GVW Group, LLC Careers - Material Master Data Specialist

Position at Autocar Parts, LLC

Do you want to become a Master Data Specialist at Autocar Parts?

Can you be comfortable being uncomfortable? Are you fine with always speaking your mind? Can you lead, execute, and stay focused despite many distractions, and do the work yourself if needed?

At Autocar Parts, we fight for the customer's needs. We invest in and grow businesses that disrupt their industries by putting the customers' needs first. From big data to industrial manufacturing, we deliver tools that transform the work of the people that use them.

It takes a special kind of person to be a part of this business in transformation. We are privately owned and expect our team members to act with an owner mindset: Relentless about creating value for the customer. Dogged about finding efficiencies and eliminating waste. Standing arm in arm with the rest of the team until the job is done-and ready to do it again the next day, with a smile.

It is not easy to do things differently. But we do it-because we are passionate about improving our business and the lives of the people who use our tools.

Your Mission

You will own the business process for setting up and maintaining item, customer, and vendor master data. This will include the day-to-day parts creation as well as mass updates for data such as costing, product categorization, cross reference and other more dynamic factors. This role will also own driving improvements to our process by (1) establishing a workflow process to partner with other staff members and functions that provide the necessary data, (2) developing, documenting, and refining work instructions for the input and maintenance of all master data, and (3) performing training and compliance verification for the established procedures.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management and execution of the daily operation of the master data including day-to-day parts and vendor creation and mass maintenance, and verification of customer master creation processes.

• Develop/improve/modify the Master Data Management (MDM) processes to utilize data to achieve exceptional growth through data standardization and information management across multiple functional units of the business.

• Develops processes to improve part master data governance & quality to support internal teams, planning modules, costing, and warehouse/transportation modules.

• Develops processes to improve vendor master data governance & quality to support internal teams, vendor relationship management and scoring, vendor contact list maintenance, and corrective action support.

• Monitors customer creation and updates, verifying compliance with established processes.

• Support cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives as the MDM expert

• Ensures accuracy and timely execution of all requests received for the Data creation & maintenance

• Works within the business to ensure the accuracy and integrity of master data elements including the ability to timely troubleshoot any data issues.

• Creates and updates master data training documents, working instructions, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), business process and changes as required and communicate these changes to the business functional units as needed.

• Manage the efforts to identify, troubleshoot, cleanse, organize and update data on an on-going basis

• Lead audit of master data in ERP systems for compliance with data standards, governance policies and procedures

Position Requirements

• Experience and working knowledge of Data Systems and Data Warehousing

• Cross-functional business knowledge (Supply Chain/Production/Finance/Sales)

• Ability to partner with internal and external stakeholders to source the required master data including web searches and vendor portals

• Demonstrated leadership skills in planning and coordinating projects, resources, vendors, and internal resources.

Key Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Readily understand and apply data to analyze and simplify complex concepts

• Strong technical, project management, and analytical aptitude

• Ability to train and coach team members on systems

• Strong interpersonal skill to work across functions to resolve issues

• Self-starter with ability to work independently under pressure and react quickly to changing priorities.

Required Education, Certification, Training

• BS degree - Business, Supply Chain or Information Management specialty preferred.

• Prefer experience with ERP interaction, including master data management but open to candidates with analytical skills or aptitude.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel including Pivot table, v-lookups, and VBA scripting preferred.

Where will you work? This role is located at Autocar Parts' headquarters in Highland Park, IL.