Senior Enterprise Transactional Excellence Leader

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

Job summary

Eaton Corporation seeks a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader to drive end-to-end process improvements across Plan-to-Perform value streams. This founding role blends Lean, process mining, and AI-enabled workflows to elevate SG&A efficiency.

You will lead cross-functional teams, establish enterprise standards, and coach leaders while partnering with Architecture and Process Intelligence to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years leading process improvement and transformation initiatives for Plan-to-Perform value streams.
• 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

Lean Six Sigma

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Tools

Celonis

Automation/RPA

Job description

Eaton Corporation seeks a Principal Transactional Excellence Leader to drive end-to-end process improvements across Plan-to-Perform value streams. This founding role blends Lean, process mining, and AI-enabled workflows to elevate SG&A efficiency.

You will lead cross-functional teams, establish enterprise standards, and coach leaders while partnering with Architecture and Process Intelligence to deliver measurable business outcomes.