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
39%
production management
20%
production
17%
manufacturing manager
15%
plastic
12%
six sigma
8%
management
8%
lean
8%
manufacturing team leader
8%
production supervisor
8%
operations manager
8%
welding
8%
kaizen
5%
production improvement
5%
lean manufacturing
5%
fabrication
5%
communication skills
5%
sheet metal
5%
production operations
5%
shift manager
5%
production shift manager
5%
5s
5%
production team leader
5%
6s
5%
plastic extrusion
3%
man management
3%
moulding
3%
factory supervisor
3%
design
3%
project administrator
3%
continuous process
3%
leadership
3%
plastics
3%
production lead
3%
packaging
3%
project coordinator
3%
fmcg
3%
metals
3%
audit
3%
warehouse
3%
lean principles
3%
project estimator
3%
people skills
3%
iso9001
3%
warehouse manager
3%
team leader
3%
production schedule
3%
project management
3%
project manager
3%
staff management
3%
large format print
3%
inventory management
3%
collaboration
3%
aerospace
3%
mechanical engineering
3%
engineering manager
3%
manufacturing engineer
3%
production director
3%
operational efficiency
3%
risk assessments
3%
cnc
3%
powder coating
3%
assembly
3%
bom
3%
ci
3%
iso
3%
technical equipment
3%
medical
3%
department manager
3%
cabinet
3%
electronic
3%
iso13485
3%
chorley
3%
dudley
3%
cabinetry
3%
pcb assembly
3%
chemicals
3%
med device
3%
electrical engineering
3%
site supervisor
3%
furniture
3%
surface mount
3%
engineering
3%
medical device
3%
iosh
3%
chemistry
3%
fabrication manager
3%
joinery
3%
operations supervisor
3%
heavy industry
3%
complex manufacturing
3%
lancashire
3%
planning
3%
laser cutting
3%
manufacturing shift manager
3%
people manager
3%
hse
3%
personal care
3%
numeracy
3%
iso 9001
3%
preston
3%
manufacturing environment
3%
site manager
3%
organisational skills
3%
estimator
3%
private label
3%
time management
3%
embroidery
3%
problem solving
3%
installation coordinator
3%
safety regulations
3%
apqp
3%
manufacturing shift leader
3%
factory manager
3%
supervising
3%
operations coordinator
3%
switchboard
3%
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