Founding Enterprise Transactional Excellence Lead

Eaton Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 165,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton's Corporate Sector is seeking a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader for the Eaton Transaction System (ETS). This founding, enterprise-level role focuses on transforming SG&A and transactional processes through Lean, process intelligence, and AI-enabled automation.

You will lead end-to-end improvements, partner with business stakeholders, and establish enterprise standards across the I2R value stream.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 10 years 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.
• Serve as a founding member of the ETS Office, helping establish operating rhythms, standards, governance, and integration frameworks for future acquisitions.

Skills

Process improvement

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Lean Six Sigma

DMAIC/DFSS

Data analysis

Process mining

AI-enabled automation

Executive influence

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Change management certification (Prosci/ADKAR)

Tools

Celonis

RPA

ERP systems

Job description

Eaton's Corporate Sector is seeking a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader for the Eaton Transaction System (ETS). This founding, enterprise-level role focuses on transforming SG&A and transactional processes through Lean, process intelligence, and AI-enabled automation.

You will lead end-to-end improvements, partner with business stakeholders, and establish enterprise standards across the I2R value stream.