"chief operating officer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chief operating officers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chief operating officer (plural chief operating officers)
  1. (business) A corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule; often initialised as COO. Wikipedia link: chief operating officer Categories (topical): Business, Occupations, People Translations (a corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO): 營運長 (Chinese Mandarin), 营运长 (yíngyùnzhǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), operationeel directeur [masculine] (Dutch), COO [masculine] (Dutch), operatiivinen johtaja (Finnish), directeur de l’exploitation [masculine] (French), príomhoifigeach oibriúcháin [masculine] (Irish), 最高執行責任者 (saikō shikkō sekinin-sha) (Japanese), гла́вен операти́вен дире́ктор (gláven operatíven diréktor) [masculine] (Macedonian), операти́вен дире́ктор (operatíven diréktor) [masculine] (Macedonian), dyrektor operacyjny [masculine] (Polish), директор по производству (direktor po proizvodstvu) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chief_operating_officer-en-noun-MkJRoJ-h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business

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