Overall Line Performance
The Area Manager is fully accountable for all aspects of line performance, including safety, quality, environmental compliance, financial performance, production planning, efficiency, losses, and waste.
* Leads daily, weekly and monthly line performance reviews, including KPI trees, resource allocation, and prioritization.
* Establishes clear escalation triggers (KPI thresholds, breakdown frequency, quality incidents) and ensures rapid escalation to Reliability and Continuous Improvement teams.
* Owns the line Dream, associated KPIs, long‑term strategy, and execution roadmap.
Seniority Level: Executive
Job Description – Area Manager
Operational Excellence & VPO
* Ensures deployment, sustainability, and effectiveness of all relevant VPO pillars and blocks within the area.
* Responsible for MCRS execution, ensuring that Front‑Line Managers follow management checklists and routine agendas.
* Owns the production strategy, changeover strategy and execution, corrective and preventive maintenance approach, start‑up/shutdown processes, and production modulation.
* Ensures robust problem solving through high‑quality 5 Whys, anomaly reports, PDCA cycles, and VPO tools. Drives continuous improvement and GOP execution.
* Ensures efficient design and use of VPO infrastructure: Team Room, communication boards, visual management systems, and operator workstations.
* Responsible for deploying and sustaining the Autonomous Teams structure across all crews and shifts.
* Guarantees the existence, quality, and continuous update of SOPs and other operational standards.
Maintenance, Reliability & Coordination
* Oversees maintenance backlog management and validates maintenance priorities with Maintenance and Reliability team.
* Reviews execution quality of maintenance work orders and ensures feedback loops for improvement.
* Owns capability development for core team members, including skills gap analysis and training plans.
* Coordinates production windows and preventive maintenance schedules with Logistics and Technical Planners.
Leadership, Engagement & Transformation
* Ultimately responsible for team engagement within the area, promoting high‑value activities and eliminating low‑value tasks.
* Ensures proper integration of new equipment, technologies, processes, and products in compliance with Management of Change (MoC) requirements.
* Ensures that Plant Technical Experts (PTEs) and technicians actively support continuous improvement using VPO tools.
* Acts as a transformational leader, fostering a culture of accountability, ownership, and performance.
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