# Market evidence report — department-manager

Source: **31 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 31), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 23 | 74 % |
| lead | 5 | 16 % |
| senior | 2 | 6 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 13 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inventory management | 14 | 45 % |
| 2 | customer service | 7 | 23 % |
| 3 | budget management | 5 | 16 % |
| 4 | merchandising | 5 | 16 % |
| 5 | sales promotion | 5 | 16 % |
| 6 | scheduling | 5 | 16 % |
| 7 | shift leadership | 5 | 16 % |
| 8 | associate management | 4 | 13 % |
| 9 | customer experience | 4 | 13 % |
| 10 | delegation | 4 | 13 % |
| 11 | sales leadership | 4 | 13 % |
| 12 | team leadership | 4 | 13 % |
| 13 | training delivery | 4 | 13 % |
| 14 | financial analysis | 3 | 10 % |
| 15 | food safety | 3 | 10 % |
| 16 | food safety management | 3 | 10 % |
| 17 | goal setting | 3 | 10 % |
| 18 | problem solving | 3 | 10 % |
| 19 | staff training | 3 | 10 % |
| 20 | training | 3 | 10 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 5 | 16 % |
| 2 | coaching associates | 4 | 13 % |
| 3 | customer experience delivery | 4 | 13 % |
| 4 | driving sales | 4 | 13 % |
| 5 | ensuring customer experience | 4 | 13 % |
| 6 | managing associates | 4 | 13 % |
| 7 | overseeing merchandising | 4 | 13 % |
| 8 | staff training | 4 | 13 % |
| 9 | customer service delivery | 3 | 10 % |
| 10 | food quality control | 3 | 10 % |
| 11 | quality control | 3 | 10 % |
| 12 | shift leadership | 3 | 10 % |
| 13 | team management | 3 | 10 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 31 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

31 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- inventory management — 45 % (14 ads)
- customer service — 23 % (7 ads)
- budget management — 16 % (5 ads)
- merchandising — 16 % (5 ads)
- sales promotion — 16 % (5 ads)
- scheduling — 16 % (5 ads)
- shift leadership — 16 % (5 ads)
- associate management — 13 % (4 ads)
- customer experience — 13 % (4 ads)
- delegation — 13 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Office — 13 % (4 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 74 % · lead 16 % · senior 6 % · n/a 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Department Manager | 11 |
| 202-Elizabeth-Department Manager | 1 |
| Anthropologie Department Manager - Service & Styling | 1 |
| Cyber-Physical Systems New Professional Department Manager | 1 |
| Department Manager - DC (Second Shift) | 1 |
| Department Manager - Irrigation | 1 |
| Director, Digital Standards Business Unit and Engagement | 1 |
| District Manager/Multi-Unit Manager | 1 |
| E-Commerce Associate Team Leader (In-Store Shopper Assistant Department Manager) | 1 |
| Fish Department Manager (up to $30 + sign in BONUS) | 1 |
| Future Opening: Division Manager - Commercial/Public | 1 |
| General Manager, FDO (DC/VA) | 1 |
| Grocery Department Manager | 1 |
| Grocery Department Manager - Lead, Grow, Serve Customers | 1 |
| Produce Department Manager | 1 |
| Restaurant Department Manager: Fast-Paced Leadership | 1 |
| Restaurant Department Manager: Lead Teams & Service | 1 |
| Strategic Business Unit Manager | 1 |
| Technical Business Unit Manager | 1 |
| Unit Manager, Wealth Management & Trust | 1 |
| Wood Department Manager | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.