Where a operations manager can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a operations manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Operations managers plan, oversee and coordinate the daily operations of production of goods and provision of services. They also formulate and implement company policies and plan the use of human resources and materials.
Managers 91 skills on file 12 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: programme manager, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
- resource manager 47% covered · difficulty 57.7
- security manager 47% covered · difficulty 60
- manufacturing facility manager 45% covered · difficulty 55.4
- water treatment plant manager 41% covered · difficulty 62.6
- sewerage systems manager 41% covered · difficulty 62.2
- laundry and dry cleaning manager 40% covered · difficulty 65.4
- energy manager 40% covered · difficulty 71.2
- ICT project manager 39% covered · difficulty 69.9
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operations manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a operations manager already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.