● Liaise with other managers to formulate objectives and understand requirements
● Estimate costs and prepare budgets
● Organize workflow to meet specifications and deadlines
● Monitor production to resolve issues
● Supervise and evaluate performance of production personnel (quality inspectors, workers etc.)
● Determine amount of necessary resources (workforce, raw materials etc.)
● Approve maintenance work, purchasing of equipment etc.
● Ensure output meets quality standards
● Enforce health and safety precautions
● Report to upper management