Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt

According to Salary.com, the average salary of a Six Sigma Black Belt in Seattle, Washington, as of November 27, 2023, is $146,400, with a range typically falling between $125,600 and $157,600. The salary range can vary greatly depending on several important factors, such as education, certifications, additional skills, and the number of years of professional experience you possess.

Zippia data reports that by 2028, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt jobs will have grown by 10%.

What Is Lean Six Sigma? "Six Sigma" describes a series of process improvement techniques designed to reduce errors and improve quality in an organization's products and services. "Lean" is a management discipline that seeks to reduce waste and minimize associated costs. "Lean Six Sigma" represents the blending of the two philosophies into an operating system that maximizes quality while minimizing costs.

What Does a "Green Belt" in Lean Six Sigma Indicate? A Lean Six Sigma Green Belt improves productivity by focusing on the tools, methodologies and principles of Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma Green Belts are expected to design, implement and manage productivity improvement projects and campaigns.

What Job Titles Are Associated with the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt? Lean Six Sigma Green Belts may serve in one or more of the following capacities: Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Continuous Improvement Specialist and many more. Lean Six Sigma Green Belts often become Six Sigma Consultants, as well.

What Do Lean Six Sigma Green Belts Do? The Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma is considered a hands-on credential. Green Belts commonly review processes, develop and deploy improvements using the Lean Six Sigma methodology and then manage the improved processes.

What Does a "Black Belt" in Lean Six Sigma Indicate? Black Belts are a change agent in the organization. A Black Belt will be the project owner of an organizational quality improvement process. As project owner, they allocate team member responsibilities and resources, effectively overseeing a team of Green and Yellow Belts.

What Do Lean Six Sigma Black Belts Do? A Six Sigma Black Belt professional is an expert in these Six Sigma principles:

• DMAIC
• Design of experiments
• Analysis of variance
• Hypothesis testing
• Probability distribution

Black Belts use support tools such as Voice of the Customer (VOC), Lean, failure mode and effects analysis, and statistics. As a Six Sigma Black Belt, you will be responsible for initiating projects and directing the efforts of company quality improvement teams. 

What Job Titles Are Associated with the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt? Lean Six Sigma Black Belts may serve in one or more of the following capacities: Lean Six Sigma Leader, Project Management & Agile Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Director of Lean/Six Sigma, or simply Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

• Understand Lean Six Sigma, its origins and its benefits
• Learn the Lean Six Sigma roles and principles and the 8 Wastes of Lean Management
• Master the Lean Six Sigma Improvement method known as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control)
• Learn to collect data and track the success of projects
• Complete two real-world Lean Six Sigma projects
• Prepare to take and pass the Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belt certification exams

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

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Keith Kelley

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Tracy O'Rourke is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience as a facilitator, trainer and presenter. Her clients include the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the State of Washington, Cisco, DC Shoes, GE, and Motorola. She holds a BA in English Literature from San Francisco State University and an MBA with an emphasis in Leadership and Managing Organizational Change from Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.

Elisabeth Swan is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience consultant, designer, and executive coach. Her expertise lies in training, process-based organization design, problem-solving, and change management. Her clients include Amazon, Charles Schwab, Burt's Bees, Microsoft, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. She holds a BA in English Literature from Barnard College.