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Career Details : Industrial Production Managers

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Description

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

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

  • Directs and coordinates production, processing, distribution, and marketing activities of industrial organization.
  • Coordinates and recommends procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification.
  • Develops budgets and approves expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources.
  • Resolves personnel grievances.
  • Hires, trains, evaluates, and discharges staff.
  • Prepares and maintains production reports and personnel records.
  • Examines samples of raw products or directs testing during processing to ensure finished products conform to prescribed quality standards.
  • Reviews plans and confers with research and support staff to develop new products and processes or the quality of existing products.
  • Analyzes production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports to detect production problems.
  • Reviews operations and confers with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
  • Negotiates materials prices with suppliers.
  • Initiates and coordinates inventory and cost-control programs.
  • Reviews processing schedules and production orders to determine staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments.

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    Frequent Work Context

    • Job-Required Social Interaction
    • Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
    • Consequence of Error
    • Objective or Subjective Information
    • Importance of Being Sure All Is Done

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