PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL CAREER STREAM: Management and supervisory professionals with one or more employees who are focused on tactical, operational and some strategic activities within a specified area. Levels within the management career stream typically have six or more direct reports. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing performance, developing talent, engagement and inclusion, communicating business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and / or indirect reports. A key responsibility of roles in this career stream is managing people. which includes: accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives, providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.
Autonomy: Supervises team members or subordinate supervisors, providing tactical and / or technical leadership.
May perform ongoing operational tasks.
Receives assignments in task-oriented terms and delivers results according to established procedures.
Organizational Impact: Plans and establishes goals and objectives for a team, typically within (1) department.
Decisions impact project or department schedules, customer satisfaction levels, or allocation of time or material resources.
Typically does not have budget or P&L accountability, but may manage day-to-day elements of the budget (eg, overtime for staff).
Innovation and Complexity: Makes improvements to processes, systems or products.
Problems and issues faced are difficult and may require understanding of broader set of issues, including multiple job areas or specialties.
Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors, across various levels of the organization.
Shares and exchanges relevant information to reach solutions, and gaining cooperation of other parties .
Leadership and Talent Management: May be a second level supervisor of employees in the Support career stream, such as production, distribution or technicians .
May be a first level supervisor of employees in the Associate or Intermediate level in the Specialist career stream .
May be a first level supervisor of employees at level IV and V in the Support career stream .
Leads, directs and reviews the work of team members in order to accomplish operational plans and results.
Provides primary input to hiring, firing, promotion, performance and rewards decisions for direct reports.