Global HR OPEX Director

Eaton Corporation • Beachwood, OH

1d • $182,000 - $266,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Eaton Corporation is looking for Global HR OPEX Director. This position will be based in Beachwood, OH.
Position Overview:
Reporting to the Vice President HR Operations, the Director is responsible for leading HR's efforts to enhance operational efficiency, drive process excellence, and foster a culture of continuous improvement (CI) in HR.
The role is pivotal in aligning HR CI initiatives with HR's strategic priorities -- ensuring sustainable results and engaging the right stakeholders. The Director will lead a global team of regional OPEX analysts that support regional and global initiatives to refine and connect global processes that drive efficiency and simplification. This person will also prioritize and oversee multiple global process improvement projects as well as oversee new global HR implementations following Eaton's Continuous Improvement Standards to ensure business objectives are met.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with process improvement.
• Minimum five (5) years of direct manager of people experience.
• Experienced in Lean/ Six Sigma tools – SS/ Lean Green belt certification preferred
• Legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.
• Effectively drives and manages change, challenges the status quo and champions new and innovative ideas.
• Demonstrates professional presence, communicates articulately and confidently.
• Effectively leverages functional and cross-functional resources to solve problems, improve processes and meet objectives.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills.
• Demonstrated success in effectively and confidently providing “leadership” to employees in a constantly changing environment.
• An undergraduate degree is required.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify and select strategically important process/focus areas for improvement, in partnership with business HR, COEs, and HR Services.
• Align CI projects with HR's strategy and priorities, prioritizing initiatives that maximize impact.
• Provide strategic direction to the global OpEx team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
• Collaborate with and lead cross-functional teams, executives, and external partners to foster a collaborative approach to drive improvement initiatives.
• Vet and prioritize opportunities for process enhancements, waste reduction, and cost savings across the HR function and give direction to the the OpEx team.
• Ensure the global team's process analysis adheres to CI standards, including current state analyses and benchmarking against best practices.
• Manage relationships with HR/COE teams to establish and improve harmonized processes using lean techniques (e.g., value stream mapping, process mapping).
• Leverage Lean/Six Sigma strategies and Eaton’s Business System (EBS) tools to drive efficiency.
• Collaborate with the corporate EBS team to embrace elements of the Continuous Improvement Framework (CIF), Six Sigma, and Lean tools.
• Collaborate with HR Technology to determine prioritization of digitalization and automation within HR processes.
• Partner on prioritization of ServiceNow enhancements based on HR and HRS requests, considering best practices, user experience and global standardization of Services.

Benefits

• Eaton recognizes this role as a critical position within the corporation and will create a compelling package consisting of a base salary, employee incentive compensation, long term incentive and complete benefits.
• Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director