leather production manager
Leather production managers plan all aspects of the leather production process. They ensure the required output of the factory in terms of quality and quantity of the leather. They organise the production staff. They monitor and ensure the operation of machinery and equipment. They cooperate with managers of each production department.
leather production manager leather production managers plan all aspects of the leather production process. They ensure the required output of the factory in terms of quality and quantity of the leather. They organise the production staff. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include health and safety in the workplace, leather technology, leather physical testing, physico-chemical properties of hides and skins, test leather chemistry.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £58,640 a year for Production managers and directors in manufacturing (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £42,885 to £85,000 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 1121). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Managers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only leather production manager, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 1. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Production and Processing
- Administration and Management
- Customer and Personal Service
- Education and Training
- Mathematics
- Personnel and Human Resources
- English Language
- Mechanical
What you'd actually do
- Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- Direct or coordinate production, processing, distribution, or marketing activities of industrial organizations.
- Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
- Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does leather production manager do?
Leather production managers plan all aspects of the leather production process. They ensure the required output of the factory in terms of quality and quantity of the leather. They organise the production staff. They monitor and ensure the operation of machinery and equipment. They cooperate with managers of each production department.
What skills does leather production manager need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include health and safety in the workplace, leather technology, leather physical testing, physico-chemical properties of hides and skins, test leather chemistry, physico-chemical properties of crust leather. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace leather production manager?
Our AI-durability model gives leather production manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.