Distribution Officer

**Company presentation** A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 66,000 employees and serves more than 3.6+ 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.**

**Air Liquide’s ambition is to be a leader in its industry, deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability. The company’s customer-centric transformation strategy aims at profitable growth over the long term. It relies on operational excellence, selective investments, open innovation and a network organization implemented by the Group worldwide. Through the commitment and inventiveness of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders.**

**Air Liquide’s group revenue amounted to €21,011 M in 2018 and its solutions that protect life and the environment represented more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, EURO STOXX 50 and FTSE4Good indexes**

**Entity and activity description** Air Liquide India provides innovative, responsive and customer focused services with the highest safety standards and over a wide product range, which improves the performance of our customers, while helping the environment.**

**Air Liquide India caters to an expanding merchant market network to which it supplies Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, Hydrogen, Helium and Specialty gases, through various supply systems - pipelines, tankers, cylinders, on-site plants or other specialized modes, depending on the product, location, and customer needs.**

**Missions and Responsibilities** Mission Statement**:The mission of the Distribution Officer is to execute dispatches on a daily basis as per firmed plan for the day in a safe and timely manner. Taking care of vehicle inspection and safety at site. Discuss with the Sales team for smooth dispatch of cylinders and Bulk logistics. Coordinate with Transporters and MIC / Maintenance Officer for preventive maintenance and ensure the truck availability. Timely reporting on trip information and it’s documentation flow.
- Prepare daily dispatch plan in coordination with CSD, Production / cylinders stock and availability of trucks.
- Ensure to upkeep of Hand held sets ( GTS scanning equipment's)
- Ensuring and validation of the cylinder loaded in the trucks as per trip (products assigned)
- Ensure to upload the trip details into the Hand held set provided to drivers before the trip starts.
- Ensure to handover the shipping documents (Hand held set, Invoices and permits) to the driving personnel and give him delivery instructions on customer’s location, delivery date and time, customer’s premises.
- Ensure to download the trip details from the Hand held set (provided to drivers) after the trip ending. Validation of trip details.
- Submission of Invoice to the accounts within before the end of Month for payments
- Ensure timely dispatch of invoices to the correct addresses of customers for timely payments (If any).
- Ensure to maintain record of all Dispatch and Delivery related documents at designated place for future reference and audit purpose.
- Ensure to reach the truck to customers’ sites in time and to improve the vehicle turnaround.
- Coordinate with Customer Service and Sales for timely release of the transport trucks at customer ends. Monitor the improvement on it

**Competencies and Profile** Job Requirements - Educational Qualification & Basic Competencies**:

- Professional diploma/degree in any field with 4 to 6 years of industrial experience in distribution planning, dispatch.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong team player
- Adaptability work effectively in complex and ambiguous situations
- Flexibility, working at times in ambiguity, while still maintaining positivity
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written; proven experience of establishing, maintaining and developing working relationships at all levels
- Oral and written fluency in English

**Additional information** What We Offer**

Air Liquide offers flexible and great working schemes, continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

**Air Liquide is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer**

Air Liquide has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality
- One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies
- Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
- Workplace Pride Globa