The Globe and Mail.
Virginia Galt
Aug. 15 2013
When Sun Life Financial goes to market to bolster its growing team of “lean” business specialists, it faces wide-ranging competition – jostling on job boards with companies as varied as Telus, Bombardier, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, Shoppers Drug Mart, Kraft Foods and the City of Vancouver.
On any given day, there are hundreds of postings on Canadian online job sites for people with formal certification in techniques known as Lean and Six Sigma, as well as the strong managerial skills needed to lead organizational change.
The two techniques are methodical, detailed approaches to analyzing and solving problems and improving efficiency and quality. The techniques began in manufacturing (Lean at Toyota, Six Sigma at General Electric), and trained specialists are now in hot demand across all sectors.
Organizations are eager to find people with skills to analyze how they operate, identify waste, and devise better and more cost-effective methods of delivering quality goods and services.
“There’s quite a bit of competition [for talent] out there,” said Andre Gonthier, senior recruiting consultant at Sun Life. “Every business is looking to improve itself and, quite frankly, that’s what we’re trying to do.”
Sun Life is introducing a management system based on lean principles and has been recruiting for positions such as a process director to “manage a portfolio of transformation and improvement efforts,” and senior business process consultants to assess the performance and capability of processes and operational groups, “identify opportunities and champion proposals for improvement.”
“These are very important roles … and it sounds like a cliché, but it’s about taking us to the next level,” Mr. Gonthier said. “We believe that this is providing real value to how Sun Life does business.”
Salary depends on experience. One ad gave a starting range of $75,000 to $97,000 and others in the field say senior positions pay much more.
Reference: The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/heavy-demand-for-lean-specialists/article13795394/
Virginia Galt
Aug. 15 2013
When Sun Life Financial goes to market to bolster its growing team of “lean” business specialists, it faces wide-ranging competition – jostling on job boards with companies as varied as Telus, Bombardier, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, Shoppers Drug Mart, Kraft Foods and the City of Vancouver.
On any given day, there are hundreds of postings on Canadian online job sites for people with formal certification in techniques known as Lean and Six Sigma, as well as the strong managerial skills needed to lead organizational change.
The two techniques are methodical, detailed approaches to analyzing and solving problems and improving efficiency and quality. The techniques began in manufacturing (Lean at Toyota, Six Sigma at General Electric), and trained specialists are now in hot demand across all sectors.
Organizations are eager to find people with skills to analyze how they operate, identify waste, and devise better and more cost-effective methods of delivering quality goods and services.
“There’s quite a bit of competition [for talent] out there,” said Andre Gonthier, senior recruiting consultant at Sun Life. “Every business is looking to improve itself and, quite frankly, that’s what we’re trying to do.”
Sun Life is introducing a management system based on lean principles and has been recruiting for positions such as a process director to “manage a portfolio of transformation and improvement efforts,” and senior business process consultants to assess the performance and capability of processes and operational groups, “identify opportunities and champion proposals for improvement.”
“These are very important roles … and it sounds like a cliché, but it’s about taking us to the next level,” Mr. Gonthier said. “We believe that this is providing real value to how Sun Life does business.”
Salary depends on experience. One ad gave a starting range of $75,000 to $97,000 and others in the field say senior positions pay much more.
Reference: The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/heavy-demand-for-lean-specialists/article13795394/
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