Which of these is the best representative of a market demand in six sigma?
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In a list that will surprise few people who work with Six Sigma, many of the best jobs in the United States recently ranked by Indeed are related to the process improvement methodology.
And even those that are not directly tied to Lean or Six Sigma jobs are still in industries where the methodology is increasingly put into play to make operations more efficient.
Indeed, the online jobs website, looked at two main factors in ranking the best jobs of 2018. The first is salary. They only considered jobs with a baseline salary of at least $75,000. The second factor was the rate of increase in the number of job openings in the profession as posted on Indeed since 2014.
The list includes the following.
Project Manager
Project manager sits atop the list, with an average base salary of $81,023. There has been a staggering 277% growth rate in job listings for project managers since 2014. That’s no surprise, given the recent report from the Project Management Institute indicating a rising, global demand for project managers as well as increased salaries.
That salary increase proved especially significant for those with certification in process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma.
Preconstruction Manager
As with everything in the construction business, there are ties with and process improvement methodologies. Six Sigma often is used in industries such as construction that are customer-focused, such as in this recent example.
Preconstruction managers are project managers who oversee a project from design to implementation. They ensure a project meets all the client’s requirements. They earn an average base salary of $95,337, according to Indeed. There has been a 126% increase in the number of job listings for preconstruction managers since 2014.
All businesses want to attract new customers as well as retain the ones they already have. Customer loyalty and retention are directly related to customer satisfaction. Those customers that choose to take their business elsewhere do so because they are either dissatisfied with a company’s offerings, their employees, or both.
Implementing Six Sigma reduces the risk of customer dissatisfaction by analyzing data that pinpoints which product or service attributes are critical to the customer’s perception of satisfaction. Adjustments can then be made.