Enterprise Transactional Excellence Leader

Eaton Corporation; Beachwood (OH); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Eaton Corporation in Beachwood, Ohio, seeks a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader to lead end-to-end improvements across Hire-to-Retire and transactional value streams, applying Lean, process mining, and AI-enabled automation.

This founding, enterprise-level role will shape standards, partner with Solution Architecture, and drive measurable outcomes in cost, quality, speed, and SG&A efficiency, while coaching leaders in continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years leading process improvement for Hire-to-Retire (H2R) value stream.
• Authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end process improvement initiatives across corporate and transactional functions, from problem identification through sustained results.
• Assess current-state processes using observation, stakeholder engagement, process mining, and data analysis to identify waste, variation, rework, and ineffective handoffs.
• Establish process visibility, measurement integrity, and accurate performance baselines; identify previously unmeasured work.
• Drive root-cause resolution by improving upstream process conditions, not downstream symptoms.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma methodologies (DMAIC, DMADV/DFSS) to improve and redesign transactional workflows.
• Perform root-cause analysis, evaluate process capability, validate outcomes, and implement sustainable controls and governance.
• Partner with process owners and Solution Architecture teams to align process, technology, and system capabilities.
• Quantify business impact through improvements in cost, quality, speed, risk, and productivity.
• Coach leaders and teams in continuous improvement disciplines and capability building.
• Establish enterprise transactional standards and exception-management protocols across Hire-to-Retire (H2R).
• Design AI-enabled and automated workflows that follow a standardize-before-automate approach and Lean principles.
• Collaborate with Solution Architecture to maximize existing platform capabilities before pursuing custom solutions.
• Partner with Process Intelligence teams to advance process mining, conformance monitoring, and performance analytics.
• Advise Global Process Owners and senior leaders on value-stream design, governance, and performance management.
• Support enterprise scorecards and value-realization frameworks tied to SG&A outcomes.
• Lead ETS training, certification, and practitioner development programs.
• Mentor transactional excellence practitioners and functional improvement leaders.
• Serve as a founding member of the ETS Office, helping establish operating rhythms, standards, governance, and integration frameworks for future acquisitions.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Process mining

AI-enabled workflows

ERP knowledge

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree

10+ years process improvement experience

Tools

Celonis

Automation/RPA

Job description

Eaton Corporation in Beachwood, Ohio, seeks a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader to lead end-to-end improvements across Hire-to-Retire and transactional value streams, applying Lean, process mining, and AI-enabled automation.

This founding, enterprise-level role will shape standards, partner with Solution Architecture, and drive measurable outcomes in cost, quality, speed, and SG&A efficiency, while coaching leaders in continuous improvement.