Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a food production manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a food production manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Food production managers oversee and monitor production and have overall responsibility for staffing and related issues. Hence, they have a detailed knowledge of the manufacturing products and their production processes. On the one hand, they control process parameters and their influence on the product and on the other hand, they ensure that staffing and recruitment levels are adequate.

Also known as food production team leader, food production supervisor, production manager food and beverages.

Managers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: food production planner, 54%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
food production planner 54% covered food production engineer 41% covered food safety inspector 31% covered green coffee coordinator 31% covered animal feed supervisor 31% covered food production manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from food production manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a food production manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A food production manager needs 31 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • set production KPI management skills
  • supervise employees in food production plants management skills
  • manage resources in food manufacturing management skills
  • plan food plant production activities management skills
  • implement short term objectives communication, collaboration and creativity
  • ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing management skills
  • keep up with innovations in food manufacturing information skills
  • interpret data in food manufacturing information skills
  • manage corrective actions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • train staff to reduce food waste communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a food production manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Food production manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a food production manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.