Occupation Atlasdepartment manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/94e0bedd-e56e-42be-a5a4-b74a260f437c
department manager
Department managers are responsible for the operations of a certain division or department of a company. They ensure objectives and goals are reached and manage employees.
Job Zone
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Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
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.
- abide by business ethical code of conducts
- assume responsibility for the management of a business
- collaborate in company's daily operations
- company policies
- conclude business agreements
- corporate social responsibility
- create a financial plan
- ensure lawful business operations
- exercise stewardship
- follow company standards
- liaise with managers
- manage staff
- recruit employees
- report on overall management of a business
- strategic planning
- strive for company growth
Optional (64)
- accounting
- align efforts towards business development
- analyse business plans
- analyse business processes
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- apply business acumen
- banking activities
- build business relationships
- business law
- business loans
- business management principles
- business process modelling
- control financial resources
- corporate law
- cost management
- create a financial report
- create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement
- describe the financial situation of a region
- develop company strategies
- develop organisational policies
- develop professional network
- develop revenue generation strategies
- establish communication with foreign cultures
- evaluate employees
- evaluate performance of organisational collaborators
- execute marketing plan
- financial forecasting
- financial jurisdiction
- financial management
- financial statements
- follow the statutory obligations
- human resource management
- impart business plans to collaborators
- integrate headquarter's guidelines into local operations
- integrate strategic foundation in daily performance
- interact with the board of directors
- international trade
- keep updated on the political landscape
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relationship with customers
- make strategic business decisions
- manage budgets
- manage contracts
- manage financial risk
- manage office facility systems
- market entry planning
- marketing management
- marketing principles
- negotiate with stakeholders
- oversee quality control
- plan health and safety procedures
- plan medium to long term objectives
- prepare financial statements
- project management
- prospect new regional contracts
- shape corporate culture
- shape organisational teams based on competencies
- share good practices across subsidiaries
- speak different languages
- subsidiary operations
- supply chain management
- synthesise financial information
- track key performance indicators
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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