Overview

At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves. For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials. Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers. 

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at www.adspipe.com.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate must bring high level of ethical, intellectual, professional, and personal values that complement the team.

• Strategic Mindset – anticipates future trends and implications accurately
• Decision Quality – relies on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment when making decisions
• Customer Focus – identifies opportunities that benefit the business
• Business Insight – keeps up with current and possible future policies, practices, and trends in the organization, function, and in the marketplace
• Plans and Aligns – breaks down objectives into appropriate initiatives and actions
• Optimizes Work Processes – seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering
• Ensures Accountability – establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results
• Collaborates – works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives
• Develops Talent – develops others through coaching, feedback, exposure, and stretch assignments
• Builds Effective Teams – forms teams with appropriate and diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experience
• Drives Vision and Purpose – talks about future possibilities in a positive way
• Courage – faces difficult issues and supports others who do the same

Responsibilities

We are seeking a highly skilled Product Data Analyst to be the detailed owner of the product data at ADS. This pivotal role will take ownership of managing and optimizing our product data for improved business outcomes. The Product Data Analyst will be responsible for setting the vision and strategy for product data management, driving initiatives to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of product information, and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance the customer experience.

At ADS, we believe that a good customer experience hinges on accurate and complete product data. The Product Data Analyst will be responsible for delivering this key part of our customer experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, business administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 3-5 years previous experience in product management, data governance, product data management, accounting, finance, or a related role.
• Process improvement or optimization experience a plus

Job Responsibilities

• Data Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy for managing product data throughout its lifecycle, from acquisition to retirement.
• Data Governance: Establish and enforce robust data governance policies and procedures to maintain data integrity, security, and quality.
• Data Management: Oversee the end-to-end management of product data, including collection, storage, maintenance, and utilization.
• Data Standards: Define and enforce data standards and taxonomies to ensure consistency and uniformity in product information.
• Data Integration: Drive efforts to integrate product data across systems and platforms, enabling seamless data flow and interoperability.
• Data Quality Assurance: Implement mechanisms to monitor, measure, and improve the quality of product data through data cleansing, deduplication, and validation.
• Data Analysis: Utilize advanced analytics and data visualization techniques to derive insights from product data and drive data-driven decision-making.
• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate closely with internal teams, including product development, marketing, sales, and IT, to align data management efforts with business objectives.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards governing the management and use of product data, such as GDPR and industry-specific requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead initiatives to continuously improve data management processes, workflows, and technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Experience

• Expertise in data management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills with the ability to drive change and build consensus across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to think analytically and translate data into actionable insights.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Change management champion who can tell the story of the criticality of solid product data

Technical Skills

• Experience with Oracle-based systems (or another ERP) is desirable.
• Proficiency in Product Information Management (PIM) systems, with experience in Akeneo being beneficial but not mandatory.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Collaborative personality who understands the art of alignment.
• Highly motivated and results-oriented with a high energy level
• Strong project management skills with demonstrated ability to plan strategically
• Effectively brings thought leadership and diverse points of view together to formulate solutions that meet both business segment and group objectives
• Excellent organizational skills to manage and prioritize a diverse workload
• Willingness and ability to operate "hands on" to get results.
• Shows can-do-attitude and tenacity to get the job done
• Conducts business with the highest ethical and moral standards
• Approachable and candid.

EEO Statement

ADS supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience, and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. ADS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.