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Depot Manager (Packaged Gases, Cylinder Filling), Děčín
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📍 Location: Děčín
📄 Type of Contract: Permanent
💼 Experience: Leading a team and operations leadership background
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s or University degree, preferably in technical disciplines (production or management)
Join our Team! Join Air Products!
We are looking for a Depot Manager to lead our Packaged Gases/PG production / cylinder filling plant in Děčín, Czech Republic.
This role is responsible for managing plant operations, ensuring high performance in safety, quality, service, and cost efficiency. The successful candidate will lead a team of supervisors and operators (total of 9 team members who fill cylinders), drive operational excellence and ensure full compliance with company standards and local regulations.
As the PG Depot Manager, you will:
• Lead and develop a team of 9 - Shift Supervisors and Operators in cylinder filling operation, setting goals and ensuring performance against KPIs
• Manage depot operations to ensure production targets, customer delivery, and service requirements are met
• Oversee financial performance, including budget management and cost optimisation
• Drive productivity improvements and implement operational excellence initiatives
• Ensure full compliance with safety standards and promote a strong safety culture aligned with the Zero Accident goal
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, including medical and food grade gas requirements
• Manage site resources, maintenance and contingency planning to ensure operational continuity
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across operations, sales, EHS, supply chain and quality functions
As the PG Depot Manager, you already are or have:
• Previous depot or site management or production leadership experience
• Strong people management experience, ideally managing supervisors and operational teams (at least 5 or more team members)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across functions
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to work under pressure and manage changing priorities
• Strong safety mindset and commitment to compliance standards
• Analytical skills and experience working with operational data
• Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP systems
• Fluency in English and Czech; knowledge of Czech regulations and local environment is required for this role
What we offer:
• A collaborative and inclusive working environment
• Opportunities to lead and develop high-performing teams
• Career development and learning opportunities across Europe
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
Pay Transparency Statement
We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices. Compensation decisions are based on objective, role related criteria such as experience, education, skills and assessed competencies.
Each role has an established pay range. Individual offers are determined within this range. The applicable pay range will be shared with you during the introductory call.
How to apply
To get back to you on your application in a compliant, fast, and efficient way, we look forward to receiving your application via the APPLY option on our website or the job board where this role is posted.
Please note that this vacancy will remain advertised until the recruitment process is completed and an offer is made to the selected candidate. Until then, the job advertisement may be automatically refreshed or re-posted on the platforms where it was originally published.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, citizenship, gender, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, or veteran status.
At Air Products, we work in an environment where inclusion is our culture and each person knows they belong and matter.
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Talent Acquisition Team at Air Products
Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.
Skills Required
- Previous plant management or production leadership experience
- Experience managing supervisors and operational teams
- Bachelor's or University degree
- Degree in technical disciplines (production or management)
- Strong safety mindset and commitment to compliance standards
- Knowledge of medical and food grade gas quality standards
- Analytical skills and experience working with operational data
- Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP systems
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of Czech regulations and local environment
- Strong people management, communication and collaboration skills
What We Do
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets. The Company has two growth pillars driven by sustainability. Air Products’ base business provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food. The Company also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the heavy-duty transportation and industrial sectors. Additionally, Air Products is the world leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment, and provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally. The Company had fiscal 2023 sales of $12.6 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $65 billion. Approximately 23,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products’ higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and reimagine what's possible to address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world.
