You miss the point dear boy.....the "function" must be taken care of....not the empire building.
HSE, HR, cease being independent Kingdoms and become part of the Company structure called "Admin".
Immediately...two Vice Presidents get canned.
The Admin staff for EACH department gets trimmed.
Lots of Computer gear becomes excess to need....far fewer Emails and Memo's are not created or have to be read before being ignored.
Less paper gets used .... less Toner gets used....fewer Cellphones must be bought and right on down the line.
Quality Control has always been an Engineering Function.....since when do you need a separate QC Department with all that involves.....the Chief Engineer should oversee that.
Contracts should be let based upon actual "quality" and not what the Corporate Organizational Chart looks like.
Ridding one's operation of "Overhead" and focusing upon adjusting manning to the operational needs is the key.
If you ain't at the coal face....you are "Overhead"....and those non-coal face jobs should always be looked at with a very sharp eye.
Overhead spends money.....Operational Staff make the money.
The Mission Statement for every Overhead Position should start out with...."My reason for being is to support, assist, and facilitate Operations in the safe, efficient, conduct its work.".
I once watched a HSE type get his lunch eaten for him by a Manager who was responsible for the production, safety, and profitability of his assigned operation.
The Safety guy informed the Manager that our Mill had entirely too much Hydraulic Fluid stored on site and that the Containers were in too large a quantity to meet OSHA guidelines and that the Mill must be rid of any container larger than One Quart Cans and could only have some small number of them on site.
The Manager, having trouble chewing his wad of tobacco and not spitting any juice on the Safety Guy, asked what the OSHA Penalty was if the Mill was caught.....to be told some paltry amount.
The Manager then asked the Safety Puke what it cost per hour in lost production for the Mill to be shut down due to a hydraulic leak on any one of the major machines....to which the Safety guy confessed ignorance.
The Manager noted it was along the lines of 20-25,000 Dollars (US) per hour and the 250 dollar OSHA fine would be considered a cost of doing business.....and by the way......the Safety Guy learned he was NOT the Manager but just a Staff Puke from Corporate who could provide advice....not issue directives.