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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.