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Market evidence report — lean-manager
Source: 40 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 27, gb 13), 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 | 28 | 70 % |
| senior | 6 | 15 % |
| lead | 6 | 15 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 13 | 32 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | Visio | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean manufacturing | 26 | 65 % |
| 2 | process improvement | 20 | 50 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 19 | 48 % |
| 4 | continuous improvement | 12 | 30 % |
| 5 | problem solving | 11 | 28 % |
| 6 | project management | 11 | 28 % |
| 7 | change management | 8 | 20 % |
| 8 | value stream mapping | 7 | 18 % |
| 9 | root cause analysis | 5 | 12 % |
| 10 | process optimization | 4 | 10 % |
| 11 | waste elimination | 4 | 10 % |
| 12 | leadership | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | process analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | quality management | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | risk management | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | statistical analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | visual management | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | six sigma | 14 | 35 % |
| 2 | 5S methodology | 12 | 30 % |
| 3 | kaizen | 10 | 25 % |
| 4 | Kaizen events | 9 | 22 % |
| 5 | lean manufacturing | 8 | 20 % |
| 6 | standard work | 8 | 20 % |
| 7 | visual management | 6 | 15 % |
| 8 | kanban | 4 | 10 % |
| 9 | lean six sigma | 4 | 10 % |
| 10 | A3 problem solving | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | continuous improvement | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | daily management | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | hoshin kanri | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | lean operating system | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | Lean Roadmap | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | pdca | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | SMED | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | structured problem solving | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | value stream mapping | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | training delivery | 8 | 20 % |
| 2 | capability building | 6 | 15 % |
| 3 | team coaching | 5 | 12 % |
| 4 | change management | 4 | 10 % |
| 5 | improvement plan execution | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | process optimization | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | roadmap development | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | team leadership | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | workshop facilitation | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 40 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 — 27 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Continuous Improvement Manager | 5 |
| Lean Manager | 5 |
| Senior Manager, Lean Deployment | 3 |
| Lean Director (Lean Operating System) | 2 |
| Lean Engineer | 2 |
| Continuous Improvement Manager - Northeast Region | 1 |
| Enterprise Portfolio & Lean Manager - Hybrid | 1 |
| Global Lean Leader | 1 |
| Lean Development Manager | 1 |
| Lean Manager I - Wind | 1 |
| Lean Process & Quality Manager ISO & CI Leader | 1 |
| Manager - LEAN | 1 |
| Manager of Lean Improvement Initiatives | 1 |
| Manager, Lean and Continuous Improvement | 1 |
| Manager, Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement | 1 |
| Manager, Site Lean Expert, Operational Excellence, L'Oréal Operations | 1 |
| Manufacturing Engineering Leader - Lean, Cost & CI | 1 |
| Operations Excellence and Lean Manager | 1 |
| Plant Lean Manager | 1 |
| Project Manager of Lean Excellence | 1 |
| Quality & Lean Manager (Lead) | 1 |
| Regional MIC-Lean Manufacturing Manager | 1 |
| Remote Lead: Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement | 1 |
| Senior Lean Leader | 1 |
| Senior Lean Transformation Manager - Transactional Excellence | 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.