Skills Operations Manager - Trade, Broadcasting And Other Services near Vancouver (BC)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as an operations manager - trade, broadcasting and other services in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services, n.e.c. (NOC 00014).

Tasks

  • Allocate material, human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs
  • Authorize and organize the establishment of major departments and associated senior staff positions
  • Co-ordinate the work of regions, divisions or departments
  • Establish financial and administrative controls; formulate and approve promotional campaigns; and approve overall human resources planning
  • Establish objectives for the organization and formulate or approve policies and programs
  • Represent the organization, or delegate representatives to act on behalf of the organization, in negotiations or other official functions
  • Select middle managers, directors or other executive staff; delegate the necessary authority to them and create optimum working conditions

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication Help - Communication
  • Professional Communicating
  • Liaising and Networking
  • Negotiating and Adjudicating

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Professional Communicating
Preparing and delivering written, oral or visual material for the workplace that presents information.
Liaising and Networking
Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.
Negotiating and Adjudicating
Exchanging ideas while analyzing issues and interests at stake, and enabling opposing sides to resolve disputes and reach agreement.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Analyzing Information
  • Projecting Outcomes

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.
Projecting Outcomes
Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.
Management Help - Management
  • Evaluating
  • Allocating and Controlling Resources
  • Leading and Motivating
  • Strategic Planning

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Evaluating
Directing processes and procedures to ensure they add measurable value.
Allocating and Controlling Resources
Determining the distribution of people, assets, materials or capital to accomplish organizational goals and putting in place financial and administrative controls.
Leading and Motivating
Reinforcing an organization's vision and monitoring compliance.
Strategic Planning
Envisioning a future state and developing strategies, goals, objectives and action plans to achieve it.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation Help - Communications and Transportation
  • Communications and Media

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Communications and Media
Knowledge of production and transmission to inform, persuade and entertain through written, oral and visual media.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Client Service
  • Marketing
  • Business Management

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Client Service
Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
Marketing
Knowledge of principles and practices for determining consumers' wants and needs, assessing and developing business opportunities and advertising products and services.
Business Management
Knowledge related to the planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing of organizations including principles and practices of accounting, the disposition of human and material resources, public relations, evaluation, sales and marketing, and economics.
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