# Market evidence report — industrial-production-manager

Source: **29 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 25, gb 4), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-14.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 23 | 79 % |
| lead | 4 | 14 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
| senior | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ERP systems | 6 | 21 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 4 | 14 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 14 % |
| 4 | SAP | 3 | 10 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 8 | 28 % |
| 2 | process improvement | 8 | 28 % |
| 3 | continuous improvement | 7 | 24 % |
| 4 | production planning | 7 | 24 % |
| 5 | quality control | 6 | 21 % |
| 6 | manufacturing operations | 5 | 17 % |
| 7 | performance management | 4 | 14 % |
| 8 | problem-solving | 4 | 14 % |
| 9 | root cause analysis | 4 | 14 % |
| 10 | team leadership | 4 | 14 % |
| 11 | lean manufacturing | 3 | 10 % |
| 12 | production management | 3 | 10 % |
| 13 | production scheduling | 3 | 10 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean manufacturing | 15 | 52 % |
| 2 | continuous improvement | 9 | 31 % |
| 3 | six sigma | 6 | 21 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 9 | 31 % |
| 2 | employee training | 5 | 17 % |
| 3 | safety compliance | 5 | 17 % |
| 4 | team development | 5 | 17 % |
| 5 | cross-functional collaboration | 3 | 10 % |
| 6 | performance monitoring | 3 | 10 % |
| 7 | production scheduling | 3 | 10 % |
| 8 | record maintenance | 3 | 10 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 29 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 25 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Production Supervisor | 2 |
| 2nd Shift Production Supervisor Level II- CBG | 1 |
| Automotive Manufacturing Production Manager | 1 |
| Glass Production Manager | 1 |
| Manufacturing and AMHS Managers | 1 |
| Manufacturing Manager | 1 |
| Manufacturing Manager - Industrial - Rochester, NH | 1 |
| Manufacturing Manager II (2nd Shift), Robotics Manufacturing & Technical Operations | 1 |
| Manufacturing Supervisor - MD | 1 |
| Manufacturing Supervisor, Rotation Leader | 1 |
| Operations Manager, Life Sciencees | 1 |
| Plant Manager-Manufacturing Company | 1 |
| Production Manager - Food & Packaging Industry | 1 |
| Production Manager - Industrial Manufacturing | 1 |
| Production Manager - NPI Manufacturing | 1 |
| Production Manager – Steel Pipe & Coating Operations | 1 |
| Production Manager / Lean Manufacturing Manager | 1 |
| Production Manager AK | 1 |
| Production Manager I - RF Rate Manufacturing | 1 |
| Production Supervisor - 2nd shift | 1 |
| Production Supervisor - Food Manufacturing | 1 |
| Production Supervisor - Medical Device Manufacturing (7th Shift) | 1 |
| Production Supervisors (all shifts) | 1 |
| Production, Cell Area Manager, Ford Energy | 1 |
| Sr. Operations 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.