Responsibilities: Health, Safety & Environment Check compliance to procedures and guidelines regarding quality, safety and health across areas and teams, not limited within own area / team, register performed checks and submit (defect) reports where necessary and/or take action in order to comply. Encourages safety mindset and acts as role model to others in regard to health and safety and holds others accountable. Follow the organization's HS&E policies, procedures and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate risks, and to safeguard the environment and the wellbeing of oneself and others. Responsible for Health & Safety for own work center(s). Ensures that learnings are proactively shared within the department and followed-up. People management and development Cascades targets, appraises and develops (the cooperation between) employees. Develops direct reports by coaching them, assigning new tasks, guides on skills and knowledge development. Leads and improves the team into the right capabilities and right skills to meet mid-term business requirements. Ensures retnetion and development of critical knowledge and capabilities within functional area. Realization Direct and drive the realization of planned results and operational KPIs for the own team, able to leverage understanding of the department, to optimize factory operations beyond own and natural team. Contribute or deliver input to the planning of the work in the factory operations and to the planning and delivery of cross-sector projects. Monitor and decide on allocation of finances to remain within budget restrictions. Continuous Improvement Review existing operations (L4 level) in own area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and ensure continuous improvements are delivered. Foster a CI culture within the own team. Leads improvement intiatives for own team and looks for opportunities to align best practices and way of working improvements to share and reapply across teams. Management information Provide insights based on analyses, trends, issues, etc. on operational and team performance towards tiers and management structures. Stakeholder Management Builds and maintains a network of in- and external stakeholders/partners (typically other GL's and own department manager) and represents the organisation. Explains and convinces internal and external parties regarding operational choices and solutions based on content-driven arguments. Reflects on achieved results and/or issues related to these choices and generates relevant business insights. Annual plan / budget Cascade operational targets into year plans, including resource requirements. Drive realization of year plan within timing and budget constraints. Manage and acquire approval for planned deviations. Strategy and policy Develop policies and objectives for the assigned unit and contribute to the development of the strategy on the next level. Coordinates and ensures execution of plan, time horizon is typically three to six months. Ensures own policies are aligned with relevant organizational counterparts.