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, 63% of Manufacturing Manager job descriptions contained manufacturing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
63%
lean
23%
engineering
19%
management
19%
lean manufacturing
15%
operations director
12%
operations manager
12%
head of operations
12%
erp
12%
quality
12%
production management
12%
leadership
12%
production
12%
sigma
12%
senior manager
12%
pharmaceutical
12%
operations
12%
procurement
12%
facilities management
12%
appraisal
8%
manufacturing environment
8%
assembly
8%
manufacturing operations
8%
data analysis
8%
quality assurance
8%
general manager
8%
factory
8%
food manufacturing
8%
6 - sigma
8%
stocks
8%
engineer manager
8%
continuous improvement
8%
product lines
8%
sap
8%
product quality
8%
facilities manager
8%
resolve issues
8%
manufacturing operations manager
4%
staff management
4%
supervision
4%
manager
4%
management skills
4%
erp software
4%
training
4%
operations management
4%
food quality
4%
haccp
4%
iosh
4%
nebosh
4%
commercial awareness
4%
manufacturing processes
4%
pricing
4%
appraisals
4%
continuous improvement culture
4%
lean principles
4%
quality control
4%
fmcg
4%
plant management
4%
office based
4%
man management
4%
livingston
4%
edinburgh
4%
iso 9001:2015
4%
mechanical
4%
h&s training
4%
reporting
4%
collaboration
4%
cost reduction
4%
delegation
4%
food safety
4%
strategy
4%
talent management
4%
final assembly
4%
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