Vice President, Packaged Gases

Overview

The VP, Packaged Gases leads the end-to-end performance of a large, complex packaged gases business, with accountability for safety, commercial execution, operations, distribution, production, customer experience, and financial results. This role owns the strategic direction and operating performance of an approximately US$500M business, driving sustainable revenue growth, market share expansion, margin improvement, and operating profit delivery while ensuring alignment with safety, compliance, and values-based culture. The VP establishes and executes the growth roadmap for the business, including pricing, volume, retention, product and market expansion, and potential M&A opportunities. The role integrates sales, retail, operations, logistics, production, and support functions to deliver customer value, optimize service reliability, and improve productivity across regional fill plants and distribution hubs. A key priority is business modernization, from automation, digitalization and process optimization, to practical adoption of AI to improve decision-making, efficiency, and scalability. As a senior enterprise leader, the VP builds and develops a high-performing leadership team, strengthens succession and talent pipelines, and drives employee engagement across a broad, geographically dispersed workforce. The role proactively identifies business risks and opportunities, sets clear objectives and KPIs, promotes accountability and continuous improvement, and partners across the organization to deliver safe, profitable, customer-focused growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible safety leadership across regional fill plants and distribution hubs, championing a strong culture of safety, compliance, and operational excellence
• Own full accountability for business performance, including P&L ownership, with a focus on revenue growth, margin expansion, and delivering strong financial results
• Oversee the entire commercial and operational lifecycle—from sales, pricing, and production to distribution, customer retention, and overall business execution
• Lead strategies that accelerate volume growth, improve market share, and strengthen the competitive position of the business
• Develop and execute a long-term growth roadmap, identifying opportunities for market expansion, new products, and strategic investments
• Evaluate and drive mergers and acquisitions to support growth objectives and market presence
• Drive business modernization initiatives leveraging automation, digital solutions, and emerging technologies, including AI, to improve performance and efficiency
• Build and develop the next generation of leadership talent, strengthening organizational capability and succession planning across the region
• Foster a high-performing, engaged culture by coaching leaders, developing talent, and creating an environment focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Provide leadership for a large and diverse workforce while ensuring alignment with broader business goals and growth ambitions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced business degree preferred
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in commercial, operations, or general management roles, including responsibility for multi-site operations
• Strong safety and compliance mindset with experience leading teams in highly regulated environments
• Proven track record of P&L ownership, driving revenue growth, margin expansion, profitability, and disciplined resource management
• Deep understanding of packaged and industrial gases, with experience in production, distribution, logistics, sales, pricing, and customer-focused operations
• Ability to develop strategy, translate priorities into actionable plans, establish KPIs, and drive cross-functional execution
• Proven people leadership, building high-performing teams and strengthening organizational capability
• Strong executive-level communication and influencing skills for relationships with senior leaders, customers, and stakeholders
• Experience leading business transformation initiatives, including continuous improvement, digitalization, automation, and AI adoption
• Willingness to travel as needed to support operations, customer relationships, and leadership visibility

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. We live our mission of making our world more productive by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services that help sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. The company serves a variety of end markets, including chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s technologies support applications such as clean hydrogen production, carbon capture, medical oxygen, and high-purity gases for electronics. We also deliver gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you

At Linde, the opportunities are limitless. Be part of a career where your work extends beyond your job description and benefits the people you work with, the communities we serve, and the world in which we live.

EEO and accommodations

Linde Canada Inc. is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. Applicants requiring accommodation during the recruitment and selection process are encouraged to make their needs known in advance. We are committed to employment equity for women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status. The statements above describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification and are not intended to be exhaustive. Additional duties may be assigned by the manager as needed.

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