BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Works Manager

  • the person in charge of a factory, plant, or area of operations in a manufacturing company. A works manager is usually a general manager, with responsibility not just for the manufacturing operation but also for personnel, finance, marketing, etc.

Additional Resources

Grede names three works managers. (Metalcasting News).(Grede Foundries Inc.)(Brief Article)
Grede Foundries Inc., Milwaukee, has made a series of executive appointments. Tam Trudeau-Ebenhoeh is now vice president of the Vassar, MI, foundry. She joined Grede in 1991 at Vassar foundry, and most recently served as works manager there. Jeff Friday was named vice...
Tags: Grede Foundries Inc.
Research articles 2003-01-01
Grede names three works managers
Anonymous Foundry Management & Technology 01-01-2003 Grede names three works managers Byline: Anonymous Volume: 131 Number: 1 Supplement: 2003 Databook ISSN: 03608999 Publication Date: 01-01-2003 Page: 10 Type: Periodical Language: English Grede Foundries Inc., Milwaukee, has made a series of executive appointments. Tam Trudeau-Ebenhoeh is now vice president...
Tags: Grede Foundries Inc.
Research articles 2003-01-01
A conversation with Bob Wilt: Alcoa's Wenatchee Works plant manager has spent the past two-and-a-half years preparing for a restart.(Alcoa Wenatchee Works)(Interview)
After graduating with a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University, few probably could have predicted that Bob Wilt, 36, currently the plant manager at Alcoa's Wenatchee Works, would have selected manufacturing as his chosen After graduating with a master's degree in business...
Tags: Alcoa Inc.
Research articles 2004-01-01
What Sales Technology Really Works?
What Sales Technology Really Works?RE: What Sales Technology Really Works?1. Customer Relationship Management2. Cellular Telephone3. Electronic Mail4. Web Conferencing5. Instant MessagingTo be a professional in sales, you've got to have a system for staying on top of your prospects, customers, and commitments to both. That's why CRM is #1 (I...
Tags: CRM, e-mail, sales, Sales Technology, Web, Web conferencing, web technology
Discussion threads 2008-01-07
Hanley Wood Appoints New PUBLIC WORKS National Sales Manager
Hanley Wood Magazines Division has appointed Vaughn Rockhold, National Sales Manager of PUBLIC WORKS and THE CONCRETE PRODUCER magazines. PUBLIC WORKS is the only publication that reaches key decision-makers in public works departments at all levels of municipal, county and state government while THE CONCRETE PRODUCER is the leading source...
Tags: Hanley Wood
Research articles 2005-11-18
ALGERIA: BP STARTS SEISMIC WORKS IN 3 BLOCKS.
According to online press (July 17, 2006), BP Algeria General Manager, Akli Brihi, said that BP has started executing seismic works in three oil blocks in Algeria, after winning a tender for ... According to online press (July 17, 2006), BP Algeria General Manager, Akli Brihi,...
Tags: BP Plc, tender
Research articles 2006-07-17
Hosken, Wilt co-chair United Way campaign. (In retrospect: news that happened between issues of The Wenatchee Business Journal).(Brief Article)
The United Way of Chelan & Douglas Counties has selected Chelan County PUD Manager Charlie Hosken and Alcoa's Wenatchee Works Manager Bob Wilt to co-chair its 2002-2003 fund-raising campaign. The United Way of Chelan & Douglas Counties has selected Chelan County PUD Manager Charlie...
Tags: United Way
Research articles 2002-08-01
Bob Schwartz: Potbelly's district manager is on the fast track, works with 'the people' to employ corporate standards
Today is not a typical day in the life of Bob Schwartz. It's not quite 9 a.m. on a Thursday morning, and the word is out: He has been promoted. Schwartz, one of six Chicago district managers for Chicago-based Potbelly Sandwich Works, now will take the position of regional...
Tags: Potbelly Sandwich Works
Research articles 2004-09-13
EDWIN LO WORKS FOR CA
AsiaInfo Services 03-15-2007 Edwin Lo Works for CA BEIJING, Mar 15, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Mr. Edwin Lo became general manager of Computer Associates Inc.(NYSE: CA) for the Greater China Region, and will directly report to Gavin Selkirk, AsiaInfo...
Tags: Computer Associates International Inc.
Research articles 2007-03-15
Convert your data to dollars. (Technology Update).(Net Perceptions' Intelligence Manager)(Brief Article)
EDINA, MINN. -- Net Perceptions' Intelligence Manager works within customer service computers behind the scenes, finding cross-selling and up-selling opportunities automatically. As a service representative speaks with a customer, checking stock an EDINA, MINN. -- Net Perceptions' Intelligence Manager works within customer service...
