Enterprise Process Excellence Leader - Lean Six Sigma

Eaton; Beachwood (OH); On-site; USD 182,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton is seeking a Master Black Belt to lead enterprise transactional excellence across key value streams in the United States. The role demands executive influence, deep Lean Six Sigma expertise, and the ability to drive sustainable results globally.

You will build governance, run a multi-year improvement roadmap, and develop a team of Process Excellence Leaders delivering measurable value. The position requires strong leadership, change management, and the ability to partner with senior

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in process excellence, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and/or business transformation.
• Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience leading enterprise-scale transformation programs and teams.
• Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification.
• Authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise transactional excellence strategy, operating model, priorities, and multi-year roadmap across all assigned value streams.
• Serve as a key member of the EBS leadership team, ensuring transactional excellence is integrated into enterprise strategy, governance, and business priorities.
• Partner with Executive Leadership Team members, Global Process Owners, and senior functional leaders to improve end-to-end process performance and drive enterprise-wide adoption of best practices.
• Establish governance processes that translate enterprise priorities into a balanced portfolio of improvement initiatives with clear sponsorship, accountability, decision rights, and value tracking.
• Provide executive leaders with clear, data-driven insights into process performance, transformation progress, risks, and value realization.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Process Excellence Leaders supporting enterprise value streams.
• Drive talent strategy, succession planning, performance management, resource allocation, and employee engagement across the team.
• Foster a culture of analytical rigor, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Establish enterprise standards and quality expectations for Lean Six Sigma, process mining, process design, change management, AI-enabled work, and benefits realization.
• Build and sustain an enterprise process excellence capability through training, certification, mentoring, and communities of practice.
• Lead the enterprise transactional improvement portfolio from opportunity identification through implementation, control, and sustained value delivery.
• Ensure each value stream maintains current-state baselines, target-state designs, performance metrics, and prioritized improvement roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, DMADV/DFSS, process redesign, statistical analysis, and change management methodologies to deliver measurable business improvements.
• Drive improvements in productivity, cycle time, quality, customer experience, working capital, cost, compliance, and risk management.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to validate benefits, establish financial baselines, and ensure sustainable value realization.
• Provide direct leadership for high-impact, enterprise-wide transformation initiatives requiring executive alignment and cross-functional coordination.
• Define and implement enterprise standards for transactional processes, controls, governance, and performance management.
• Promote simplification and standardization before automation, leveraging process mining, task mining, AI, analytics, and automation where appropriate.
• Partner with Process Intelligence, Data & AI, Solution Architecture, digital platform teams, and functional leaders to identify and resolve process, technology, data, and policy-related issues.
• Develop enterprise performance dashboards and process transparency through scorecards, control towers, and governance reviews.
• Scale proven solutions and best practices across functions, businesses, regions, and acquisitions.
• Build alignment across businesses and functions to secure sponsorship, resources, and commitment for enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Influence senior leaders without formal authority through business acumen, data-driven decision making, and executive communication.
• Lead organizational change efforts to drive adoption, sustainability, and long-term business impact.

Job description

Eaton is seeking a Master Black Belt to lead enterprise transactional excellence across key value streams in the United States. The role demands executive influence, deep Lean Six Sigma expertise, and the ability to drive sustainable results globally.

You will build governance, run a multi-year improvement roadmap, and develop a team of Process Excellence Leaders delivering measurable value. The position requires strong leadership, change management, and the ability to partner with senior