Factory managers oversee various aspects of manufacturing, such as inventory, shipping, quality control, and employee supervision. They are responsible for day-to-day operations, ensuring products meet customer expectations, and maintaining positive employee morale. They may also be accountable for safety, hiring/firing, and meeting certification standards.
Factory manager jobs vary in their scope of responsibility from receiving products to shipping manufactured products to customers. A plant manager operates in a supervisory capacity, overseeing a group of employees or overseeing a specific aspect of manufacturing. Factory manager jobs can specialize in a variety of functions, such as inventory, shipping and receiving, quality control, or employee supervision.
The word “plant” in plant manager refers to a factory where products are produced. In an office environment, managers are referred to by different titles. In the manufacturing sector, factory manager jobs can also be called operations or facilities manager. The smaller the factory, the more hats the factory manager must wear and the greater the scope of responsibility.
Most importantly, a factory manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the warehouse, overseeing employees in the manufacturing process and warehouse workers. In addition, a factory manager ensures that all aspects of the product are made to the customer’s expectations. The by-product of a good plant manager is positive employee morale and a high-quality, efficiently manufactured product to sell.
One aspect of factory manager jobs is inventory management. There needs to be a system in place to count inventory as stock is depleted so that orders can be placed for new merchandise. A late shipment can sustain an entire manufacturing line. In addition, inventory must be rotated to ensure that goods are used in the order in which they arrived at the facility.
Another aspect of factory manager jobs is shipping and receiving. When goods arrive at the warehouse, the plant manager can register inventory, coordinate truck deliveries, sign receipts, and even unload trailers. The shipping aspect can be much more confusing. Manufactured goods can be shipped via boxes and common carriers or palletized and shipped via trucks or containers.
Plant managers may also be accountable to employees, either through direct supervision or under the supervision of assistant managers. The main responsibility is to keep workers safe while working, as there are often machines or equipment on the shop floor that are capable of seriously injuring operators or bystanders. Another duty can be hiring or firing workers, which entails its own list of responsibilities, particularly following local and federal laws applicable to each.
Some warehouses need to meet certification standards set by various quality control management agencies, and that responsibility would fall to a plant manager. In the US, one of the most common is the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and one of the most common certification standards is ISO 9000. Eligibility for ISO 9000 certification includes exceptional record keeping, ways to measure production quality, the ability to take corrective actions and complete procedures for all aspects of production.
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