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

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Production Manager Skills List in Manufacturing

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Production Manager role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Production Manager job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 39% of Production Manager job descriptions contained production manager as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

production manager
39%
manufacturing
24%
production management
24%
forward planning
20%
production planning
20%
engineering
12%
management
12%
plastics
12%
manufacturing manager
12%
lean manufacturing
12%
gmp
8%
iso9001
8%
aerospace
8%
automotive
8%
cost
8%
production. manufacturing
8%
innovation
8%
manufacturing operations
8%
process improvement
8%
productivity
8%
quality
8%
reporting
8%
scheduling
8%
extrusion
8%
operations manager
8%
fmcg
8%
continuous improvement
8%
manufacturing environment
4%
health safety
4%
people management
4%
planning
4%
procurement
4%
purchase orders
4%
root cause analysis
4%
operations management
4%
mrp
4%
team leader
4%
communication skills
4%
supervisor
4%
senior management
4%
production
4%
manager
4%
h&s
4%
food manufacturing
4%
supervisory experience
4%
food
4%
factory
4%
hse
4%
mechanical engineering
4%
product manager
4%
forecasting
4%
line management
4%
production processes
4%
production schedules
4%
dfmea
4%
sheet metal fabrication
4%
sheet metal
4%
electronics
4%
electro-mechanical
4%
mechanics
4%
equipment installation
4%
mechanical systems
4%
health and safety
4%
production managers
4%
security clearance
4%
sap
4%
technical manager
4%
audit
4%
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