Lead PG Scheduler

Air Liquide Australia is a market leader Gases, Technologies and Services for Industry in Australia. Air Liquide Australia provides innovative, responsive and customer focused services to our product range, which improves the performance of our customers while helping protect the environment.

Are you a logistics expert with a passion for optimizing complex supply chains? We are seeking a Lead Scheduler (for Packaged Gas) to join our team in Melbourne. In this role, you will play a critical part in ensuring the safe, timely, and efficient distribution of our products while mentoring a team of planners and driving operational excellence.

• Strategic Planning & Cost Optimisation: Optimise distribution efficiency and minimising costs to ensure excellent customer service; Control and analyse distribution costs and define new strategies to improve key ratios; Analyse trip data to improve mileage and driver efficiency.
• Operational & Team Management: Manage key aspects of drivers and vehicles; such as organising driver training and managing work shifts patterns, including vacation coverage.
• Process & System Improvement: Ensure performance indicators are built with accurate data and for maintaining and developing logistics tools and internal procedures; Validate software data to improve itineraries and customer stops.
• Stakeholder & Contract Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for contract reviews and PG proposals; Upskill other schedulers in their respective roles and fully understand customer constraints to optimise deliveries.
• Compliance & Incident Management: Ensure all heavy vehicle regulatory and legal requirements are met, and that corresponding paperwork is accurate; Investigate traffic accidents and supply interruptions and prepare contract reviews for customer claims in case of incidents.

• Relevant tertiary or trade qualification is preferred
• Up to 3 years experience in a similar capacity
• Collaborative and able to operate within a multi-line reporting framework
• High-level interpersonal and influencing skills
• Experience in Google Suites (Advantageous)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present and communicate effectively
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new environments

• 14 weeks paid parental leave
• Family and social activities
• A professional environment with focus on wellbeing
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Stock purchase options
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Retail discount programs with over 350 retailers
• Strong company performance seeing a majority of representatives achieving their targets
• Extensive training in industrial gas, sales processes & CRM
• Local and global opportunities
• Long-term career development opportunities nationally and/or internationally across the Air Liquide Group

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 78 countries with approximately 64,500 employees and serves more than 3.8 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide's scientific territory and have been at the core of the company's activities since its creation in 1902.

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.