Supervisor, production, managing vs production leader

The differences between supervisors, production, managing and production leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a supervisor, production, managing and a production leader. Additionally, a supervisor, production, managing has an average salary of $96,953, which is higher than the $44,563 average annual salary of a production leader.

The top three skills for a supervisor, production, managing include production management, production schedules and logistics. The most important skills for a production leader are customer service, continuous improvement, and safety procedures.

Supervisor, production, managing vs production leader overview

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Leader
Yearly salary	$96,953	$44,563
Hourly rate	$46.61	$21.42
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	73,236	107,578
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Supervisor, production, managing vs production leader salary

Supervisors, production, managing and production leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Leader
Average salary	$96,953	$44,563
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $159,000	Between $31,000 And $63,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between supervisor, production, managing and production leader education

There are a few differences between a supervisor, production, managing and a production leader in terms of educational background:

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Supervisor, production, managing vs production leader demographics

Here are the differences between supervisors, production, managing' and production leaders' demographics:

	Supervisor, Production, Managing	Production Leader
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 72.6% Female, 27.4%	Male, 70.6% Female, 29.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% Asian, 5.6% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% Asian, 5.1% White, 59.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between supervisor, production, managing and production leader duties and responsibilities

Supervisor, production, managing example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day operation and maintenance activities in a high volume, OSHA, PSM cover specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
Job duties include loading/unloading semi-trailers for newspaper publications, and general logistics procedures.
Monitor control plans, troubleshoot workmanship problems and supervise production activities to ensure manufacture products meet or exceed establish quality requirements.
Encourage pride and workmanship in all associates through communication resulting in improve material variance and OEE.
Expedite generation of war-ready aircraft to support American combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Production leader example responsibilities.

Manage PC production line personnel.
Manage the operation of three alkalize systems from a PLC.
Manage employee's schedules, time off requests, vacation and payroll with the KRONOS time management software.
Maintain maximum yields in accordance with company policies and USDA food and safety guidelines.
Maintain the facilities organization, appearance, and cleanliness.
Operate and maintain general manufacturing equipment and perform production in accordance with QSR, ISO and establish written procedures.

Supervisor, production, managing vs production leader skills

Common supervisor, production, managing skills

Production Management, 26%
Production Schedules, 15%
Logistics, 6%
Production Lines, 6%
GMP, 6%
Process Improvement, 3%

Common production leader skills

Customer Service, 11%
Continuous Improvement, 7%
Safety Procedures, 6%
Quality Standards, 5%
Customer Orders, 5%
Production Process, 3%

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