Master Data Governance Contractor

Rate: $60$65/hr W2

Location: Oakbrook Terrace IL 60181

Onsite: hybrid (23 days onsite 23 days remote)

Duration: 6 months with potential extension

Interview Process: 2 Teams Video Interviews

Job Summary:

The company uses SAP and other software packages to manage the business. Activities such as forecasting & planning sales managing customer info pricing products procuring items and housing the bill of materials and recipes for manufacturing rely on accurate system data. The Data Governance Manager is responsible for ensuring the quality and accuracy of the data within companys systems by:

• Creating processes and procedures so that those responsible for data entry have the tools to enter data into the system correctly the first time.
• Monitoring the maintenance of existing data to ensure that it is accurate and current.
• Developing a strategy to resolve existing data challenges or conflicts and/or prevent new ones.
• Provide Subject Matter Expertise in all areas involving ERP usage and product lifecycle management.
• Providing Project Management ownership for all areas related to Master Data

Each functional area has its own desire to see and use data in a certain way. This role will need to effectively arbitrate differences of opinions between functions and implement the most practical solution. To be effective in the role the employee will need to have an understanding of the business processes ERP data architecture have a passion for data accuracy and be able to make directional decisions.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

This is a supervisory position with 1 direct report.

Ensure Master Data input is accurate 25%

• Develops an understanding of business systems processes and the master data used within them.
• Standardizes data formats & naming conventions to allow ease of downstream report filtering.
• Develops data management toolsets and provides training.
• Oversees the maintenance of a master data dictionary and documentation.
• Leads and supervises a team of data entry resources and sometimes serves as entry resource if needed

Data Management Organization Leader 50%

• Scopes prioritizes plans and executes the Data Management strategic roadmap.
• Aligns the enterprise data management strategy with industry trends and legal/regulatory requirements.
• Identifies prioritizes and resolves Master Data challenges. Includes leading any data related change project to meet a business requirement.
• Organizes and leads Data Management Organization meetings with the business Data Managers and IT resources.
• Partners with IT to develop master data policies & controls and enforces them.
• Oversees the process and use of toolsets to publish corporate data for external customer usage.
• Assists in the development of conversion and system implementation plans and the execution of those plans for data modifications/conversions.
• Participates in integration testing conversion and deployment activities. Helps resolve testing defects.

Master Data Governance 25%

• Leads the oversight of data governance quality and KPI reporting.
• Communicates to the data oversight committee (Executive and Senior Leadership) on data compliance performance opportunities for improvements and issue resolution needs.
• Leads Master Data projects within NPD and eDMO and owns data maintenance and the issue resolution process.
• Serves as Master Data Liaison with IS

Competencies:

• CPG Business Process Acumen Understands the business processes of each functional team and the associated interfaces between functions. Understands how each function uses system data to manage their area.
• ERP knowledge Possesses a deep understanding of ERP data architecture and flow. Passionate about data accuracy.
• Interpersonal Skills Excellent interpersonal relationship and influencing skills with peers and management including team building facilitating change understanding and tailoring communications to fit personality profiles and successfully engaging in crucial conversations. Ability to negotiate to winwin and influence outcomes. Ability to interact with Senior and Executive Leadership.
• Communication Good listening and presentation skills. Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations. Ability to convey information ideas and recommendations to nonIT personnel in nontechnical terms. Responds well to questions. Contributes effectively to complex documents and clear and understandable reports.
• Decision Making Ability to gather and synthesize complex and diverse information. Ability to make the best overall decision when functional teams are in disagreement. Willing to defend an unpopular decision with affected teams.
• Mental Reasoning Requires a high level of mental/reasoning skills to analyze complex processes and data relationships

Education:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent business experience.

Related Experience:

• Six to eight years of experience with master data and understanding its holistic business system impacts.
• Four to five years of experience interacting with management and senior leadership.
• Experience applying project management principles is preferred.
• Experience with documenting business requirements is preferred.
• Experience in strategic planning development implementation and postproject analysis is a strong plus.
• Experience in the ConsumerPackaged Goods industry is preferred.

Equipment/Software Skills

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Excel Word PowerPoint Visio and Outlook. Power BI and Data Analytics experience preferred.
• Broad knowledge of ERP systems and interactions with NPD and building product hierarchy