Job Description

Short Description:

Oversee production and operations for processes for the plant, division, or company. Plan and maintain production schedules. Measure progress by established standards of performance. Recognize and solve production problems, including schedules, staff, quality, and production line orders. May also manage facilities and equipment maintenance.

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Planning and organizing production schedules.
• Assessing project and resource requirements.
• Estimating, negotiating, and agreeing on budgets and timescales with clients and managers.
• Determining quality control standards.
• Overseeing production processes.
• Re-negotiating timescales or schedules as necessary.
• Selecting, ordering, and purchasing materials.
• Organizing the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment.
• Liaison with buyers, marketing, and sales staff.

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions concerning others' actions.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Monitoring: Monitoring/assessing the performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the audience's needs.
• Active Learning: Understanding new information's implications for current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
• Learning Strategies: Select appropriate training/instructional methods and procedures when learning or teaching new things.
• Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Operation Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to ensure a machine is working correctly.
• Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
• Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the system's goals.