Packaging Area Manager

Packaging Area Manager page is loaded## Packaging Area Managerlocations: Belgium Jupille-Sur-Meusetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition id: 30097244Seniority Level: Executive**Job Description – Area Manager****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.**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.[](blob: / 0:52 #J-18808-Ljbffr