Career Options in Production and Operations Management
While the centre point of production and operations is the optimization of efficiency of all production people, systems and processes it is expected that the right policy, strategy and decisions are in place to drive the right results, necessary change and timely necessary change and timely outcomes. Production and operations managers are people who manage people, systems and processes while implementing appropriate policy, strategy and decision to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The job of production and operations managers include acquisition and utilization (and transformation) of resources such as materials, finance, facilities and machinery information and data, technology manpower and time to produce tangible products and/or deliver customer service.
Career Options in Production and Operations Management
While the centre point of production and operations is the optimization of efficiency of all production people, systems and processes it is expected that the right policy, strategy and decisions are in place to drive the right results, necessary change and timely necessary change and timely outcomes. Production and operations managers are people who manage people, systems and processes while implementing appropriate policy, strategy and decision to achieve organizational goals and objectives. The job of production and operations managers include acquisition and utilization (and transformation) of resources such as materials, finance, facilities and machinery information and data, technology manpower and time to produce tangible products and/or deliver customer service.
This “job” relates to different roles and job responsibilities in the areas of:
Operations planning and scheduling
Procurement and purchasing
Quality management
Human Resources Management and Job Design
Facilities and Maintenance
Stores Warehousing and Inventory
Customer Service
Transport and Logistics
Supply Chain management
Factory / Plant Management
General Operations Management
Hence, production and operations management is not just about “transformation” or “convention” of raw materials into finished products but a who gamut of strategic, tactical and day-to-day operations management of an organization. That is why production or manufacturing manager is not the only member of the operations team. When an organization has an operations director or chief operating officer (COO), all production, quality, logistics and supply chain, safety health and environment (SHE), engineering maintenance and project, purchasing operations teams should report to him or her.
Production and operations management is a multidisciplinary area of knowledge involving different career paths. Nigerian Institute of Production Management (NIPM) guides you to tap into different career opportunities such as the post of:
Production Supervisor
Production Manager
Stores/Warehouse Officer/Manager
Material Planner/Inventory Controller
Quality Control/ Quality Assurance Officer or Manager
Logistics Officer/Manager
Transport Officer/Fleet Operations Manager
Procurement/Purchasing Officer/Manager
Materials Manager
Customer Service Officer Executive/Managers
Business Operations Manager
Operations Management Consultant
Manufacturing/Supply Chain Director
Operations Director
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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