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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications. | Direct and coordinate production, processing, distribution, and marketing activities of industrial organization. | |||
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Develop budgets and approve expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources, ensuring that materials, labor and equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. | ||||
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Review processing schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints. | ||||
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Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems. | ||||
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Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personnel grievances. | ||||
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Initiate and coordinate inventory and cost control programs. | ||||
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Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records. | ||||
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Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality. | ||||
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Develop and implement production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports, to detect production problems. | ||||
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Review plans and confer with research and support staff to develop new products and processes. | ||||
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Institute employee suggestion or involvement programs. | ||||
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Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines. | ||||
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Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, and statistical studies. | ||||
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Negotiate materials prices with suppliers. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Industrial Production Managers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. | |||
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Personnel and Human Resources | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Management of Financial Resources | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. | |||
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Management of Material Resources | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
ABB Optimize software | Facilities management software | |||
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Citect IIM | Industrial control software | |||
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CitectSCADA Reports | Industrial control software | |||
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CitectSCADA software | Industrial control software | |||
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Clockware software | Human resources software | |||
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Computer integrated manufacturing CIM software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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Computer integrated manufacturing CIM time manager software | Human resources software | |||
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Computer integrated manufacturing CIM warehouse shipping manager software | Inventory management software | |||
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CorVu software | Word processing software | |||
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Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Employee performance management software | Human resources software | |||
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Enterprise resource planning ERP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | |||
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Exact Software JobBOSS | Project management software | |||
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Financial planning software | Financial analysis software | |||
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IBM Rational ClearQuest | Development environment software | |||
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Industrial production manager and stock control software | Industrial control software | |||
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Intuit QuickBooks Manufacturing & Wholesale software | Accounting software | |||
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Marel production system MPS software | Industrial control software | |||
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Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | |||
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Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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Plant management software | Facilities management software | |||
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Prosys software | Industrial control software | |||
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QUMAS software | Document management software | |||
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SAP inventory software | Inventory management software | |||
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Scadex timecard20 | Project management software | |||
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Statistical process control software | Industrial control software | |||
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Wonderware DT Analyst Plant Productivity Improvement Software | Industrial control software | |||
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WorkSchedule software | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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interBiz BizWorks | Office suite software | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Forklifts | Forklifts | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Personal digital assistants PDA | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Scanners | Scanners | |||
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Squares | Squares | |||
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Tablet computers | Tablet computers | |||
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Tape measures | Tape measures | |||
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Taper gauges | Gauges or inspection fixtures | |||
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Vernier calipers | Calipers | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Area Plant Manager | |||
Area Production Manager | |||
Branch Manager | |||
Brewing Director | |||
Bulk Plant Manager | |||
Car Construction Superintendent | |||
Concrete Mixing Plant Superintendent | |||
Correctional Facility Industries Superintendent | |||
Demand Planner | |||
Dental Laboratory Manager | |||
Director of Manufacturing | |||
Factory Manager | |||
Factory Superintendent | |||
Flowpath Manager | |||
Food Processing Plant Manager | |||
General Manager | |||
General Milling Superintendent | |||
General Production Manager | |||
General Supervisor | |||
Industrial Production Manager | |||
Maintenance Planner | |||
Manager | |||
Manufacturer | |||
Manufacturing Coordinator | |||
Manufacturing Director | |||
Manufacturing Manager | |||
Manufacturing Planner | |||
Materials Coordinator | |||
Materials Planner | |||
Operations Manager | |||
Plant Chief | |||
Plant General Manager | |||
Plant Manager | |||
Plant Operator | |||
Plant Superintendent | |||
Production Control Manager | |||
Production Control Supervisor | |||
Production Coordinator | |||
Production Foreman | |||
Production Manager | |||
Production Superintendent | |||
Production Superviser | |||
Production Supervisor | |||
Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager) | |||
Quality Control Manager | |||
Quality Controller | |||
Sawmill Manager | |||
Sub Plant Manager | |||
Subplant Manager | |||
Superintendent | |||
Supervisor | |||
Supervisor, Production, Managing | |||
Wine Maker | |||
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