Occupation Atlasoperations manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c6bd511a-d966-4df9-a48e-4f800354f268
operations manager
Operations managers plan, oversee and coordinate the daily operations of production of goods and provision of services. They also formulate and implement company policies and plan the use of human resources and materials.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising7.00
- C Conventional5.34
- S Social3.38
- I Investigative2.37
- R Realistic2.20
- A Artistic1.29
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from General and Operations Managers (11-1021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply change management
- build business relationships
- corporate social responsibility
- develop staff
- energy conservation
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
- establish daily priorities
- evaluate employees
- follow company standards
- liaise with managers
- make strategic business decisions
- manage budgets
- manage logistics
- manage profitability
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- operations management
- perform project management
- project management
- quality standards
- strive for company growth
- supervise daily information operations
- supply chain management
Optional (67)
- accounting
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on efficiency improvements
- advise on utility consumption
- align efforts towards business development
- assess financial viability
- assess supplier risks
- budget for financial needs
- contract law
- control financial resources
- control of expenses
- create a financial report
- create project specifications
- create solutions to problems
- database quality standards
- develop business case
- develop revenue generation strategies
- employment law
- estimate duration of work
- estimate profitability
- evaluate project plans
- facilities management in the organisation
- handle customer complaints
- impart business plans to collaborators
- implement corporate governance
- information confidentiality
- insourcing strategy
- internal risk management policy
- interpret financial statements
- liaise with government officials
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with customers
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- make data-driven decisions
- make investment decisions
- manage facilities services
- manage maintenance operations
- manage major incidents
- manage project information
- manage project metrics
- manage several projects
- manage standard enterprise resource planning system
- manufacturing processes
- meet deadlines
- negotiate terms with suppliers
- negotiate with stakeholders
- organisational resilience
- outsourcing strategy
- oversee quality control
- oversee the facilities services budget
- perform procurement processes
- perform quality audits
- perform resource planning
- perform risk analysis
- plan buildings maintenance work
- promote facilities management services
- promote innovative infrastructure design
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- quality assurance methodologies
- recruit employees
- security regulations
- set quality assurance objectives
- shape organisational teams based on competencies
- supervise work
- support managers
- train employees
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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