Founding AI-Driven Transactional Excellence Leader

Eaton; Coraopolis (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Eaton's Corporate Sector is seeking a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader for the Eaton Transaction System (ETS). This founding, enterprise-level role centers on extending lean disciplines and AI-enabled transformation across SG&A and transactional functions.

As a hands-on leader, you will redesign workflows, leverage process mining and analytics, and set standards for a One Eaton Way across all transactional value streams, including H2R.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 10 years leading process improvement and business transformation initiatives 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Serve as a founding member of the ETS Office, helping establish operating rhythms, standards, governance, and integration frameworks for future acquisitions.

Skills

Process improvement

Leadership

Analytics

Problem-solving

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Celonis

Job description

Eaton's Corporate Sector is seeking a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader for the Eaton Transaction System (ETS). This founding, enterprise-level role centers on extending lean disciplines and AI-enabled transformation across SG&A and transactional functions.

As a hands-on leader, you will redesign workflows, leverage process mining and analytics, and set standards for a One Eaton Way across all transactional value streams, including H2R.