Senior production manager vs factory manager

The differences between senior production managers and factory managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a senior production manager and a factory manager. Additionally, a senior production manager has an average salary of $128,721, which is higher than the $94,025 average annual salary of a factory manager.

The top three skills for a senior production manager include project management, continuous improvement and lean manufacturing. The most important skills for a factory manager are continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and ISO.

Senior production manager vs factory manager overview

	Senior Production Manager	Factory Manager
Yearly salary	$128,721	$94,025
Hourly rate	$61.89	$45.20
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	55,902	9,900
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	2	2

Senior production manager vs factory manager salary

Senior production managers and factory managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Production Manager	Factory Manager
Average salary	$128,721	$94,025
Salary range	Between $91,000 And $181,000	Between $67,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Stamford, CT
Highest paying state	Alaska	Alaska
Best paying company	The Walt Disney Company	Amazon
Best paying industry	Technology	Manufacturing

Differences between senior production manager and factory manager education

There are a few differences between a senior production manager and a factory manager in terms of educational background:

	Senior Production Manager	Factory Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Senior production manager vs factory manager demographics

Here are the differences between senior production managers' and factory managers' demographics:

	Senior Production Manager	Factory Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 65.5% Female, 34.5%	Male, 87.5% Female, 12.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 9.1% White, 69.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 13.2% Asian, 9.2% White, 69.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior production manager and factory manager duties and responsibilities

Senior production manager example responsibilities.

Train all plant departments in following them in the IBM AS400 system achieving a significant reduction in transaction errors.
Manage and direct production QA and QC managers to ensure top quality product ships on time and with proper packaging.
Organize and manage daily activities of design studio; including financials, operational expenses, creating BOM charts and product costing.
Manage product booking to multiple overseas business partners seasonally.
Manage all booking and costing negotiations including seasonal costing and forecasting.
Coordinate logistics, and manage entire shipping department including warehouse and employees.

Factory manager example responsibilities.

Lead the process change to use MRP for planning all in house manufacture production products.
Manage engineering and maintenance technicians in order to improve equipment reliability and improve OEE.
Design a visual kanban for the factory floor and develop an electronic system using MRP technology to replenish parts.
Develop and maintain set-up sheets / device history records for all customer jobs to ensure SMT tractability.
Reduce work-in-process inventory from 2 weeks to 2 days by improving processes and setting up a KANBAN system.
Direct all operations for manufacturing, warehousing supply chain and logistics.

Senior production manager vs factory manager skills

Common senior production manager skills

Project Management, 8%
Continuous Improvement, 7%
Lean Manufacturing, 6%
SR, 4%
Production Schedules, 4%
Sigma, 4%

Common factory manager skills

Continuous Improvement, 14%
Lean Manufacturing, 9%
ISO, 6%
Sigma, 6%
On-Time Delivery, 5%
Employee Engagement, 5%

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