3.2 KiB
Market evidence report — procurement-department-manager
Source: 21 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 21), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 18 | 86 % |
| senior | 3 | 14 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 6 | 29 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Office | 6 | 29 % |
| 3 | SAP | 5 | 24 % |
| 4 | Ariba | 4 | 19 % |
| 5 | ERP system | 3 | 14 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | procurement | 12 | 57 % |
| 2 | negotiation | 9 | 43 % |
| 3 | contract negotiation | 8 | 38 % |
| 4 | contract management | 6 | 29 % |
| 5 | sourcing | 6 | 29 % |
| 6 | cost analysis | 5 | 24 % |
| 7 | vendor management | 5 | 24 % |
| 8 | supplier improvement | 4 | 19 % |
| 9 | purchasing | 3 | 14 % |
| 10 | risk assessment | 3 | 14 % |
| 11 | risk management | 3 | 14 % |
| 12 | supplier relationship management | 3 | 14 % |
| 13 | supply chain management | 3 | 14 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | competitive bidding | 4 | 19 % |
| 2 | e-auctions | 4 | 19 % |
| 3 | E-procurement | 4 | 19 % |
| 4 | S2P process improvement | 4 | 19 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | policy adherence | 5 | 24 % |
| 2 | agreement negotiation | 4 | 19 % |
| 3 | procurement leadership | 4 | 19 % |
| 4 | stakeholder coaching | 4 | 19 % |
| 5 | supplier management | 4 | 19 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 21 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 — 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Regional Procurement Manager | 4 |
| Procurement Manager | 2 |
| Purchasing/Procurement Manager | 2 |
| Contracts & Procurement Manager 16812748 | 1 |
| Corporate Director of Procurement | 1 |
| Manager Procurement-IT/Technology | 1 |
| Manager, Enterprise Procurement | 1 |
| Manager, Procurement - Promotional Development | 1 |
| Procurement Manager - Contract Lifecycle Management | 1 |
| Procurement Mgr - 90101870 - Philadelphia | 1 |
| Purchasing Manager | 1 |
| Purchasing Procurement Manager | 1 |
| Senior Director Procurement, Packaging & International | 1 |
| Senior Director, Procurement - Global Categories | 1 |
| Senior Energy Procurement Manager | 1 |
| Supervisor Procurement | 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.