Messer Americas · 7 hours ago
Manager, Master Data Governance
Bridgewater, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$135K/yr - $180K/yr
10+ years expMesser Americas is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company, and they are seeking a Manager for Master Data Governance. This role is responsible for ensuring the creation, maintenance, and monitoring of high-quality master data, driving business strategy, and improving operational excellence.
ChemicalHealth CareIndustrialManufacturingOil and GasPrecious Metals
Responsibilities
Lead and manage data governance activities for Customer and Material Master and improve the quality and manage the protection of sensitive data and information assets
Focus on establishing and ensuring adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data policies, standards and practices, both at the department and Business and Functional areas level, to achieve the required level of consistency, quality and protection to meet overall business needs
Serve as a point of escalation for governance, data quality and protection issues and will work closely with Business and Functional area leadership to improve the quality and value of core data assets, respond to regulatory protection requirements as well as support the strategic requirements of the department
Define policies and processes that control how data is managed in the organization
Develop strategies and implement data rules, streamline data processes, define standard master data dictionary, prepare User Requirement Specification related to system enhancements, automation and data integration needs to improve data quality and reduce manual data entry errors
Maintain trust in master data by providing ongoing stewardship and oversight; ensuring timely, secure access to master data to support business transactions and decision-making
Maintain compliance throughout the data lifecycle in accordance with corporate policies, regulations, and laws
Improve efficiency by optimizing and digitizing processes, clearly defining roles and responsibilities, and minimizing master data management costs
Establish and supports multi-domain MDM Governance processes to ensure the accuracy and completeness of Salesforce, SAP, and other internal ERP systems data
Manage the Data Governance and Master Data Maintenance team providing strategy, guidance, coach and performance controls
Manage a large and complex portfolio of projects that have master data implications ensuring that priorities are set and deadlines are achieved
Approve Customer Data Quality Rules for assigned Master Data Objects in SFDC and SAP
Recommend changes, automation opportunities and define new data structure for MDM Governance Steerco for approval
Conduct regular consultations with other functions to evaluate Data needs and recommend improvement projects
Provide support and guidance to the Data Stewards, Technical Analysts, the business users, and IT about Data topics
Ensure the integrity of the system data in the core systems: SAP, SFDC, and Gold along with downstream systems that consume this data
Collaborate with Data Architecture to define where the data needs to be stored and how to integrate with other System data needs
Approve Data Quality Management and provide feedback to Sales team to ensure current data in SFDC is accurate
Approve cleansing data strategy
Define KPIs to ensure data create/change SLAs are being met
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business administration or an IT-related field
Minimum of 10 years in business process management and/or data governance
At least 5 years in a leadership role
Proven track record in leading strategic process improvement and data governance initiatives
Deep understanding of data quality management, data protection, and compliance
Strong leadership abilities to guide and inspire teams
Strategic thinker with expertise in process optimization and continuous improvement
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Ability to foster a culture of data excellence and continuous improvement
Proactive problem-solving skills with a strategic vision for data governance
Proficiency in process mapping, data governance software tools, and data analytics
Strong project management skills to handle multiple complex projects simultaneously
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science or a related field as a plus
Experience with process management tools (e.g., BPM, Six Sigma) and data governance frameworks
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short term disability
Life insurance
Paid time off
Long term disability
401(k) Plan
Bonus program
Company
Messer Americas
Messer Americas is one of the industrial gas companies, offers expertise in industrial, medical, specialty, and electronic gases.
5001-10000 employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Elena Skvortsova
President and CEO
Jens Luehring
President & CEO
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