Manufacturing manager resume examples from 2025
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How to write a manufacturing manager resume
Craft a resume summary statement
A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the manufacturing manager role.
Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in manufacturing manager-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.
Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.
Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some manufacturing manager interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
- Include as many relevant hard or technical manufacturing manager skills as possible for each job you apply to.
- Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a manufacturing manager resume:
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Production Schedules
- Production Supervisors
- Sigma
- Project Management
- Safety Program
- Customer Service
- Lean Six Sigma
- On-Time Delivery
- Process Improvement
- Quality Standards
- GMP
- Direct Reports
- Production Operations
- Logistics
- Product Quality
- Customer Satisfaction
- Manufacturing Management
- Human Resources
- R
- FDA
- OSHA
- Cost Reduction
- Kaizen
- Value Stream
- Corrective Action
- CNC
- ERP
- Product Line
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How to structure your work experience
Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.
Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the manufacturing manager.
How to write manufacturing manager experience bullet points
Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:
- Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
- Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
- Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.
Here are examples from great manufacturing manager resumes:
Work history example #1
Production Supervisor
Big Tree Farms
- Coordinated closely with USDA and quality control regarding products awaiting dispositions.
- Created and implemented standard operating procedures for microbial monitoring, scale verification, and equipment sanitation.
- Used computer software such as: WordPad, Access, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Shadowed every supervisor/superintendent in facility for complete understanding of department function and goals.
- Partnered with quality assurance department employees to satisfy customer specifications and USDA requirements.
Work history example #2
Engineering Manager
Dell
- Hired as a Senior Product Engineer and currently working as a Sr.
- Assumed a hands-on role early on and as needed throughout the development of PocketCloud.
- Prepared and executed infrastructure upgrades and migrations.
- Created the year-over-year roadmap for application area which allowed for 12 months in advance planning of hardware and human resources.
- Coached and developed technical team members, project leaders, and future Product Owners and Scrum Masters.
Work history example #3
Material Coordinator
Whitehall
- Analyzed operations and continuously evaluated methods for implementing field material control processes, procedures, and tools for managing project materials.
- Helped develop KanBan stocking program for multiple customers.
- Supported management policies and procedures and also identified and communicated any non-complainant issues to the attention of management.
- Calibrated and adjusted equipment to ensure quality productivity in accordance with good manufacturing practices and standard operating procedures.
- Worked in a Just-In-Time (JIT) environment.
Work history example #4
Manufacturing Associate
Intel
- Monitored SPC charts daily to make informed decisions on tool performance; performed post PM monitors.
- Performed a variety of routine operations supporting wafer fabrication in a specific functional area.
- Created improvement processes by troubleshooting non-standard events in the production line and reviewing technological health and stability.
- Evaluated equipment troubleshoot and/or preventive maintenance improvement.
- Received special recognition for performing associated product QA and equipment inspections and saving critical production time.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Bachelor's Degree in business
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2007 - 2010
Highlight your manufacturing manager certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your manufacturing manager resume:
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Lean Manufacturing
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
- Certified Manufacturing Specialist (CMS)
- Certified Manager Certification (CM)
- Certified Security Supervision & Management (CSS)
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Incident Safety Officer - Fire Suppression Certification (ISO)
- Master Project Manager (MPM)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)