simulations, and develop dashboards that create transparency and provide necessary translation to the broader business.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Specialty or Master's Degree in Data Science or Analytics
Soft and Hard Skills

Must have:
Skilled with large data management and organization
Proficient in data analysis and data translation
Baseline in data processing/analytics code (Python, Google Script)
Background in dashboard development
Organized and visually focused
Being able to understand abstract concepts
Good written and verbal communication skills

Languages English fluency is Must have

Additional information
Please send your CV and motivation letter in English!

Position based in HOUSTON TEXAS, USA for an initial period of 18 months, (not extendable).

Position open only for candidates eligible to the VIE program. Therefore, only the applicants meeting the requirements of the French V.I.E program will be taken into consideration. Please visit this website for more information about these requirements:

https://mon-vie-via.businessfrance.fr/en/what-is-the-vie-french-international-internship-program
The V.I.E., an international young graduate program, enables young professionals who are less than 28 and European Union nationals to work for a French company in any country of the world. Becoming part of this program means going abroad to carry out a professional assignment for up to 24 months whilst benefiting from social care coverage and an interesting salary, which depends on the host country.

Business France, the French agency for international business development, is in charge of all the administrative procedures of your assignment. For further information, please visit the following link:https://mon-vie-via.businessfrance.fr/en

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.