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 production as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

production
39%
manufacturing
39%
production manager
29%
warehouse
29%
assembly
20%
production management
15%
assembler
15%
operative
15%
operator
15%
fmcg
10%
operations
10%
food safety
10%
manager
10%
industrial
10%
planning
10%
factory
10%
engineering
10%
production schedules
10%
aerospace
10%
automotive
10%
continuous improvement
10%
assembly manager
10%
mechanical assembly supervisor
10%
production planner
10%
machine
10%
production improvement
10%
production scheduler
10%
production supervisor
10%
mechanical
10%
lean
10%
sigma
5%
engineer
5%
quality
5%
projects
5%
process safety
5%
poka-yoke
5%
people development
5%
operation
5%
manufacturing manager
5%
kaizen
5%
scheduler
5%
5-axis
5%
production managers
5%
electronic engineering
5%
production operator
5%
ingredients
5%
food production
5%
workshop
5%
supply chain
5%
shift
5%
erp
5%
planner
5%
packaging
5%
mrp
5%
lead
5%
production planning
5%
drink
5%
days
5%
meat
5%
food
5%
reduce downtime
5%
ci
5%
cnc machining
5%
milling
5%
ncr
5%
management
5%
manufacturing operations
5%
brc
5%
communication
5%
food industry
5%
full compliance
5%
health and safety
5%
hse
5%
hygiene standards
5%
leadership
5%
quality control
5%
hazardous
5%
senior production manager
5%
gmp
5%
capital equipment
5%
jit
5%
transitioning
5%
bathrooms
5%
director
5%
pods
5%
sheet metal
5%
shift lead
5%
site
5%
supervisor
5%
chemical
5%
chemical processing
5%
fabrication
5%
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