Profession industrial production manager

Industrial production managers oversee the operations and the resources needed in industrial plants and manufacturing sites for a smooth running of the operations. They prepare the production schedule by combining the requirements of clients with the resources of the production plant. They organise the journey of incoming raw materials or semi finished products in the plant until a final product is delivered by coordinating inventories, warehouses, distribution, and support activities.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Cleaning industry health and safety measures

  Preventive and interventional methods used in the cleaning industry to maintain health and safety for all workers and tertiary persons.

• Manufacturing processes

  The steps required through which a material is transformed into a product, its development and full-scale manufacturing.

• Industrial engineering

  The field of engineering concerned with the development, improvement, and implementation of complex processes and systems of knowledge, people, equipment, etc.

Skills

• Liaise with industrial professionals

  Establish relationships with engineers, geologists, hydrologists and hydrogeologists, and other industrial professionals.

• Create manufacturing guidelines

  Draft procedures and guidelines to ensure that government and industry regulations are met by manufacturers in both international and domestic markets.

• Adhere to organisational guidelines

  Adhere to organisational or department specific standards and guidelines. Understand the motives of the organisation and the common agreements and act accordingly.

• Manage resources

  Manage personnel, machinery and equipment in order to optimise production results, in accordance with the policies and plans of the company.

• Manage staff

  Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.

• Meet deadlines

  Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.

• Control financial resources

  Monitor and control budgets and financial resources providing capable stewardship in company management.

• Define quality standards

  Define, in collaboration with managers and quality experts, a set of quality standards to ensure compliance with regulations and help achieve customers' requirements.

• Manage supplies

  Monitor and control the flow of supplies that includes the purchase, storage and movement of the required quality of raw materials, and also work-in-progress inventory. Manage supply chain activities and synchronise supply with demand of production and customer.

• Plan health and safety procedures

  Set up procedures for maintaining and improving health and safety in the workplace.

• Adjust production schedule

  Adjust work schedule in order to maintain permanent shift operation.

• Oversee assembly operations

  Give technical instructions to assembly workers and control their progress to ensure compliance with quality standards and to check that the goals set in the production plan are met.

• Assess impact of industrial activities

  Analyse data to estimate the impact of industrial activities on resource availability and groundwater quality.

• Oversee production requirements

  Oversee production processes and prepare all the resources needed to maintain an efficient and continuous flow of production.

• Check material rescources

  Verify that all requested resources are delivered and in good working order. Notify the appropriate person or people of any problems related to technical and material resources.

• Manage budgets

  Plan, monitor and report on the budget.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB