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Production coordinator CV: example and template

This example is for production coordinators at furniture factories, food plants, automotive plants and packaging production, and for planners, process engineers and supervisors who want to coordinate the work of a whole plant.

The production manager wants to know how many orders and lines you cover, how you keep materials and deadlines on track, which departments you work with and what results you achieve. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: production coordinator

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Łukasz Mazurek

Production coordinator

Ostrow Wielkopolski +48 123 456 789 lukasz.mazurek@example.com

Professional profile

Production coordinator with 8 years of experience in manufacturing, the last 5 at an upholstered furniture factory. I coordinate about 900 orders a month across 3 production halls, check material availability and shipping deadlines and connect the work of planning, production and the warehouse. I cut the average order lead time from 12 to 9 working days.

Work experience

Production coordinator

02.2020 - present

Upholstered furniture factory, Ostrow Wielkopolski

  • Coordinating about 900 orders a month across 3 production halls.
  • Checking the availability of fabrics and components before orders are released.
  • Setting the order sequence with shift supervisors and the planning team.
  • Cut the average order lead time from 12 to 9 working days.
  • Plan completion reports in the ERP and updating sales on delivery dates.

Process engineer, planner

06.2017 - 01.2020

Packaging plant, Kalisz

  • Process sheets and labour time standards.
  • Production plan for 2 lines.
  • Monitoring material consumption.

Education

Engineer's degree, production engineering

2013 - 2017

Poznan University of Technology

Skills

  • Coordinating production orders
  • Planning the production sequence
  • Checking material availability
  • ERP system
  • Lean manufacturing: 5S and SMED
  • Plan completion reporting

Training

  • ERP system training, 2020
  • Lean manufacturing training, 2021

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Two-shift work

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How to write a production coordinator CV

Professional summary

Write which plant you coordinate production at, how many orders or lines you cover and which departments you work with. Add a result, for example a shorter lead time or fewer delays, because the production manager is looking for someone who keeps the plant running to rhythm. Name your ERP system if you know it.

Production planner with 3 years of experience at a food plant. I build the plan for 4 lines, check raw material availability and report plan completion in the ERP. I am looking for work as a production coordinator.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the number of orders, halls or lines, materials and deadlines. Show your work with supervisors, planning, the warehouse and sales. Add improvements and results in numbers.

Weaker: Coordinating production.

Better: Coordinating about 900 orders a month across 3 production halls.

Weaker: Materials.

Better: Checking the availability of fabrics and components before orders are released.

Weaker: Deadlines.

Better: Cut the average order lead time from 12 to 9 working days.

Skills worth listing

List order coordination, planning, materials, the ERP system and lean methods. In your soft skills show organisation, communication with people on the shop floor and quick decisions when breakdowns happen.

Professional skills

  • Production orders
  • Sequence planning
  • Materials
  • ERP
  • Lean
  • Reports

Personal skills

  • Organisation
  • Communication
  • Quick decisions
  • Resilience to stress
  • Accuracy

Training

List lean manufacturing, production planning and ERP training. For method training, for example 5S or SMED, add an example of putting it into practice at the plant.

Production coordinator CV with no experience

Describe placements at a plant, work in production or a warehouse and technical studies. Show that you understand an order's path from purchase order to shipping.

Start as a planner, process engineer or production assistant. It is the typical route into a coordinator role.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A furniture factory looks for coordinating many short orders, a food plant for work with use-by dates and hygiene, and automotive production for working to on-time delivery schedules. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

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Questions and answers

What should a production coordinator put on a CV?

The plant, the scale of orders and lines, materials, deadlines, the ERP system, lean methods, results and training.

How does a production coordinator differ from a supervisor?

A supervisor leads people on a shift, while a coordinator connects the plan, materials and deadlines for the whole plant or hall.

Are technical studies needed?

Not always, but a technical or engineering background helps.

Which results should go on the CV?

Order lead time, the share of orders on time, downtime and plan completion.

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