Global Material Master Business Process Lead

Job Title: Global Material Master Business Process Lead

• Accountable for the overall global material master business process design and improvement, ensuring alignment with business goals and priorities in close collaboration with solution teams and business process owners.
• Responsible for ensuring consistency and completeness of end-to-end design with material master business processes and underlying data design.
• Designs and implements material master data management processes comparable to best-in-class processes, identifies areas of process opportunities for improvement in line with company guidelines and business requirements.
• Identifies digital solutioning options in close collaboration with IT teams to ensure business user acceptance, enablement of business process automation capabilities, and best practices for data management processes.
• Drives the overall plan for implementation and adoption of material master business process design in LDC releases in close collaboration with Core and Adoption teams.
• Responsible for gathering and implementing data requirements from Business Function (Domain Pillars in LDC projects), GPO, EDO, and team, as well as other dependent projects/programs.
• Facilitates cultural change by improving data literacy across the business through training, education, and increasing data consumption.
• Acts as a point of reference and contact for all queries related to material master process and data design.
• Drives the transition into new ways of working defined by Enterprise Operating Model per LDC scope.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Delivery of key milestones and deliverables on time, in quality, with full buy-in and support of country and global teams.

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• Master's university degree or higher.

Work Experience:

• At least 5 years' experience in a regional or global role in material/product data-related functional areas such as material master data management, product master data management, or supply chain master data in a cross-functional setting.
• Solid understanding of cross-functional master data management business process design and best practices in master data governance.
• Experience from SAP MDG, SAP S/4 HANA, and materials management, as well as related data concepts. Additional experience in SAP PLM/SAP EHS and/or specification management is advantageous.
• Proven track record of detailing data concepts for material master both from conceptual and operational governance perspectives.
• Proven track record in driving discussions and facilitating cross-functional decision-making in a matrix organization.
• Experienced in collaborating with diverse project teams including functional solution teams, data governance teams, and system configuration workstreams.
• Additional Project Management training or certification is desirable.

Skills:

• Business acumen: Very good understanding of material master data models in connection with operational significance of key data elements and cross-functional elements of data governance.
• Curious and forward-looking: Looks for examples inside and outside the company to identify fit-for-purpose designs.
• Data savvy: Proven experience analyzing As-Is and proposing solutions that are fit for purpose.
• Technical and process knowledge: Knowledge and understanding of driving data-driven business process definition and governance.
• Collaboration and influencing skills: Outspoken and experienced in interacting and driving solutioning in x-functional matrix organizations. Excellent interpersonal communication skills to drive conversations in virtual and diverse audiences.