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Market evidence report — supply-chain-manager

Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority Ads Share
mid 35 67 %
lead 11 21 %
senior 5 10 %
junior 1 2 %

Tools — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 Microsoft Excel 14 27 %
2 SAP 9 17 %
3 Microsoft PowerPoint 8 15 %
4 Microsoft Word 8 15 %
5 Oracle 7 13 %
6 ERP systems 6 12 %
7 Microsoft Office 5 10 %
8 Microsoft Outlook 4 8 %
9 NetSuite 4 8 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 supply chain management 25 48 %
2 procurement 21 40 %
3 data analysis 19 37 %
4 inventory management 15 29 %
5 risk mitigation 11 21 %
6 contract negotiation 10 19 %
7 cost analysis 9 17 %
8 inventory control 7 13 %
9 sourcing 7 13 %
10 demand planning 6 12 %
11 logistics 6 12 %
12 negotiation 6 12 %
13 supplier negotiation 6 12 %
14 contract management 5 10 %
15 logistics management 5 10 %
16 budget management 4 8 %
17 budgeting 4 8 %
18 forecasting 4 8 %
19 regulatory compliance 4 8 %
20 process improvement 3 6 %
21 process optimization 3 6 %
22 production scheduling 3 6 %
23 project management 3 6 %
24 purchasing 3 6 %
25 spend analysis 3 6 %
26 strategic sourcing 3 6 %
27 supplier management 3 6 %
28 supplier relationship management 3 6 %
29 team leadership 3 6 %
30 vendor management 3 6 %
31 warehouse operations 3 6 %

Methods — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 lean manufacturing 8 15 %
2 continuous improvement 6 12 %
3 six sigma 4 8 %
4 benchmarking 3 6 %
5 business continuity planning 3 6 %
6 strategic sourcing 3 6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

# Item Ads Share
1 team leadership 11 21 %
2 supplier relationship management 7 13 %
3 contract negotiation 5 10 %
4 cross-functional collaboration 4 8 %
5 supplier management 4 8 %
6 warehouse management 4 8 %
7 sourcing strategy implementation 3 6 %
8 supplier selection 3 6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

52 ads.

Top hard skills:

  • supply chain management — 48 % (25 ads)
  • procurement — 40 % (21 ads)
  • data analysis — 37 % (19 ads)
  • inventory management — 29 % (15 ads)
  • risk mitigation — 21 % (11 ads)
  • contract negotiation — 19 % (10 ads)
  • cost analysis — 17 % (9 ads)
  • inventory control — 13 % (7 ads)
  • sourcing — 13 % (7 ads)
  • demand planning — 12 % (6 ads)

Top tools:

  • Microsoft Excel — 27 % (14 ads)
  • SAP — 17 % (9 ads)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint — 15 % (8 ads)
  • Microsoft Word — 15 % (8 ads)
  • Oracle — 13 % (7 ads)
  • ERP systems — 12 % (6 ads)
  • Microsoft Office — 10 % (5 ads)
  • Microsoft Outlook — 8 % (4 ads)
  • NetSuite — 8 % (4 ads)
  • Coupa — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 67 % · lead 21 % · senior 10 % · junior 2 %

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
Supply Chain Manager 9
Global Sourcing Manager 3
Director of Supply Chain 2
Global Sourcing Manager, Manufacturing Facilities 2
Senior Global Sourcing Manager - Remote 2
Strategic Sourcing Manager 2
Director of Customer Supply Chain 1
Director, Supply Management 1
Global Procurement Manager (Supervisory) 1
Global Sourcing Manager - Defense 1
Global Sourcing Manager, Compute & Storage 1
Global Sourcing Manager, Spares (Manufacturing) 1
Lean Supply Chain & Warehouse Manager 1
Life Sciences Supply Chain and Operations Supply Chain Planning Manager 1
Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management, Global Corporate Procurement (GCP) 1
Manager Supply Chain Ops 1
Manager Supply Chain Programs 2 1
Manager, Supply Chain Planning, Replenishment and Logistics- Technology 1
Operations Consulting - Value Capture - Procurement Strategy and Strategic Sourcing - Manager 1
Procurement Sourcing Manager 1
Procurement Supply Chain Manager 1
Procurement, Sourcing Manager 1
Senior Global Sourcing Manager, Food and Beverage Consumables 1
Senior Manager, Supply Chain 1
Senior Supply Chain Manager Distribution & Logistics 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.