From food production planner to food production manager
15 of the 31 essential skills of a food production manager are already essential for a food production planner — about 48% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from food production planner in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 48%
- of the target job covered
- 31
- essential skills of a food production manager
What a food production manager does
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.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- analyse production processes for improvement
- apply control process statistical methods
- apply GMP
- apply HACCP
- apply requirements concerning manufacturing of food and beverages
- communicate production plan
- control of expenses
- design indicators for food waste reduction
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- ensure cost efficiency in food manufacturing
- food legislation
- food waste monitoring systems
- implement short term objectives
- keep up with innovations in food manufacturing
- quality assurance methodologies
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a food production manager and not for a food production planner. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- analyse trends in the food and beverage industries
- financial capability
- food and beverage industry
- identify hazards in the workplace
- interpret data in food manufacturing
- maintain relationship with customers
- manage corrective actions
- manage resources in food manufacturing
- oversee production requirements
- plan food plant production activities
- plan shifts of employees
- set production KPI
- set quality assurance objectives
- supervise employees in food production plants
- train staff to reduce food waste
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
← food production plannerfood production manager →The other way round
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