# Market evidence report — foundry-manager

Source: **8 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: gb 7, us 1), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 4 | 50 % |
| lead | 3 | 38 % |
| senior | 1 | 12 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

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

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continuous improvement | 5 | 62 % |
| 2 | metallurgy | 3 | 38 % |
| 3 | production planning | 3 | 38 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

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

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

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

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 8 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** — 1 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Technical Manager (Castings / Foundry) | 2 |
| ATL Foundry Operations Manager 2 | 1 |
| Foundry Manager | 1 |
| Foundry Operations Manager: OEE & Continuous Improvement | 1 |
| Foundry Production Manager | 1 |
| Technical Manager: Foundry & Process Improvement Leader | 1 |
| Technical Manager; Castings​/Foundry | 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.