Production Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Manufacturing

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Production Skills List in Manufacturing

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

manufacturing
39%
production
20%
production manager
14%
production management
12%
production planner
12%
production engineering
8%
warehouse
8%
production operative
8%
management
8%
continuous improvement
8%
assembly
8%
production planning
8%
production coordinator
6%
production engineer
6%
lean
6%
mrp
6%
erp
6%
fenestration
6%
food production
6%
packing
6%
six sigma
6%
production line
6%
manufacturer
6%
electronics
6%
manufacturing manager
4%
lean manufacturing
4%
purchasing
4%
materials controller
4%
production controller
4%
planning
4%
scheduling
4%
production planning manager
4%
project planner
4%
engineering
4%
production supervisor
4%
planner
4%
product quality
4%
upvc
4%
catering
4%
supply chain
4%
cad
4%
gmp
4%
glazing
4%
ppe
4%
factory
4%
food hygiene
4%
high volume manufacturing
2%
production processes
2%
compliance
2%
food manufacturing
2%
kpis
2%
6s
2%
machine minding
2%
manufacturing engineer
2%
h&s
2%
machine
2%
mechanical
2%
ci
2%
people manager
2%
production control
2%
manufacturing quality manager
2%
dartford
2%
operative
2%
line operative
2%
gcse
2%
process engineering
2%
production experience
2%
mechanic
2%
entertainment
2%
quality
2%
packaging
2%
manufacturing operator
2%
improvements
2%
process improvement
2%
production operations
2%
grays
2%
manufacturing process operative
2%
smt
2%
negotiation
2%
quality assurance
2%
london
2%
supervising
2%
operations technician
2%
logistics planner
2%
key account
2%
procurement
2%
quality assurance manager
2%
manager
2%
agriculture
2%
process operative
2%
manufacturing processes
2%
quote
2%
quality improvement manager
2%
food preparation
2%
labelling
2%
leadership
2%
processing assistant
2%
precision engineering
2%
schedule
2%
quality manager
2%
man management
2%
making
2%
fmcg
2%
ownership
2%
processing coordinator
2%
process
2%
supplier performance
2%
supplier relationship management
2%
cabinetry
2%
production scheduler
2%
iso
2%
glass
2%
senior management
2%
production scheduling
2%
kaizen
2%
production admin
2%
pharmaceutical
2%
joinery
2%
flt
2%
workforce
2%
crimping
2%
kanban
2%
pharmaceutical manufacturing
2%
pharmaceutical industry
2%
management experience
2%
machine operator
2%
soldering
2%
kpi
2%
timber
2%
cnc machine
2%
production managers
2%
health safety
2%
foreman
2%
filling
2%
automotive
2%
chemicals
2%
control
2%
machinery
2%
administrative
2%
test procedures
2%
product manager
2%
industrial
2%
food
2%
change management
2%
forecasting
2%
development engineer
2%
mrp/erp
2%
reporting systems
2%
team leader
2%
electrical
2%
5s
2%
heavy industry
2%
machine control
2%
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