Enterprise Transactional Excellence Leader (AI-Driven)

Eaton Group; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton in Charlotte, NC seeks a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader for the Eaton Transaction System (ETS). This founding, enterprise role centers on transforming SG&A and transactional functions through process excellence, analytics, and AI-enabled automation.

You will lead end-to-end improvements, apply DMAIC/DFSS, mentor teams, and establish enterprise standards as ETS Office founding member, driving measurable gains in cycle time, quality, and efficiency across I2R value streams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading process improvement and business transformation initiatives for Idea-to-Realization 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.

Skills

Process improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Celonis

ERP systems

Automation/RPA

Job description

Eaton in Charlotte, NC seeks a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader for the Eaton Transaction System (ETS). This founding, enterprise role centers on transforming SG&A and transactional functions through process excellence, analytics, and AI-enabled automation.

You will lead end-to-end improvements, apply DMAIC/DFSS, mentor teams, and establish enterprise standards as ETS Office founding member, driving measurable gains in cycle time, quality, and efficiency across I2R value streams.