Production manager

Посада / роль

Leads production in a plant or area and is responsible for output, quality, schedule adherence, cost and the people on the shop floor. Corresponds to the German Produktionsleiter.

Description

A production manager runs the production of a plant or of one area of it. The role is responsible for output, quality, schedule adherence, cost and safety, and for the supervisors, team leaders and operators who do the work. It works closely with planning, maintenance, quality and logistics.

On a normal day the production manager checks the plan against what the lines delivered, deals with disruptions such as missing material or machine stops, and decides how to use people and machines. In lean plants the role also owns the daily routines at the shop floor boards and supports improvement work such as setup time reduction and 5S. In Germany the role is called Produktionsleiter.

Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-11