SAP MDG Lead

Position Summary The SAP MDG Lead owns the organization’s SAP master data governance capability and helps establish the standards, workflows, quality controls, stewardship model, and operating discipline required for trusted SAP data. This role is responsible for building scalable governance around material, customer, vendor, finance, product, BOM, routing, and related master data domains. The role partners closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Sales, Operations, PLM, SAP COE, AMS, and business data owners. Process Scope Material Master Governance: Data quality, attributes, and lifecycle rules. Customer and Vendor Master Governance: Business partner records and governance. Engineering Data Dependencies: Product structure, BOM, routing, and PLM integration. Finance Master Data: Cost centers, profit centers, GL accounts, and controlling objects. SAP MDG Strategy: Roadmap, workflows, validations, roles, and stewardship model. Data Standards: Data ownership, quality dashboards, and cleansing initiatives. Enterprise Integration: Alignment with PLM systems, SAP S/4HANA, analytics, and future plant or facility rollouts. Key Responsibilities Governance and Data Ownership Establish and maintain SAP master data governance policies, standards, ownership models, and approval workflows. Partner with business data owners and data stewards to define data quality ownership, decision rights, and remediation actions. Create clear standards for critical SAP fields, naming conventions, mandatory attributes, lifecycle states, and data quality rules. Help create a practical data governance council or operating cadence focused on SAP master data decisions and escalations. SAP MDG Solution Ownership Own SAP MDG functional design, governance workflows, validation rules, change requests, roles, and integration points. Lead the implementation of SAP MDG, coordinating across business, functional, technical, and AMS teams to deliver the solution effectively. Partner with technical teams and AMS to support MDG configuration, enhancements, reporting, and workflow improvements. Ensure MDG design supports complex manufacturing processes, product structures, multi-plant rollouts, and overall business scalability. Challenge custom or manual data governance approaches that undermine long-term data quality or process discipline. Data Quality and Continuous Improvement Define and monitor data quality KPIs across all master data domains. Lead data cleansing, duplicate reduction, field completion, and master data remediation initiatives. Partner with process leads to identify how poor data impacts end-to-end business processes (e.g., Quote-to-Invoice, Forecast-to-Plan, Procurement, and Financial Reporting). Support data readiness activities for enterprise rollouts, stabilization initiatives, analytics, and digital transformation efforts. Documentation, Training, and Stewardship Maintain data standards, governance procedures, data definitions, field ownership documents, and training materials. Train data stewards and business users on governance processes, approval workflows, data quality expectations, and issue escalation. Mentor data analysts and stewards to build internal master data capability. Ensure documentation and standards remain current as SAP processes and organizational structures evolve. Required Qualifications Experience: 7+ years in SAP master data, SAP MDG, data governance, and SAP functional data roles. Functional Expertise: Deep understanding of SAP master data impacts across end-to-end business processes. Governance Design: Proven experience defining data standards, workflows, data ownership structures, and data quality controls. Cross-Functional Communication: Demonstrated ability to bridge business functions and translate data quality issues into operational and system impacts. Skills: Strong analytical, documentation, communication, and organizational governance skills. Pay: $130,000.00 - $165,000.00 per year Work Location: In …

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