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Industrial Production Managers

Also called: Assembly Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Plant 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:
  • 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.
On the job, you'll need:

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

  • manufacture and distribution of products

Business

  • management
  • customer service

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Basic Skills

  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • talking to others

People and Technology Systems

  • thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • order or arrange things

Math

  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide
  • choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Visual Understanding

  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Leadership
  • Dependability
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Initiative

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Oracle PeopleSoft
  • SAP software

Video creation and editing software

  • Adobe After Effects
  • YouTube

Industrial control software

  • Schneider Electric CitectSCADA
  • Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software

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Job Outlook

The job outlook for this position is Average.

New job opportunities are likely in the future.

Median Annual Salary: $107,560

Education

High school diploma/GED or bachelor's degree is usually needed.