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Maintaining Safe and Reliable Operations Through Workforce Reduction and Task Transfer Governance

The client is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers, and building products, employing approximately 15,000 people across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Industry: Chemicals

Service: Cost and Value Engineering

Service: Leadership & Change Management

Service: Manufacturing

Service: People and Organization

Service: Restructuring & Turnaround

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Our Client

Following the decommissioning of several process units, the organization undertook a workforce reduction that required the transfer of critical responsibilities while maintaining safe, compliant, and reliable operations.

15K

Employees across North America, Europe, and Asia

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With reduced capacity, we are prioritizing more effectively and focusing on what truly adds value.

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The Challenge

The workforce reduction created several operational and organizational risks that required immediate attention:

  • Increased workload and capacity constraints across multiple functions
  • Potential loss of critical institutional knowledge and specialized expertise
  • Unclear ownership of tasks previously performed by departing employees
  • Reliance on interim coverage arrangements without established long-term accountability
  • Need to maintain safety, environmental compliance, and operational reliability during organizational transition

Without a structured approach to task transfer and governance, the organization faced the risk of compliance gaps, operational disruptions, and reduced organizational effectiveness.

Real Results Achieved Together

The engagement enabled the client to successfully navigate a significant workforce transition while maintaining operational continuity and regulatory confidence.

By creating a structured approach to task transfer and organizational governance, the client improved confidence in its ability to manage workforce changes without compromising safety, compliance, or operational performance.

471

Critical Tasks Reviewed

133

Actions Completed

312

Actions Validated

37

Remaining Actions Prioritized

Transformation Impact

  • Confirmed ownership and continuity of critical operational responsibilities
  • Reduced risk of knowledge loss across specialized functions
  • Improved visibility into compliance, safety, and reliability-critical activities
  • Strengthened governance, accountability, and organizational alignment
  • Enhanced prioritization of activities in a resource-constrained environment
  • Established a scalable Task Transfer MOC framework that can be deployed across future organizational changes
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Our Approach

EFESO conducted a comprehensive Organizational Management of Change (MOC) and task transfer assessment to ensure continuity of critical responsibilities and strengthen governance across the organization.

Key activities included:

  • Reviewing all responsibilities associated with departing employees across multiple sites
  • Conducting structured interviews with site leadership and frontline personnel to validate task ownership and execution
  • Assessing safety, compliance, reliability, and operational risks associated with transferred responsibilities
  • Performing a detailed gap analysis and developing mitigation actions with assigned ownership and accountability
  • Aligning leadership on future-state roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures
  • Designing and piloting a standardized Task Transfer MOC process to support future organizational changes

The engagement combined operational risk assessment, organizational alignment, and governance improvements to create a sustainable framework for managing workforce transitions.

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