What are the career prospects of a lean manufacturing consultant?

What are the career prospects of a lean production consultant? This may be the question that most people are most concerned about. The truth is that it is the same situation as when you work in a company. Just think about it, what are the best prospects for working in a company? Become a minister, general manager, president, higher position, better income. The same is true for lean production consultants. From junior to senior, they rise one level at a time to technical director, business unit general manager, and president. Please remember that your ability has a one-to-one relationship with your position and income. The purpose of working is nothing more than more money, so you must have a higher position and stronger abilities.

When talking about job-hopping, it is relatively easy to change jobs from a consultant to a consulting company, but it is still difficult to change jobs from a small consulting company to a world-class consulting company. However, it takes a lot of luck to switch from a consulting firm to an enterprise. Generally, senior corporate managers are resistant to consultants. There are several reasons. On the one hand, consultants have strong business theory skills and lack of practical experience in the company, so it is difficult for them to do things quickly. On the other hand, consultants have relatively high remuneration, and these remunerations correspond to middle-level managers. And it is difficult to give a mid-level position. It can be said that the position and income do not match, and the company is in trouble. These problems may all be solvable. The most important reason may be that the consultant is like a preacher or a wanderer, running around, while the company works at a fixed point and conducts business on a regular basis. It is difficult for consultants to adapt to the two different work models, and the turnover rate is high. Since they cannot be retained, they will definitely not recruit. It can be seen that if you want to go back after drifting outside for a long time, you need a certain amount of luck and determination.

Back to the topic, what are the career prospects?

Don’t take chances and do it in a down-to-earth and professional manner. On the one hand, it spreads lean knowledge and realizes the systematization of knowledge. On the other hand, it verifies it in practice and makes the knowledge effective. Combine the two, work hard for ten years to sharpen your sword, become a true lean expert, and build personal IP. By then, you will become a senior freelance consultant who can cooperate with consulting companies or platforms. Settlement will be based on the number of project tutoring days and teaching hours, strategic cooperation, and the income will be no less than that of full-time and consulting companies. However, please remember that the prerequisite is that you have strong professional ability, strong coaching conversion ability, and strong expression and delivery ability. This profession is not afraid of deep alleys.