Industrial Production Managers
Also called: Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager, Production Control Manager, Production Manager,
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.On the job, you would:
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
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What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.On the job, you would:
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
KNOWLEDGE
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Business
- management
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
SKILLS
Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- talking to others
Resource Management
- managing your time and the time of other people
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
PERSONALITY
People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Leadership
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability/Flexibility
TECHNOLOGY
You might use software like this on the job:
Industrial control software
- Distributed control system DCS
- Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
Video creation and editing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
- YouTube
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- NetSuite ERP
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
EDUCATION
- bachelor's degree
- some college
JOB OUTLOOK
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$105,480
$65,050
$176,070