(こうじょうちょう)

こうじょうちょう
noun
factory manager; plant director
businessoccupation
1. factory manager; plant director
The person in charge of managing and overseeing the operations of a factory or manufacturing plant.
工場長(こうじょうちょう)報告(ほうこく)した
I reported to the factory manager.
(あたら)しい工場長(こうじょうちょう)着任(ちゃくにん)した
The new factory manager took up the position.
The factory manager puts particular emphasis on safety management.

A compound of 工場(こうじょう) (factory) and (ちょう) (chief, head). The (ちょう) suffix is a productive pattern for titles: 社長(しゃちょう) (company president), 部長(ぶちょう) (department head), 課長(かちょう) (section chief).

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