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Job Description
Summary:
The Product Data Specialist is responsible for managing, enriching and ensuring the integrity of product data to optimize its use across business processes. This position will proactively collaborate with vendors and cross-functionally to improve data accuracy and support business initiatives. Responsible for ensuring the organization, accuracy and completeness of product information across various platforms to deliver an excellent customer experience.
This position can work out of our Bloomington, MN HQ or in our branch location in Wood Dale, IL.
Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
- Data Management and Maintenance
- Collect, input and maintain accurate product information within the ERP and PIM systems.
- Follow established data standards, guidelines and procedures to ensure reliable and timely product data is maintained across all platforms.
- Ensure data integrity and consistency by regularly auditing and validating datasets.
- Proactively collaborate with vendors, suppliers and internal teams to gather and update product data.
- Data Enrichment
- Enrich product data with detailed attributes, descriptions and categorizations.
- Ensure data is complete, accurate and aligned with company standards and customer needs.
- Develop and maintain taxonomies, hierarchies and metadata for better data accessibility.
- Product Data and System Support and Process Improvement
- Troubleshoot and resolve product data issues.
- Identify system and process improvements to enhance data management efficiency.
- Assist in system projects related to product data.
- Collaboration and Communication
- Partner with sales, supply chain, eCommerce and IT teams to align product data with business objectives.
- Analysis and Reporting
- Generate and distribute reports related to product data accuracy, completeness and usage.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for product data quality and recommend improvements.
Critical Success Factors:
- Highly motivated, self-directed and results driven with the ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks and priorities
- Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Skilled in working with cross-functional teams to affect collaboration, resolution of issues and community building across multiple functions.
- Able to find creative solutions to problems and develop innovative ideas using forward thinking.
Required for consideration:
- Associates or Bachelor s Degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Supply Chain or a related field preferred.
- 2 years work experience with PIM or ERP systems in a data management capacity.
- Proficient in MS Excel and other data analysis tools including vlookups, pivots and formulas.
Highly desirable candidates may also have:
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data tools such as SQL and PowerQuery
- Experience in B2B distribution
- Epicor P21 experience
- Familiarity with PowerBI
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