Global Master Data Consultant
- Country: United States
- Advertiser: Axelon Services Corporation
- Category: I.T. & Communications
Description:
Job Title: Global Master Data Consultant
Location: 100% Remote
Contract Position
- Remote - will consider candidates onshore, offshore, nearshore
- Must be fluent in English speaking, writing, reading
- Must be able to work at least 4-6 hours (minimum) in U.S. CST or EST
Top Skills:
- ERP, SAP data migration experience - mix of business side and technical, but emphasis on the business side
- Must be independent, strong critical thinker and speak with conviction
- Will be working on several domains including product, material, supplier, customer, and finance
Position Purpose:
- Client is currently undertaking several large-scale global transformation projects
- Requires conversion and migration of data, and ongoing master data management
- Provide essential support to a team of Lead Global Master Data Consultants
- Prepare data for conversion and migration, and design and test several master data governance systems
- Business continuity and SOX compliance hinge on data accuracy, completeness, and integrity
- Reports to the Director Data & Analytics, Aurora, and takes work direction from Lead Global Master Data Consultants
Scope:
- Work on more than one global project at once
- Focus on master data domains: Customer, Product, Direct Material, Indirect Material, Vendor, Customer Hierarchy, Product Hierarchy
Role Responsibilities & Accountabilities:
- Data Preparation for Data Conversion / Migration
- Master Data Cleansing and coordination of multiple functional teams
- Data standardization, harmonization, and requirements localization
- SAP S4 Master data value mapping, data construction
- Coordination of cross-workstream data element requirements, design, and value mapping
- Test data creation and validation
- Bug investigation and solutioning
- Change Management and training
- Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) and Profisee
- Local functional requirements gathering and documentation
- Alignment of local requirements to global solution
- Supervision of outsourced test script development and execution
- Coordination of functional requirements alignment across upstream and downstream platforms
- Test master data creation
- Testing the MDG process and tool
- Cut-over and Hypercare
- Project task administration using ADO, TargetProcess, Clarity, Jira, and Excel
- Update task status and provide commentary where required
- Monitor for new tasks or dependencies and take appropriate action
- Maintain documentation: data definition (DD), field mapping design (FMD), and functional design (FD)
- Assist lead consultants with maintaining documentation
Qualifications / Education / Experience Required:
- BA or BS in Finance, Business Administration or equivalent
- Ideally 5 years' experience in master data management, ideally within a consumer products company
- Understanding of master data and transactional data processes, architecture, hierarchies, relationships, and interdependencies
- SAP MDG CRUD process/workflow functional design and testing experience
- Data Quality functional rule design and testing experience
- Fiori UI functional design experience
- Technical experience with data governance tools is a bonus
- Operational experience in delivering master data standardization, cleansing, and harmonization
- A self-starter, able to work on own initiative
- Strong analytical skills
- Must be hands-on and detail-oriented, but also able to see the big picture
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Ability to question and challenge assumptions
- Demonstrated multi-cultural savvy
- Strong listening skills
- Fluent in English - Required (Additional languages preferred)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to travel by ground and air up to 25% (primarily international travel)