Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Any supervisor should excel at:

• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment.
• Detecting or assessing problems whether real or potential.
• Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

• Reviewing statistical studies, technological advances, or regulatory standards and trends to stay abreast of issues in the field of quality controlling.
• Generating and maintaining quality controlling operating budgets.
• Coordinating the selection and implementation of quality controlling equipment, such as inspection gauges.
• Collecting and analyzing production samples for evaluating quality.
• Auditing and inspecting subcontractor facilities including external laboratories.
• Verifying that the raw materials, purchased parts or components, in processed samples, and finished products meet the established testing and inspection standards.
• Reviewing quality documentation necessary for regulatory submissions and inspections.
• Reviewing and updating standard operating procedures or quality assurance manuals.
• Producing reports regarding nonconformance of products or processes, daily production quality, root cause analyses, or quality trends.
• Participating in the development of product specifications.