Tags: customer service
Research articles 2003-03-01
Miller Appointed Vice President / General Manager Brillion Iron Works
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Accuride Corporation (NYSE:ACW) recently announced that it has appointed Mike Miller to Vice President / General Manager of Brillion Iron Works. Brillion, a subsidiary of Accuride Corporation, operates one of the largest and most versatile iron foundries in the United States. Since late 2004, Miller has...
Tags: Accuride Corp., Brillion Iron Works Inc.
Research articles 2005-09-19
Plans in works to find new city manager.(Neighbor)
Byline: Cass Cliatt Rolling Meadows City Manager William P. Barlow will soon be gone and still no talk of a permanent replacement. But not to fear. The city council plans to interview three executive search firms early next month to help the...
Tags: Meijer Inc.
Research articles 2000-11-22
Worst Sales Manager Contest
Worst Sales Manager ContestA suggestion...I should think that the pedagogical value of these horror stories is rather obvious: "Don't do these things if you want to be an effective sales manager."-- GeoffreyYou win!This was the worst. Please email me with your snail-mail address so that I can send you...
Tags: flaw, sales
Discussion threads 2007-05-03
Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!
Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!RE: Help! I'm Smarter than My Sales Manager!Thinking from the point of view of your boss is extremely important. Remember, they are on the lne and very visible, espescially in sales and also very vulnerable to job loss.A new boss immediately looks for who...
Tags: Sales strategy, Team management, Recruitment & Selection, Help!, team, job, new boss, sales
Discussion threads 2008-08-04
Wiley InterScience launches five new major reference works; New works to become part of Wiley InterScience's extensive, integrated database.
M2 PRESSWIRE-18 January 2002-WILEY INTERSCIENCE: Wiley InterScience launches five new major reference works; New works to become part of Wiley InterScience's extensive, integrated database C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18012002 New York, NY -- This week Gregory St. John, Vice President...
Tags: biology, Databases, FINANCE, HARDWARE, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Molecular Inc., SOFTWARE, Storage, Wiley
Research articles 2002-01-18
How to Sell Manager-To-Manager
At the highest level, B2B sales is really M2M sales. If you want to build a strong customer relationship that's mutually profitable, you must be capable of managing some function of your customer's business better than the customer could do it alone. And that means you've got...
Tags: Team management, Strategy, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2007-10-25
Tulsa Public Works Employees Indicted for Graft
The U.S. Government indicted two former employees of the City of Tulsa's Pubic Works Department. Larry Wayne Baker, 52, formerly the Design Engineering Manager, and Albert S. Martinez, 47, formerly the Field Engineering Manager, for the City were charged separately for taking bribes to influence awards and also to...
Tags: Bribe, Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Vertical Industries, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-01-24
Cranston names four v-ps at Schwartz-Leibman. (Cranston Print Works Co.)
Cranston Names Four V-Ps at Schwartz-Leibman NEW YORK--Cranston Print Works Co. has named four vice-presidents at its Schwartz-Leibman division, all new positions. Leonard Rubenstein and Melvin Peller have both been promoted to sales vice-presidents. Rubenstein had...
Tags: Cranston Print Works Co.
Research articles 1988-07-26
ATTENBERG JOINS CRANSTON PRINT WORKS.(Steve Attenberg)(Brief Article)
CRANSTON, RI -- Steve Attenberg has joined Cranston Consumer Products CCP, a division of Cranston Print Works, as sales manager, new products. He is responsible for directing the sales efforts relating to CCP new products in new market channels and reports...
Tags: Cranston Print Works Co.
Research articles 2001-02-05
Obituaries.
Robert S. Aikenhead, 86, Lake Forest, Calif., died 29 December 1999. He attended Fenn College. During his long career, he was general manager, United Tool and Die Co., Salem, Ohio; chief engineer, Haskell Manufacturing Co., Verona, Pa.; works manager, Woodings Verona Tool Works, Oakmont, Pa.; and...
Tags: ASM International N.V.
Research articles 2000-06-01