Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a manufacturing manager can go next

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

Manufacturing managers plan, oversee and direct the manufacturing process in an organisation. They ensure products and services are efficiently produced within the timeframe and budget given.

Also known as industrial production supervisor, manufacturing production manager, manufacturing plant manager, manufacturing director.

Managers 82 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: chemical plant manager, 71%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
chemical plant manager 71% covered metal production manager 62% covered chemical production manager 59% covered sewerage systems manager 59% covered wood factory manager 59% covered manufacturing manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from manufacturing 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 manufacturing manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A manufacturing manager needs 21 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
  • manage production systems management skills
  • lean manufacturing business, administration and law
  • sustainable manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • schedule production management skills
  • optimise production management skills
  • create manufacturing guidelines management skills
  • develop manufacturing policies management skills
  • manage production enterprise management skills
  • coordinate manufacturing production activities management skills
  • plan manufacturing processes management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Manufacturing 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 manufacturing 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.