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Food production planner

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Food manufacturing planner Food production planner Food production planning expert Food production planning specialist

Food production planners prepare production plans, evaluate all the variables in the process and strive to ensure that production objectives be achieved.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Co-ordinating and supervising the activities of process control technicians, machine operators, assemblers and other manufacturing labourers;
(b) Organizing and planning the daily work with regard to plans, economy, staff and environment;
(c) Preparing cost estimates, records and reports;
(d) Identifying shortage of staff or components;
(e) Ensuring safety of workers;
(f) Instructing and training new staff.

Knowledge

  • Database and network design and administration
  • Food processing
  • Work skills
  • Statistics
  • Occupational health and safety

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Developing operational policies and procedures
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Conducting academic or market research
  • Allocating and controlling physical resources

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Communicating
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Managers

Production and specialized services managers

Manufacturing, mining, construction and distribution managers

Manufacturing managers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Manufacturing managers

807

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

36,80%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

19,18% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

76,04%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

9,27%

Part-time contracts

1,05% Turnover index

25

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-5%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Production and specialized services managers

65%

35%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Production and specialized services managers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Manufacturing, mining, construction and distribution managers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Manufacturing managers

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
41%
Between 1 and 2 years
9%
Between 2 and 4 years
26%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
11%
Manufacturing
42%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
12%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
10%
Administrative and support service activities
9%
Education
7%
Others
20%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.