Level 4 Role Description                                                                                 NotaCo Inc.                                  


 

Name:

Jane Deau

 

 

Position:

VP Operations

 

 

Department:

Operations

 

 

Manager’s Title:

COO

 

 

Date (mm/dd/yy):

9/27/06

 

Purpose of the role (broad description of why the role exists)

Develop and implement an operational philosophy consistent with NotaCo’s long-term strategy.

 

 

Ongoing Accountabilities (These are a breakdown of the purpose of the role into key elements. They should be in enough detail to provide clarity on what the individual will be called to account for on the role. Accountabilities are not time-bound, or as specific and detailed as goals, objectives or task lists.)

1.       Manufacturing philosophy:

          Develop a consistent manufacturing philosophy

          Develop manufacturing systems strategy

          Implement the strategy in every plant

2.       New product strategy:

          Develop new product strategy based on inputs from Marketing, Sales, Europe

          Analyze capacity, investment and resource requirements for implementation

          Recommend strategy for implementation

3.       Engineering processes:

          Develop engineering framework for NotaCo locally & worldwide to ensure consistency among different engineering systems (eg European versus North American specifications)

          Implement consistent engineering processes

4.       Budgeting framework:

          Develop a timely and effective operational budget process ( each facility producing own budget to be rolled up into larger budget)

          Ensure consistency across various manufacturing facilities.

          Ensure adherence to the budget

5.       Supplier relationship strategy:

          Develop a relationship management strategy between NotaCo & its global commercial supplier base

          Implement the supplier relationship strategy

 

Scope of role (resource limits)

To be determined:

Financial authority

Binding authority

        Level of manageable exposure

 

Cross-boundary authorities (Service, Advising, Monitoring, Coordinating, Auditing, Prescribing)

Acc’y

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With role(s)

Notes

1

X

 

 

 

 

 

VP HR

Training, recruitment

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

VP IT

Software development,  report generation

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

CFO

Financial analysis

2

X

 

 

 

 

 

As above

As above

3

X

 

 

 

 

 

As above

As above

4

X

 

 

 

 

 

As above

As above

5

X

 

 

 

 

 

As above

As above

 


Accountabilities

Generic Accountabilities (all employees will be accountable for the following)

Manager Accountabilities (all managers will be accountable for the following)

   Informing the manager about progress on tasks and reporting immediately if they judge the output targets cannot be met, or more can be achieved.

   Asking the manager for clarification, when needed, on what is expected of the role.

   Taking the initiative to improve their work, the overall business, and promote the goals of the organization.

   Working effectively and collaterally with immediate colleagues, and others in cross-functional relationships, on tasks within the context of corporate policy, values, and culture.

   The outputs of direct reports and the impact of direct report behaviour.

   Their own effectiveness.

   Sustaining a team of capable people working individually and collaterally to produce outputs over time.

   Establishing task reporting procedures and measurements.

   Continuous improvement of processes.

 

Manager-once-Removed Accountabilities (all MoRs will be accountable for the following)

Level 4 Accountabilities (all level 4 employees will be accountable for the following)

   Maintaining the talent pool of Employees-once-Removed (EoRs).

   Providing mentoring and career planning to help EoRs achieve aspirations within future organizational requirements.

   Assessing EoRs’ current ability and matching capability with organizational requirements (staffing).

   Equilibrating managers’ assessment of EoRs’ personal effectiveness/performance to ensure fairness and equity across all departments.

   Ensuring direct reports are exercising sound leadership practices.

   Negotiating and clarifying the key cross-boundary relationships for EoRs.

   Designing, collaborating, developing, measuring, and implementing timely, cost-effective and useful tools and services for NotaCo stakeholders. (Staff roles)

   Providing stewardship of the financial, technical and people assets on behalf of NotaCo stakeholders. (Staff roles)

   Demonstrating ownership and leadership for the development of appropriate practices and measurements to protect and grow the NotaCo culture.

   Consistently modelling the values of NotaCo.

   Providing input to the CEO in the development of the corporate strategy.

   Allocating resources within the context of the strategy and budget, ensuring successful implementation of agreed upon priorities.

   Scanning the marketplace for what are new/best practices and integrating these into the NotaCo culture.

Authorities

Generic authorities (all employees have the right and obligation to do the following)

Manager authorities (all managers have the right and obligation to do the following)

   Discuss with the manager what resources will be available to meet the desired goals within the agreed timeframe.

   Have the manager clarify what the employee is accountable for.

   Appeal to the “Manager-once-Removed” when in dispute with the manager.

 

   Veto the appointment of an unacceptable newcomer to the team (having clearly demonstrated the reasons).

   Determine the type of work assignments and assign specific tasks to direct reports.

   Deliver personal effectiveness appraisals and merit review.

   Initiate the removal of a direct report from role (within due process).

Collateral authorities (all members of a team have the right and obligation to do the following)

    Seek mutual cooperation from their colleagues

Cross-boundary authorities (roles holders in cross-boundary relationships may require ONE of the following levels of authority)

1.   Service

Ask another role holder to do something

2.   Advisory authority:

Be informed about others’ work

Give advice

3.   Monitoring authority:

Be informed about others’ work

Persuade others to take certain actions

Tell others to delay

 

4.   Coordinating authority:

Be informed about others’ work

Persuade others to take certain actions

Tell others to delay

Call a meeting

Report higher about the work

5.   Auditing authority:

Be informed of others’ work

Persuade others to take certain actions

Decide in case of disagreement

Tell others to stop

Report higher about the work

6.   Prescribing authority:

Be informed of others’ work

Persuade others to take certain actions

Decide in case of disagreement

Call a meeting

Tell others to do something

Tell others to stop

Report higher about the work