Coordinate with material master data stewards for the purpose of creation, review, and maintenance of data within the SAP MDG to ensure completeness and adherence to standards
Monitor adherence to published policies & standards, processes & guidelines related to material master data management and governance
Champion material master data management focusing on business benefits, fostering the goal of data re-use, and articulates the strategic significance of consistent, accurate and reliable information to executives and associates
Ensure the appropriateness of requests for master data configuration changes; researches whether element already exists to meet the requirements of the request; internally vets requests cross functionally with respective BU's prior to submission
Address issues of master data definition, metadata management, data standards and data migration including data profiling, validation, clean-up and remediation, and source to target mapping, monitors health of SAP MDG Golden Client registry to keep check on maintenance of mapping of respective data in individual SAP ECC instances
To determine appropriate data values (e.g. Standard UOM) when conflict arises
Propose and direct initiatives as necessary for periodic material master data cleansing and maintenance projects; define match, merge, unique identification, and golden record rules
Effectively communicate changes to systems and/or master data policy to all affected parties and facilitate development of communication plans, implementation plans, etc. when required
Schedule regular material master data governance meetings with material master data stewards and BU Domain Guardians, to review topics of concern, discuss process improvement opportunities and communicate items of interest
Identify master data process automation opportunities and implement them
Qualifications
BE / BTECH in Mechanical / Electrical engineering preferably
Any SAP training or certification
Overall, 8-10 years in material master data management
Technical knowledge about materials used in Energy, Mining, Ports and Logistics industries
Experience in process improvement and robotic process automation