PGP Production Manager, North

Purpose of the position
— Implementation of best-in-class operational efficiency of the PG&P production function through continuous productivity improvement and overall cost effectiveness with the aim of enhancing customer service and safety


Principal responsibilities
— SHEQ & Operating Discipline
Delivers the site safety improvement initiatives to achieve zero injuries/accidents, sustained improvement in all production areas, and meeting all internal and external safety standards.
Ensures a safe operating environment for cylinder filling, testing, handling and plant operations ·

• Proactively works in partnership with local production management to identify gaps, implement Taylor improvement programmes, including adjustment where appropriate, share best safety practices.
• Conducts monthly meetings with safety manager, production engineers and production supervisors to review risk, hazard, gaps and come out with sustainable remedial/improvement actions. ·
• Communicates with other functional teams and safety team at local level to share best practices and resources.
• Ensures all people in production areas are trained and qualified for their positions.

15th April, 2024

Purpose of the position
— Implementation of best-in-class operational efficiency of the PG&P production function through continuous productivity improvement and overall cost effectiveness with the aim of enhancing customer service and safety


Principal responsibilities
— SHEQ & Operating Discipline
Delivers the site safety improvement initiatives to achieve zero injuries/accidents, sustained improvement in all production areas, and meeting all internal and external safety standards.
Ensures a safe operating environment for cylinder filling, testing, handling and plant operations ·

• Proactively works in partnership with local production management to identify gaps, implement Taylor improvement programmes, including adjustment where appropriate, share best safety practices.
• Conducts monthly meetings with safety manager, production engineers and production supervisors to review risk, hazard, gaps and come out with sustainable remedial/improvement actions. ·
• Communicates with other functional teams and safety team at local level to share best practices and resources.
• Ensures all people in production areas are trained and qualified for their positions.

— Production strategies implementation
Implements production strategies on sites to ensure the business delivers the product service offer (PSO)

• Sets production targets in consultation with business manager.
• Works with local production management team and business managers to assess desired against actual PSO and develop detailed improvement plan; and anticipate market needs and receive feedback on production’s performance.
• Holds regular meetings with other platforms both local and regional level (distribution, CSC, Supply chain) to ensure delivery of PSO

— Implementation of cost improvement programmes.
Identifying, prioritising, and implementing productivity and cost optimization in all areas of production. ·

• Works with Business Manager and Head of Sales, PGP to identify cost improvement opportunities and provides inputs on the strategy.
• Works with supervisors to ensure proper implementation of plan.
• Communicates regularly and receive feedback from other related departments as well as brainstorm solutions at local level and input to production management platform team.
• Works closely with enabling functions such as HR, SHEQ, IM and Finance for support in delivering productivity targets

— Implementation of financial plan.

• Provides input to Business Manager in setting the annual budget
• Ensures production team achieve their targets within the budget. 
• Leadership functions

- Functional leadership.

• To manage site production team and set annual objectives for members.

- Influencing & mentoring

• Actively influences and coach’s local production team to ensure they clearly understand their specific roles in overall production and operations strategies and how their functions are related to other functions in the operations group, as well as other business units.

- Change management leadership

• Leads significant change initiatives to improve production efficiency, support and cascade BOP initiatives on production to sites.

— Risk management

• Carries out adequate risk assessment for production activities.
• Carries out plan to ensure all production activities meet Linde safety, quality and environmental standards and national legislative requirements.

- Competency development

• Ensures placement of competent employees on the production site.
• Determine capability gaps within the production organisation and develop processes to fill the gaps.
• Succession planning in production management team.

Key interfaces
- Interfaces closely with SHEQ, Deliver Team, SCP, Technical Team, FiCo, Sales and Marketing and depots peers



  Required critical behaviors (suggest ca. 9)

• Strategic Delivery
• Partnership Building
• Performance Thru People
• Visible and Change Leadership
• Influencing
• Capability Development

Required key skills (functional/technical)

• Operations capability – good grasp of and ability to apply production management, supply chain and distribution concepts and techniques.
• Good understanding of and ability to apply safety concepts.
• Capability development (including coaching and mentoring).
• People management
• Project Management
• Leadership capabilities.
• Demonstrated engineering capability.
• Understanding of business development concepts.
• Flexibility in using different approaches to influence behaviours of staff of various levels

Required qualifications/experience

• Degree in Engineering
• 4-7 years’ related experience, with several years in production management functions.
• Demonstrated change management capability
• Understanding of business development concepts

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