Assistent/Assistentin der Produktionsleitung

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Assistants to production management typically work in offices, meeting rooms, and production halls. They may also work from home or remotely if necessary.

Core competencies fundamentally required for this profession include work preparation, planning the deployment of operational equipment, production and order control, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), production, production planning, and quality management. Further competencies that may be significant for practicing this profession include occupational safety and accident prevention, order acceptance and processing, business administration, office and administrative tasks, calculation, cost and performance accounting, warehouse management, material management, personnel planning, production logistics, project assistance, and REFA. Knowledge of business administration, finance, and controlling software is also a relevant skill.

Assistants to production management usually work at their computers in their offices. Here, they plan, control, and optimize production processes using relevant software (e.g., ERP), plan rationalization measures, and calculate investments. In the production hall, they instruct employees on production lines, for example. They coordinate their activities with production management and largely carry them out independently. They organize production processes with great care and collaborate with both their superiors and specialists from production and other operational areas. To satisfactorily fulfill their control tasks, assistants to production management must be well-organized. In internationally active companies, they utilize their English language skills.

An exemplary collective bargaining gross basic remuneration (monthly) ranges from 4,407 € to 4,902 €. This information is sourced from the collective bargaining collection of the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Familie, Arbeit und Soziales. These figures are for orientation only and no claims can be derived from them.

They can work in industries such as chemistry, pharmaceuticals, plastics; electrical engineering, electronics; vehicle manufacturing and maintenance; glass, ceramics, raw material processing; wood, furniture; IT, software, telecommunications; metal, mechanical engineering, precision mechanics, optics; food and beverage production; raw material extraction and processing; and textiles, clothing, leather.

Employers often expect an Ausbildung (vocational training) or Weiterbildung (further training) in a commercial or technical field, preferably in the respective industry, along with relevant professional experience or in-depth knowledge in work preparation and production control.

Assistant production managers can find employment in companies across almost all economic sectors.

Job title: Assistant Production Manager. Job title in English: Assistant Production Manager (m/f). Job title in French: Assistant Responsable Production (m/f).

Assistant production managers support the production management in planning, organizing, and controlling manufacturing processes.

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Bundesverband Produktion Film und Fernsehen e.V. (BVP), Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB), Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (IPA)

Assistants to Production Management typically work at computers in office environments (e.g., planning, managing, and optimizing production processes). They also work in workshops, manufacturing, and production halls (e.g., checking maintenance and expansion work directly on production facilities). They bear responsibility for people (e.g., instructing employees) and material assets (e.g., for the optimal use of labor, machinery, and other production means, for production quantities, and delivery dates). Their tasks and work situations frequently change, alternating between various planning tasks in the office and control tasks in storage and production areas.

They use documents such as work and deployment plans, control and analysis procedures, and quality control evaluations. Office equipment like PCs, internet access, and telephones are essential tools, as are production facilities and machinery (e.g., manufacturing plants and machines).

Assistants to Production Management contribute to the optimal deployment of labor and production resources. In coordination with production management, they coordinate workflows, monitor production deadlines, and control inventory levels, among other tasks. They calculate material and labor requirements, as well as necessary machine operating times, ensuring that required work capacities, raw material quantities, and machinery are available on time. Additionally, they develop control and analysis procedures, conduct quality controls, and evaluate their results. In case of operational disruptions, they ensure troubleshooting. In consultation with production management, they coordinate and inspect the maintenance of operational facilities.

Access professions include Certified Specialist for Industrial Transformation (commercial-technical or commercial), Certified Specialist Technical Salesperson (dual-qualified Ausbildung), Business Administrator (Fachschule) for Production Management/Bachelor Professional in Economics, Certified Industrial Specialist, Hydraulics Specialist, Industrial Clerk, Pneumatics Specialist, Production Technologist, Certified Process Manager (in Electrical Engineering, Microtechnology, Production Technology), Specialist - Industry 4.0, and State-Certified Technician.

Adaptation training helps keep professional knowledge current and adapt it to new developments (e.g., in the areas of production, manufacturing technology, or planning and control).

Further professional and career opportunities arise – depending on prior professional education – through advanced training (e.g., to become a REFA Technician) or an undergraduate Studium (e.g., in the field of production technology). Under certain conditions, it is also possible to study without a general higher education entrance qualification. For more information: Access to higher education in the individual Bundesländer (federal states).

Supports production processes, creates work and deployment plans, utilizes workforce, machinery, and other production resources. Coordinates work flows, manages work capacities, raw material quantities, and machine utilization. Controls inventory levels, ensures compliance with production volumes and delivery dates. Develops and implements improvement measures, monitors work execution. Develops control and analysis procedures, plans, conducts, and evaluates quality checks. Identifies, analyzes, and eliminates operational disruptions, maintains operational facilities and machinery.

The following lists professions or activities that show similarities to the initial profession. These professions represent a possible alternative for applicants. Furthermore, employers can consider individuals from these professions as alternatives for filling a position in the initial profession. Some alternative professions only encompass partial activities of the initial profession; others require an induction period, which can vary in length depending on the individual case. The following direct employment and staffing alternatives are available for the profession of Production Management Assistant: Job and staffing alternatives for the overall activity (usually short induction): Certified Technical Specialist (Male/Female), Business Administrator (Fachschule) for Production Management/Bachelor Professional in Business, Industrial Clerk (Male/Female), Production Technologist (Male/Female). In related professions: Operations Assistant.