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
35%
manager
22%
mechanical
22%
production
22%
quality
18%
management
18%
operations
18%
lean
14%
lean manufacturing
14%
continuous improvement
9%
production manager
9%
electrical
9%
procurement
9%
brislington
9%
bristol
9%
manufacture
9%
materials
9%
south west
9%
leadership
9%
edinburgh
9%
general manager
9%
livingston
9%
man management
9%
office based
9%
plant management
9%
production management
9%
sap
9%
continuous improvements
5%
automation
5%
nebosh
5%
packaging
5%
process
5%
project manager
5%
head of production
5%
manufacturing operations manager
5%
plant manager
5%
production director
5%
site operations manager
5%
9001
5%
bridgend
5%
cardiff
5%
carmarthen
5%
environment
5%
feed
5%
food
5%
health
5%
hse
5%
improvement
5%
iso9001
5%
merthyr tydfil
5%
port talbot
5%
qhse
5%
safety
5%
she
5%
sheq
5%
swansea
5%
assembly
5%
electronic
5%
logistics
5%
buckinghamshire
5%
design
5%
electromechanical
5%
high wycombe
5%
purchasing
5%
suppliers
5%
supply chain manager
5%
testing
5%
change
5%
ci
5%
opex
5%
six sigma
5%
commercial
5%
commercial manager
5%
contract
5%
contracts
5%
contracts manager
5%
director
5%
labels
5%
banbury
5%
didcot
5%
engineer
5%
factory
5%
health and safety
5%
iso
5%
kpi
5%
machinery
5%
oxford
5%
oxfordshire
5%
energy
5%
food manufacturing
5%
food manufacturing manager
5%
isoh
5%
kaizen
5%
manufacturing coordinator
5%
manufacturing lead
5%
production controller
5%
quality manager
5%
sustainability
5%
renewables
5%
engineer manager
5%
facilities manager
5%
blow molding
5%
injection molding
5%
plastics industry
5%
facilities management
5%
pharmaceutical
5%
senior manager
5%
sigma
5%
iso 9001:2015
5%
quality assurance
5%
quality control
5%
appraisal
5%
manufacturing manager
5%
product lines
5%
product quality
5%
resolve issues
5%
stocks
5%
6 - sigma
5%
erp
5%
head of operations
5%
operations director
5%
operations manager
5%
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