Lean Six Search Group
Specialties · Process & Engineering

Where processes
drive profit.

The art of designing, optimizing, and managing the systems that transform raw materials into valuable products or services is no easy feat. Only the best professionals combine technical expertise, creativity, and strong problem-solving abilities to the table. We make sure you have access to them.

The discipline

What this
function owns.

There's a profound sense of empowerment that comes from knowing your resources are being utilized wisely and efficiently. That's the promise delivered by top-tier Process & Engineering talent. Whether it's reducing machine downtime by 50% or lowering maintenance costs through continuous monitoring, their expertise consistently proves to be a valuable investment.

The operators we place here are the ones who change how a plant or product line actually runs. They lead lean transformations, drive packaging redesigns through commercial gates, and own the project portfolio that turns engineering ambition into operational reality.

Sub-specialties

Where we search,
in this function.

01

Packaging

Pack design, materials selection, and the engineering trade-off between protection, cost, brand, and sustainability.

What good looks like
  • Manages packaging as both commercial and operational lever
  • Drives material rationalization that scales across lines
  • Owns sustainability transitions without breaking shelf-life
  • Aligns marketing, ops, and supply on a single packaging roadmap
02

Product Development

New product introduction, design-for-manufacture, and the cross-functional choreography from concept to launch.

What good looks like
  • Runs stage-gate processes that ship on time without compromise
  • Designs for manufacture and supply, not just performance
  • Manages launch readiness across ops, supply, and commercial
  • Owns the cost curve from prototype through scale-up
03

Project Management

Individual project delivery: scope, schedule, budget, and the change control that keeps complex initiatives honest.

What good looks like
  • Earns credibility through delivery, not status reports
  • Manages risk proactively, not by escalation
  • Aligns stakeholders across functions and geographies
  • Builds the project muscle of the organizations they join
04

Program Management

Portfolio-level orchestration across multiple projects, dependencies, and the strategic outcomes the projects exist to deliver.

What good looks like
  • Owns the program against business outcomes, not project metrics
  • Manages dependencies across project teams as a first-class problem
  • Builds the program governance that surfaces issues early
  • Translates strategy into a sequenced, achievable roadmap
05

Business Engineer

The bridge between engineering capability and commercial intent, turning operational design into business performance.

What good looks like
  • Translates engineering decisions into P&L impact
  • Bridges operations, commercial, and finance conversations
  • Builds business cases that survive scrutiny from all three
  • Drives continuous improvement as a business discipline
The operators

The operators we place in Process & Engineering.

Process and Engineering leaders are the ones who actually change how a plant or product line runs. We place project and program leaders who land transformations on time and on outcome, packaging engineers who balance brand and supply, and product-development heads who ship without compromise.

Seniority bandManager · Senior Manager · Director · VP
Accountable for
  • 01Project and program portfolio delivery against business outcomes
  • 02Engineering standards, methods, and capability
  • 03Packaging and product-development roadmap
  • 04Continuous improvement as an embedded discipline
  • 05Translation of operational strategy into projects that ship
Recent placements

Leaders we’ve
recently placed.

Recent searches in process & engineering. Titles and industries are public; the names sit confidentially with the client and the placed leader.

  • 01

    Plant Director

    Food & BeverageIndonesia
  • 02

    VP, Plant Operations

    ManufacturingUSA
  • 03

    Plant Manager

    PharmaceuticalsMalaysia
  • 04

    VP, Engineering

    PackagingUSA
  • 05

    Senior Project Engineer

    Food & BeverageUSA
  • 06

    Director of Engineering

    Industrial CompressorsGermany
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