Manufacturing Manager Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Manufacturing Manager Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Manufacturing Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Manufacturing Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 66% of Manufacturing Manager job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
66%
engineering
28%
management
25%
production
21%
operations
21%
mechanical
18%
lean manufacturing
18%
lean
18%
manager
14%
leadership
14%
quality
14%
production management
14%
procurement
11%
general manager
11%
factory
11%
food manufacturing
11%
sap
11%
facilities management
11%
pharmaceutical
11%
senior manager
11%
sigma
11%
electrical
7%
brislington
7%
bristol
7%
manufacture
7%
materials
7%
south west
7%
edinburgh
7%
livingston
7%
man management
7%
office based
7%
plant management
7%
engineer manager
7%
facilities manager
7%
appraisal
7%
product lines
7%
product quality
7%
resolve issues
7%
stocks
7%
6 - sigma
7%
continuous improvement
7%
erp
7%
head of operations
7%
operations director
7%
operations manager
7%
assembly
4%
electronic
4%
logistics
4%
buckinghamshire
4%
design
4%
electromechanical
4%
high wycombe
4%
purchasing
4%
suppliers
4%
supply chain manager
4%
testing
4%
change
4%
ci
4%
opex
4%
six sigma
4%
commercial
4%
commercial manager
4%
contract
4%
contracts
4%
contracts manager
4%
director
4%
labels
4%
banbury
4%
didcot
4%
engineer
4%
health and safety
4%
iso
4%
kpi
4%
machinery
4%
oxford
4%
oxfordshire
4%
energy
4%
food manufacturing manager
4%
isoh
4%
kaizen
4%
manufacturing coordinator
4%
manufacturing lead
4%
production controller
4%
production manager
4%
quality manager
4%
sustainability
4%
renewables
4%
blow molding
4%
injection molding
4%
plastics industry
4%
manufacturing manager
4%
fmcg
4%
iso 9001:2015
4%
quality assurance
4%
quality control
4%
data analysis
4%
manufacturing operations
4%
reporting
4%
collaboration
4%
cost reduction
4%
delegation
4%
food safety
4%
strategy
4%
talent management
4%
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