SAP Global Master Data Consultant

Title: Global Master Data Consultant

Location: REMOTE

Contract Position

Responsibilities:

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

Assignment length, 6 months then will reassess need, but most likely will be extended

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. Each of which requires conversion and migration of data, and ongoing master data management. This role will provide essential support to a team of Lead Global Master Data Consultants as they work to prepare data for conversion and migration, and as they design and test several master data governance systems for ongoing data management. Business continuity and SOX compliance hinge on the accuracy, completeness and integrity of the data preparation work that this team will deliver. The candidate must be a self-starter, able to work on own initiative within a framework.

The role reports to the Director Data & Analytics, Aurora, and will take work direction from across the team of Lead Global Master Data Consultants.

Scope:

Each transformation project extends over multiple global regions. This role is likely to be required to work on more than one global project at once.

The following master data domains are the primary focus for this role: Customer, Product, Direct Material, InDirect Material, Vendor, Customer Hierarchy, Product Hierarchy. The role is likely to be required to work on more than one of these domains at the same time.

Role Responsibilities & Accountabilities

These duties are not meant to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

Data Preparation for Data Conversion / Migration the process of moving or extending master data into different systems or organization structures:

Master Data Cleansing (and coordination of multiple functional teams to do this) (and cross[1]workstream coordination of cleansing of other data)

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

Data validation

Bug investigation and solutioning

Change Management and training

Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) and Profisee the tools and processes used to create and maintain master data records on an ongoing basis. Also known as the CRUD process:

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

Bug investigation and solutioning

Change Management and training

Cut-over

Hypercare

Project task administration various tools are used to manage these projects, including 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 primarily involving the following data documents: data definition (DD), field mapping design (FMD) and functional design (FD):

Assist lead consultants with maintaining this documentation making sure it is up to date, accurate and as comprehensive as possible

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

An 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 would be a bonus, but candidates who only have

technical experience are not acceptable

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; interrogating existing practices to drive improvement with strong abstract thinking skills

Demonstrated multi-cultural savvy, i.e. experience working and delivering results across businesses, functions, regions, countries, and cultures

Strong listening skills

Fluent in English Required (Additional languages preferred)

Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. SAP experience preferred

Demonstrated multi-cultural savvy, i.e. experience working and delivering results across businesses,

functions, regions, countries, and cultures

Strong listening skills

Fluent in English Required (Additional languages preferred)

Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. SAP experience preferred

Ability to travel by ground and air up to 25% (primarily international travel