Master Data Lead

Job Description:

Responsible for leading, defining, planning, tracking and managing the activities for master data management in a large-scale ERP implementation. Provide direction to teams to meet defined objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage master data mapping and integration work.
• Manage resources technical involved in ETL.
• Engage business users in data validation process.
• Responsible for alignment across functional workstreams.
• Gain alignment from the business stakeholders on key functional decisions.
• Lead project planning activities and manage the execution of the functional tasks according to plan.
• Manage and lead relationships with project stakeholders, keeping them informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all the functional requirements and deliverables
• Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken to reassess and amend the scope of work requirements, budget and timeline.
• Guide and own functional specific Product backlog and prioritization (process gaps and extensions/WRICEFs needed for the functionality).
• Identify and analyze risks, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
• Prepare and lead Solution Validation and Design Workshops.
• Perform solution design, fit-gap analysis and prototype with business.
• Complete project documentation and deliverables.
• Lead, facilitate and participate in testing and QA cycles.

Required Experience

• Bachelor s degree.
• SAP Solution/Module and cross-module experience which must include multiple SAP project implementations and rollouts.
• Experience managing master data ETL for ERP large implementations
• Extended experience in SAP table structures, field level / mapping knowledge, customizations within material, BOM and router objects.
• Experience demonstrating business process knowledge in area relevant to project (ex. Manufacturing, Warehouse Management, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Finance and Controlling, etc.).
• At least 5 years of data, business and/or systems analyst experience to include translating between business and technical requirements.
• Previous experience providing direct user/client support.
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Experience communicating technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.