2006 Lean & Six Sigma Talent Demand Study | Lean & Six Sigma Job and Career Trends

The Avery Point Group  Six Sigma  Lean Transformation Let Us Lead You to Executive Talent SM  Operational Excellence  Plant Management  Operations Management  Supply Chain Management  Finance Management 2006 Study Results The Avery Point Group: Executive Search for Lean & Six Sigma Talent Six Sigma and Lean: A Marriage in the Making The Avery Point Group is a global executive recruiting and search firm that assists companies in identifying, Second annual study by Lean & Six Sigma executive recruiting and assessing and recruiting mid-level search firm The Avery Point Group finds that companies increasingly management to senior executive Lean want talent that has both Lean and Six Sigma as part of their continuous & Six Sigma talent. Our firm leverages improvement DNA. its principals’ decades of executive Lean & Six Sigma operations and As courtships go, none has been more contested and anticipated than the evolving staffing experience to provide the relationship between Six Sigma and Lean. According to a recent study by The Avery highest quality executive search Point Group, a leading national executive search firm specializing in Lean and Six services. Sigma, there are increasing signs that these two corporate initiatives are headed down Download our web brochure: the aisle of eternal matrimony. Executive Search Brochure (PDF) quot;As an executive search firm, we have a unique vantage point from which to track the Learn more about our process: latest trends taking place in industry,quot; says Tim Noble, managing principal of The Lean Sigma Search (PDF) Avery Point Group. quot;Trends in industry are often telegraphed into candidate Visit our Jobs Blog: requirements in job postings and they can serve as a window into the latest corporate LeanSixSigmaJobs.blogspot.com initiatives.quot; Lean Sigma Talent Demand Trends: Based on a recent sampling of internet job board postings, The Avery Point Group LeanSigmaTalent.com study found that Six Sigma still outpaces Lean by a wide margin when it comes to desired skill sets. However, for those companies seeking Six Sigma talent, fully one- How is Our Lean & Six third are looking for practitioners to also have Lean expertise as part of their tool set. For companies seeking Lean talent the desire is even greater for candidates to also Sigma Executive Search possess Six Sigma knowledge, with almost half of all Lean jobs posted requiring Six Firm Different? Sigma exposure. The merger between Six Sigma and Lean is also clearly evident for With our team’s significant Six Sigma jobs posted at the very heart of Six Sigma’s key leadership roles. Almost half of all and Lean executive experience, we are companies seeking to specifically hire Master Black Belt and Black Belt talent required uniquely qualified to help our clients candidates to also possess Lean as a core part of their tool set. find, assess and recruit the right continuous improvement and quot;When it comes to desired skill sets companies want to have their cake and eat it too,quot; operational excellence talent. Our key says Noble. quot;Even though companies may not have a full-blown Six Sigma or Lean principals are Six Sigma Master Black deployment underway, they highly desire talent that possesses both Six Sigma and Belt and Lean trained by globally Lean skill sets as part of a candidate’s DNA. Continuous improvement practitioners on recognized industry leading Fortune either side of the aisle might want to sit up and take notice that this wedding is clearly 500 companies and have real-world underway.quot; executive experience leading their application in manufacturing, For further evidence of this tryst, one only need look to published books. Six years ago distribution and service-based books published on the combined topic of Lean and Six Sigma were virtually industries. nonexistent. Today, however, they dominate the continuous improvement publishing landscape. Over the past two years alone, books published on the combined topic of Our key principals have managed Lean and Six Sigma represented almost half of the Lean books published and a global operations and led key Lean & quarter of the Six Sigma books published. Six Sigma initiatives in Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Latin America and For some purists, this mixed marriage is viewed only with contempt; for others it is throughout Asia. Our principals, with seen as a natural progression - the result of companies seeking to blend the best of their global perspective, understand both methodologies in order to remain competitive in today’s global economy. quot;Those what it takes to find, assess and recruit that perpetuate the divide between Six Sigma and Lean are clearly missing the point,quot; talent for companies to succeed in says Noble. quot;Core to both methodologies is the idea that challenges need to be today’s global economy. Unlike other approached with an open mind, because solutions can sometimes come from the most Lean & Six Sigma executive search unlikely of sources. True Six Sigma and Lean practitioners will view this marriage with firms, we truly speak the language of an open mind and realize that these are truly complementary tool sets, not competing our clients and candidates. philosophies.quot;

The Avery Point Group  Six Sigma  Lean Transformation Let Us Lead You to Executive Talent SM  Operational Excellence  Plant Management  Operations Management  Supply Chain Management  Finance Management PROCESS and Lean Sigma SearchTM Process practice services a wide spectrum of industries, spanning manufacturing, distribution and SERVICES service-based companies. Our Contingent Search Services:  Leverage our principals’ decades of executive operations and staffing experience.  Leverage our extensive proprietary database of contacts and candidates.  Leverage our Lean Sigma Search™ value Search excellence starts with the sound stream process to find the ideal candidate. foundation of a well-defined and consistent  Our clients only pay upon the successful search methodology. Our Lean Sigma Search™ placement of our presented candidates. value stream process methodology incorporates  Fee is based on a percentage of the candidate’s a unique Lean Six Sigma approach to filling our first year’s total compensation. clients’ staffing needs.  We offer our clients a 60-day replacement guarantee. An important foundation of Lean Six Sigma methodology is the concept of waste and defect Our Retained Search Services: elimination. Lean Six Sigma defines a defect in terms of meeting the specifications, expectations  Leverage our principals’ decades of executive and requirements of the customer. What is a operations and staffing experience. defect with regard to the executive search  Leverage our extensive proprietary database of process? Presenting unqualified candidates, contacts and candidates. candidates with missing skill sets and candidates  Leverage our Lean Sigma Search™ value who don’t fit the corporate culture and chemistry stream process to find the ideal candidate. of the client are just some examples of waste  Client site visit to gain improved insight into and defects that can result from a poor search company culture = improved candidate fit. process.  Face to face or video conference interview with full candidate assessment process At The Avery Point Group we practice what we methodology: Position Benchmarking preach when it comes to Lean Six Sigma. Our Specification, Full Written Interview Evaluation, experience has shown us the importance of and Full Candidate Summary incorporating the voice of the client (VOC) at  At a minimum, 3 - 4 candidates meeting our each critical phase in the value stream clients’ requirements will be presented in 60 placement process. We take great care in days. defining and characterizing the client’s critical to  Fee is based on a percentage of the candidate’s quality (CTQs) requirements, up front, to ensure first year’s total compensation. successful screening and placement of  One-third of the estimated fee is paid up front to candidates, thus avoiding waste and defects engage our search services. that can cost a client time, money, and worse  We offer our clients a 90-day replacement yet, a poor placement. guarantee. Each phase of our Lean Sigma Search™ value stream process is designed to move the process along efficiently and effectively through our executive search value stream, thus enabling us to exceed our clients’ expectations and requirements. The Avery Point Group, Inc. Executive Search Services 4555 Mansell Road – Suite 300 We provide both a contingent and retained Alpharetta, Georgia search focus with functional expertise in the 30022 USA areas of Six Sigma, Lean, operational  excellence, plant management, operations P: +1 678-585-9804 2004 -2009 management, supply chain management, distribution management and finance. Our F: +1 678-585-9832 The Avery Point Group

2006 Lean & Six Sigma Talent Demand Study | Lean & Six Sigma Job and Career Trends

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