Responsibilities: 

• Collaborate with cross-functional team to guarantee all product information is accurate and complete. Partner with project stakeholders on delays, bottlenecks, and resource constraints
• Perform data entry of PRODUCT related data for new products and product changes into PLM systems
• Participate in deploying the data governance framework across the PRODUCT data domain
• Profile data for data quality measurements
• Document data definitions and standards
• Apply business rules to data to measure data quality levels
• Build requirements and design data quality checking processes
• Ensure consistency across technology and drive for data integrity and standard processes
• Attend PLM gate review meetings to offer process & data quality assistance
• Build strong working relationships with cross-functional partners to understand opportunities for improvement, address customer needs and PRODUCT data pain-points
• Create manufacturing Bill of Materials to be used in SAP ECC (Enterprise Core Component) environment
• Ensure consistency across SAP, Windchill, Stibo & Salsify and drive for data integrity
• Support cross-functional participants by providing instruction on change request documentation and task requirements by project. Participate in recurring refresher trainings to larger audience
• Assist product data analysts in other categories when needed
   

Qualifications:

• Business acumen regarding the product development lifecycle with a history of using data to solve business problems, a strategic and technical mindset, and an ability to drive and own business relationships
• 2+ years in working with product data and product lifecycle management processes
• Bachelor’s degree or above
• Ability to operate in a matrixed team environment with deadlines & deliverable dates shifting around
• SAP experience preferred
• PLM system or change management system experience. Windchill experience a plus
•  Manufacturing experience in the consumer goods industry
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
• Self-starter with high degree of motivation to learn and go above and beyond
• Intellectual curiosity for digging into data quality concerns
• MS Office skills
• Strong verbal and written communications skills at all levels; ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others at all levels
• Ability to prioritize workload and meet project deadlines
• Critical thinking skills a must
• Process improvement experience a plus