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Summary Description


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

Sample Job Titles

1.	Area Plant Manager

2.	Branch Manager

3.	Brewing Director

4.	Bulk Plant Manager

5.	Car Construction Superintendent

6.	Concrete Mixing Plant Superintendent

7.	Correctional Facility Industries Superintendent

8.	Demand Planner

9.	Dental Laboratory Manager

10.	Director of Manufacturing

11.	Factory Manager

12.	Factory Superintendent

13.	Food Processing Plant Manager

14.	General Milling Superintendent

15.	General Production Manager

16.	General Supervisor

17.	Industrial Production Manager

18.	Maintenance Planner

19.	Manufacturer

20.	Manufacturing Coordinator

21.	Manufacturing Director

22.	Manufacturing Manager

23.	Manufacturing Planner

24.	Materials Coordinator

25.	Materials Planner

26.	Plant Chief

27.	Plant General Manager

28.	Plant Manager

29.	Plant Senior Manager

30.	Plant Superintendent

31.	Product Line Manager

32.	Production Control Manager

33.	Production Control Supervisor

34.	Production Foreman

35.	Production Manager

36.	Production Superintendent

37.	Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager)

38.	Quality Assurance Supervisor (QA Supervisor)

39.	Quality Control Manager (QC Manager)

40.	Quality Controller

41.	Quality Manager

42.	Quality Supervisor

43.	Sawmill Manager

44.	Sub Plant Manager

45.	Superintendent

46.	Supervisor, Production, Managing

47.	Tablet and Capsule Manufacturing Department Manager

48.	Wine Maker

Job Tasks

	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. Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities.

	Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations. Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities. Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.

	Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports, to detect production problems. Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities. Implement organizational process or policy changes. Develop organizational methods or procedures.

	Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. Monitor organizational procedures to ensure proper functioning. Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.

	Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances. Evaluate employee performance. Conduct employee training programs. Hire personnel.

	Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records. Maintain personnel records. Prepare operational progress or status reports.

	Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality. Evaluate quality of materials or products. Develop operating strategies, plans, or procedures.

	Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. Approve expenditures. Prepare operational budgets.

	Initiate or coordinate inventory or cost control programs. Manage control system activities in organizations.

	Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines. Direct facility maintenance or repair activities. Recommend organizational process or policy changes.

	Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes. Develop specifications for new products or processes. Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.

	Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs. Coordinate special events or programs.

	Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies. Maintain knowledge of current developments in area of expertise.

	Negotiate materials prices with suppliers. Negotiate sales or lease agreements for products or services.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Staffing Organizational Units — Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment — Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Nature of the Work


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Industrial Production Managers
	Industrial production managers oversee the daily operations of manufacturing and related plants. They coordinate, plan, and direct the activities used to create a wide range of goods, such as cars, computer equipment, or paper products.

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Working Conditions


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Industrial Production Managers
	Most industrial production managers work full time, and almost half worked more than 40 hours per week in 2014.

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