# Market evidence report — manufacturing-facility-manager

Source: **28 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 28), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-15.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 22 | 79 % |
| lead | 6 | 21 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAP | 4 | 14 % |
| 2 | ERP systems | 3 | 11 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 11 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 11 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 8 | 29 % |
| 2 | performance management | 8 | 29 % |
| 3 | process improvement | 8 | 29 % |
| 4 | budget management | 7 | 25 % |
| 5 | production planning | 6 | 21 % |
| 6 | quality control | 6 | 21 % |
| 7 | continuous improvement | 4 | 14 % |
| 8 | inventory management | 4 | 14 % |
| 9 | project management | 4 | 14 % |
| 10 | regulatory compliance | 4 | 14 % |
| 11 | budgeting | 3 | 11 % |
| 12 | manufacturing operations leadership | 3 | 11 % |
| 13 | preventative maintenance | 3 | 11 % |
| 14 | problem solving | 3 | 11 % |
| 15 | problem-solving | 3 | 11 % |
| 16 | process optimization | 3 | 11 % |
| 17 | resource allocation | 3 | 11 % |
| 18 | root cause analysis | 3 | 11 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean manufacturing | 15 | 54 % |
| 2 | continuous improvement | 9 | 32 % |
| 3 | 5S methodology | 5 | 18 % |
| 4 | six sigma | 4 | 14 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 9 | 32 % |
| 2 | quality control | 4 | 14 % |
| 3 | safety compliance | 4 | 14 % |
| 4 | cost reduction | 3 | 11 % |
| 5 | production scheduling | 3 | 11 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 28 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** — 28 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### 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 |
|---|---|
| Plant Manager | 4 |
| Manufacturing Production Manager | 3 |
| Manufacturing Plant Manager | 2 |
| Production Manager | 2 |
| Director of Operations & Manufacturing Site Leader | 1 |
| Director of Production Operations | 1 |
| Facility Manager | 1 |
| High-Tech PCB Fabrication Facility Manager | 1 |
| Manufacturing Manager | 1 |
| Manufacturing Operations Manager | 1 |
| Manufacturing Plant Manager | Manassas, VA | 1 |
| Manufacturing Site Manager | 1 |
| Plant Manager / Superintendent - Steel Manufacturing | 1 |
| Plant Operations Manager-York,Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Production Manager - Custom Fabrication / Manufacturing | 1 |
| Production Manager (Hanover (Plant), PA, US) | 1 |
| Production Manager- Industrial Manufacturing- Churchville, PA | 1 |
| Senior Facilities Manager | 1 |
| Senior Production Manager | 1 |
| Senior Production Manager - Lean Manufacturing & DoD | 1 |
| Wood Production Maintenance Manager - Fast Job Offers! (POV) | 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.