Profession

Production Manager

Coordinator of efficient industrial production

Fields of activity | Production Manager

As a production manager, you’ll plan, control, and monitor work processes in industrial production. Your tasks include ensuring the timely supply of suitable materials and continuously improving workflows and individual production steps, always considering both efficiency and quality standards.

Beyond that, your responsibilities as a production manager involve defining clear production targets and developing the necessary strategies in close collaboration with company management. You’ll coordinate production teams and work closely with other departments, including marketing, sales, logistics, procurement, and quality management.


Personal requirements | Production Manager

  • Interest in interdisciplinary work
  • Solution-oriented and analytical thinking
  • Organizational talent
  • Flexibility
  • Leadership and assertiveness

Path to the profession | Production Manager

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Potential jobs | Production Manager

As a production manager, your skills will be in high demand across all production companies, regardless of industry or size. This includes sectors such as the food and pharmaceutical industries, energy and environmental technology, as well as plastics and metal manufacturing. You’ll primarily work in production facilities, meeting rooms, and offices, where you’ll monitor processes, oversee planning, and coordinate employees.