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Market evidence report — metal-production-manager
Source: 23 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 23), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-17. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 13 | 57 % |
| lead | 8 | 35 % |
| senior | 2 | 9 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ERP systems | 3 | 13 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 13 % |
| 3 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 13 % |
| 4 | MRP systems | 3 | 13 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continuous improvement | 7 | 30 % |
| 2 | quality control | 6 | 26 % |
| 3 | production scheduling | 5 | 22 % |
| 4 | data analysis | 4 | 17 % |
| 5 | performance monitoring | 4 | 17 % |
| 6 | process improvement | 4 | 17 % |
| 7 | performance management | 3 | 13 % |
| 8 | production management | 3 | 13 % |
| 9 | production planning | 3 | 13 % |
| 10 | project management | 3 | 13 % |
| 11 | root cause analysis | 3 | 13 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean manufacturing | 11 | 48 % |
| 2 | 5S methodology | 3 | 13 % |
| 3 | continuous improvement | 3 | 13 % |
| 4 | six sigma | 3 | 13 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 3 | 13 % |
| 2 | workforce development | 3 | 13 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 23 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 — 23 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 |
|---|---|
| Production Manager - Production Manager, Metal Fabrication Shop | 11 |
| Operations Manager - Metal Stamping - Fortune 500 | 1 |
| Operations Manager — Metals & CNC Production | 1 |
| Operations Manager(Sheet Metal) | 1 |
| Plant Manager | 1 |
| Plant Manager - Metal Fabrication | 1 |
| Plant Manager(Metal Fabrication) | 1 |
| Plant Manager: Lead Lean Ops in Metal Manufacturing | 1 |
| Production Floor Manager: Lead Fast-Paced Manufacturing & Quality | 1 |
| Production Manager - CNC Metal Fabrication | 1 |
| Production Manager - Plating Ops & Lean Growth | 1 |
| Production Manager (metal and wood fabrication) | 1 |
| Steel Fabrication Production 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.