Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Church & Dwight is seeking a Sr. Master Data Steward to serve as a lead in governance and continuous improvement of master data to support Church & Dwight's businesses. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to ensure master data accuracy and compliance while driving continuous process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Analyzes, maintains, monitors, and governs either master data in the MDG platform and/or other integrated solutions in compliance with established service levels
- Serves as a trusted advisor to address business needs through appropriate data support and, by analyzing master data requests, proposes alternate resolutions to achieve business results
- Analyzes information to identify root causes and downstream impacts of master data changes to the entire business environment (big picture)
- Leads creative problem solving with the EDM team and business partners, utilizing established global and regulatory rules
- Audits data accuracy, enhances data quality, and trains users to ensure continuity of results
- Promotes, implements, and governs practices, policies, and standards adopted by EDM
- Identifies areas of process and data weakness and drives improvement initiatives
- Creates, maintains, and enforces policies and procedures to ensure uniform, accurate, and consistent data are present in support of SOX and/or Quality audit requirements
- Provides testing support for upgrades, break fix, and enhancements, including integration testing from various sources to target systems
- Participates in the Data Steward Community of Practice and mentors more junior data stewards
Skills
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Business or related discipline
- 5+ years of experience with an ERP system or master data management system
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience employing skills at the designated proficiency level as indicated in the Data Steward Skills Model
- Hands-on expertise administering and governing master data in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG), including create, change, and workflow-based approval processes
- Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA master data structures and the relationships across Material/Product, Vendor, Customer, and Financial master data domains
- Proficiency in data quality management techniques, including profiling, cleansing, de-duplication, validation rules, and exception and error resolution
- Ability to analyze large data sets using advanced Excel and query or reporting tools (e.g., SQL, Power BI) to determine root cause and downstream impact
- Understanding of data integration concepts and hands-on integration and user-acceptance testing across source-to-target systems (e.g., interfaces, IDocs)
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks, standards, and stewardship practices (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK principles)
- Working knowledge of SOX and Quality or regulatory data controls and audit requirements as they apply to master data
- Ability to author, maintain, and enforce data standards, business rules, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Good understanding of business process and relevant master data relationships that exist within the consumer products industry
- Demonstrated communication skills, both written and oral
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills needed to influence key decision makers within business functions supported as they pertain to managing master data within the company
- Experience with CPG manufacturing or other product manufacturing process(es)
- Experience with Financial Master Data (General Ledger Accounts, Profit and Cost Center)
- Additional certifications or education specific to data governance
- 2+ years of experience mentoring data stewards, leading data governance initiatives, or serving as a functional/data lead
Benefits
- Eligible for a bonus
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Paid vacation and sick time
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid holidays
- Floating holidays
- Vacation days starting in their first year of employment depending on hire date
- 401k retirement plan (with company match and profit-sharing)
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Remote work basis (occasional attendance at in-person meetings required as business needs dictate)
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