Master Data Manager (Remote)

Key Skills

Analytical and Problem solving, Data Analytics, Data Governance, Data management, Effective communication skills, ERP, Project management

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated, dedicated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Master Data Manager for the new ERP program. The mission of this highly visible role is to define and implement master data strategies, policies, controls, and programs to ensure the enterprise data is accurate, complete, secure, and reliable.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Lead the Master Data workstream in the ERP Program to ensure project milestones and goals are met
• Lead the MDM team to support all aspects of an ERP implementation life cycle from requirements gathering, design, build, testing to deployment as well as data migration
• Lead a cross-functional team to clean up master data from the legacy system prior to data migration
• Collaborate with strategic business groups and IT to identify opportunities for business process improvement and assist in the implementation
• Envision, align, and lead cross-functionally all aspects of data policy deployment and related business processes
• Design and implement master data governance framework
• Provide master data management (MDM) internal consulting as a subject-matter expert (SME) in support of business and IT initiatives to improve master data management
• Manage onshore/offshore resources as well as external contractors and consultants

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering or related field
• 12+ years of experience with data governance, data quality and data management
• 8+ years of project management experience working closely with both business and IT resources
• 5+ years of experience acting as a SME on MDM implementations preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience in leading Master Data for a major ERP implementation
• Strong understanding of a manufacturing environment and direct relationship to Master Data
• Demonstrated experience developing business requirements and business cases for MDM systems and ability to distill complex business requirements, and then effectively communicate those to technical resources

Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge of end-to-end processes for collecting and maintaining master data across the enterprise and then distributing data to business partners or systems
• Ability to rationalize existing vocabularies to help break down silos and establish a common business vocabulary. 
• Ability to partner and influence business & IT stakeholders at various organizational levels
• Solid change management skills
• Ability to understand organizational data requirements and define, clearly articulate, and drive plan to provide accurate master data that meets a manufacturing firm’s objectives
• Ability to identify the root cause of data quality issues and lead teams of technical and business resources to resolve
• Solid business acumen and ERP knowledge with manufacturing experience
• Excellent problem-solving skills with strong track record of producing analytic insight that has led to significant data quality improvements
• Experience with at least one of the MDM tools
• Multidomain (Customer, Vendor, Product, etc) MDM experience
• Very strong oral and written communications skills

EMPLOYEE CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Collaborate Across Workgroups
• Initiate and lead positive change
• Demonstrate solid project management skills
• Deliver High Quality Results
• Demonstrate business domain knowledge & MDM technology expertise
• Attention to detail

For more than 145 years, Watts Water Technologies has been a leader in residential and commercial water products and solutions. Being a $ 2B public company, Watts continues to be at the forefront of innovation and addressing demands and challenges in safety & regulations, energy efficiency and water conservation. Watts will embark on a significant multi-year transformation endeavor – a major ERP implementation. Establishing master data integrity and a solid governance framework is one of the key success factors.