Description:

A production manager is a professional who oversees the production process and coordinates all activities to ensure enough resources on hand. They can plan workers' schedules, estimate costs and prepare budgets to ensure workflow meets required deadlines.

Some of the common duties and responsibilities of a production manager are:

- Liaising with other managers to formulate objectives and understand requirements
- Estimating costs and preparing budgets
- Organizing workflow to meet specifications and deadlines
- Monitoring production to resolve issues
- Supervising and evaluating performance of production personnel
- Determining amount of necessary resources (workforce, raw materials etc.)
- Approving maintenance work, purchasing of equipment etc.
- Ensuring output meets quality standards
- Enforcing health and safety precautions
- Reporting to upper management