Senior Data Steward

Advantage Solutions is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

The Sr. Data Steward is responsible for performing accurate data entry, researching data requests, resolving escalated issues, interfacing with internal and external clients, and managing the governance of the master data system. This role plays a key part in ensuring the integrity, quality, and continuous improvement of the organization’s data assets.

Responsibilities

• Data Entry/Management, Quality & Cleansing: Input, update, and maintain data in databases and management systems. Ensure data is accurate, organized, and easily retrievable. Responsibilities include entering, auditing, and maintaining material, customer, and other related data in the MDG system. Manage helpdesk requests and utilize data governance tools and standards to maintain high master data quality. Create and maintain customer master data within the SAP MDG workflow in collaboration with functional areas and approvers. Identify and rectify outdated, incorrect, or duplicate data entries and implement processes for maintaining data quality over time.
• Database Maintenance: Assist in optimizing database systems, performing regular backups, ensuring security protocols, and maintaining database performance.
• Reporting and Analysis: Generate reports on data quality metrics, trends, and issues. Analyze data to support decision-making processes and monitor quality for opportunities for improvement. Validate data integrity for new client/customer requests.
• Collaboration: Work with other departments to understand data needs and provide support for inquiries. Collaborate with IT teams to address technical data management issues. Provide technical support for master data objects, workflows, and practices.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with data governance policies, SLA, KPI metrics, and MDG standards.
• Change Management: Manage and document changes to master data, ensuring updates are communicated to stakeholders and proper approvals are obtained.
• Training and Support: Provide training to staff on data entry procedures and best practices. Assist users in navigating data systems.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for improving MDM processes and practices based on business needs, industry standards, and technological advancements.

Travel

Travel is not an essential duty of this job but may be required up to 10%.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Minimum Qualifications

Education Level:

• Required: High School Diploma or GED or equivalent experience
• Preferred: Associate’s Degree or equivalent experience

Experience Requirements:

• 3–5 years of experience in the grocery industry preferred

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritize with minimal supervision to meet deadlines
• Intermediate knowledge of PC software applications and a strong understanding of PC operating systems
• Excellent customer service skills
• Research and analytical skills

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

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The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

Responsibilities

• Data Entry/Management, Quality & Cleansing: Input, update, and maintain data in databases and management systems. Ensure data is accurate, organized, and easily retrievable. Responsibilities include entering, auditing, and maintaining material, customer, and other related data in the MDG system. Manage helpdesk requests and utilize data governance tools and standards to maintain high master data quality. Create and maintain customer master data within the SAP MDG workflow in collaboration with functional areas and approvers. Identify and rectify outdated, incorrect, or duplicate data entries and implement processes for maintaining data quality over time.
• Database Maintenance: Assist in optimizing database systems, performing regular backups, ensuring security protocols, and maintaining database performance.
• Reporting and Analysis: Generate reports on data quality metrics, trends, and issues. Analyze data to support decision-making processes and monitor quality for opportunities for improvement. Validate data integrity for new client/customer requests.
• Collaboration: Work with other departments to understand data needs and provide support for inquiries. Collaborate with IT teams to address technical data management issues. Provide technical support for master data objects, workflows, and practices.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with data governance policies, SLA, KPI metrics, and MDG standards.
• Change Management: Manage and document changes to master data, ensuring updates are communicated to stakeholders and proper approvals are obtained.
• Training and Support: Provide training to staff on data entry procedures and best practices. Assist users in navigating data systems.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for improving MDM processes and practices based on business needs, industry standards, and technological advancements.

Travel

Travel is not an essential duty of this job but may be required up to 10%.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Minimum Qualifications

Education Level:

• Required: High School Diploma or GED or equivalent experience
• Preferred: Associate’s Degree or equivalent experience

Experience Requirements:

• 3–5 years of experience in the grocery industry preferred

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritize with minimal supervision to meet deadlines
• Intermediate knowledge of PC software applications and a strong understanding of PC operating systems
• Excellent customer service skills
• Research and analytical skills

Additional Information Regarding Job Duties and Job Descriptions

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.

Any estimate, schedule, or guideline provided to associates in this job description or elsewhere in connection with their jobs is only intended to help describe job duties and for planning purposes. Regardless of any such estimate, schedule, or guideline, associates must always record all time worked for our company (which includes but is not limited to on-site work time in an assigned store, office, or other work location; required waiting time; administrative time; and work-related travel time).

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified.

The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.