Industrial Production Manager

Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Area Plant Manager; Assembly Manager; General Production Manager; Manufacturing Coordinator; Manufacturing Manager; Plant Manager; Product Line Manager; Production Control Manager; Production Manager; Sub Plant Manager

Tasks

• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
• Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
• 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.
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
• Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.
• Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.
• Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
• Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.
• Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs.

Knowledge

• Production and Processing
• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Mathematics
• Education and Training
• Mechanical
• English Language
• Engineering and Technology

Skills

• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Listening
• Learning Strategies
• Active Learning
• Writing
• Mathematics

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Inductive Reasoning
• Speech Clarity
• Speech Recognition
• Written Expression
• Fluency of Ideas
• Category Flexibility
• Near Vision
• Originality
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Perceptual Speed
• Visualization
• Flexibility of Closure
• Selective Attention
• Far Vision