Occupation Atlasmanufacturing manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6426ada1-4d8c-4612-99e3-91bc569805ee
manufacturing manager
Manufacturing managers plan, oversee and direct the manufacturing process in an organisation. They ensure products and services are efficiently produced within the timeframe and budget given.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECREnterprising · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.03
- C Conventional5.21
- R Realistic4.00
- I Investigative2.92
- S Social1.85
- A Artistic1.40
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Industrial Production Managers (11-3051.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse production processes for improvement
- coordinate manufacturing production activities
- create manufacturing guidelines
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- develop manufacturing policies
- follow company standards
- lean manufacturing
- manage budgets
- manage production enterprise
- manage production systems
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- manufacturing processes
- meet deadlines
- optimise production
- plan manufacturing processes
- production processes
- schedule production
- strive for company growth
- sustainable manufacturing
Optional (61)
- adapt production levels
- adjust production schedule
- advise on sustainable management policies
- align efforts towards business development
- analyse business plans
- analyse supply chain strategies
- business management principles
- check material resources
- communicate production plan
- communicate with customers
- control production
- cope with manufacturing deadlines pressure
- develop staff
- disaggregate the production plan
- engineering principles
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure compliance with safety legislation
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
- ensure finished product meet requirements
- environmental management standards
- evaluate employees work
- good manufacturing practices
- identify process improvements
- implement strategic planning
- improve business processes
- industrial research and development
- innovation processes
- inspect quality of products
- investment analysis
- keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes
- leadership principles
- liaise with managers
- liaise with quality assurance
- maintain relationship with customers
- manage factory operations
- manage manufacturing documentation
- manage stocked company material
- manage workflow processes
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- monitor plant production
- negotiate terms with suppliers
- negotiate with stakeholders
- optimise production processes parameters
- oversee logistics of finished products
- oversee production requirements
- oversee quality control
- perform data analysis
- perform product planning
- perform project management
- plan shifts of employees
- production engineering
- quality standards
- recruit employees
- recruit personnel
- report on production results
- risk management
- schedule regular machine maintenance
- supply chain management
- train employees
- use IT tools
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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