Helium Business Director Asia

### Purpose of the position Leads commercial helium business activities for Linde’s Asia Pacific (APAC) operating segment supporting product management, sales, business development, and pricing initiatives. Responsible for integrating the global helium strategy with the APAC regional business unit (RBU) strategies while driving short- and long-term profitable growth for the helium business. Requires close cooperation and coordination with global helium operations, product management and logistics function while collaborating with the RBU business management, supply chain and helium operations teams. ### Principal responsibilities - Manages the APAC helium business working across bulk and packaged channels and across RBUs to meet/exceed regional and global business targets. - Drives P&L performance by delivering profitable helium growth throughout the APAC operating segment and associated RBUs. - Member of global helium leadership team (set and ensure alignment with strategic agenda and day-to-day tactics across sourcing, product management, logistics and engineering, market development). - Partners with members of APAC RBU marketing and product management leadership teams. - Aligns global & local strategy intent, goals & supporting actions. - Develops and monitors RBU and operating segment level sales, pricing, and profitability KPIs. - Supports RBU helium sales and business development activities. - Supports the global and RBU budgeting and forecasting process with input on sales volumes, pricing and costs. - Partners with global helium product management and supply chain teams to support and optimize regional supply/demand planning. - Defines & implement regional helium pricing, surcharge, and product allocations. - Ensures and coordinate effective rollout of global programs in the APAC region (commercial, engineering, and operational). - Supports RBU Operations teams with helium Cryofill business and operations management including fill incident technical investigations. - Supports RBU operations team with optimization of helium trans fill operation, including identifying productivity initiatives and guiding on BOP and loss/leak prevention. - Monitor, analyze and evaluate regional helium market trends and competitive activity to develop and adjust strategies and metrics accordingly to drive profitability for helium. - Establish guidelines for helium pricing and contracting (terms and conditions). - Contributes to business unit productivity goals by identifying and driving helium related productivity initiatives within APAC. - Manage large data sets for financial analysis and must demonstrate the pro-active desire/ability to bring process improvement to the role. ### Required Qualifications & Skills - Bachelor’s Degree (engineering/technical/business), MBA preferred. - 10+ years helium or industrial gas business development/sales/account management experience. - Understanding of helium market segments (semiconductor, optical fiber, MRI, Lifting). - Strong strategic thinking, execution, analytical, and quantitative skills. - Excellent communication and presentation skills. - Advanced MS Office suite skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).