Master Data Analyst Job Description
Master data analyst
provides training and guidance to cross functional teams on master data processes and the impact of master data across the various functions within the SAP system.
Master Data Analyst Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Coordination with local SAP development team for data export/imports
Work with migration and bridge team to ensure a smooth Go live SAP implementation
Educate employees in the system, create training materials
Support vendors in system related issues
Set up internal catalogs in system
Follow up on vendors who repeatedly send paper invoices and purchases outside the system
Support Accounts Payable and vendors with invoice issues that are system related
Report on internal compliance related to vendor master data
Strengthen procurement decisions via the use of detailed analytic and industry experience to thoroughly and gradually identify a vendor's product or service costs
Monitor work queue for execution requirements
Master Data Analyst Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Master Data Analyst
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, SAP, IQCP, CDMP, PR, US, MM, PMP, ITIL, CSCMP
Education for Master Data Analyst
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the master data analyst job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Business, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, Education, Engineering, Business/Administration, Management, Information Systems, Information Technology
Skills for Master Data Analyst
Desired skills for master data analyst include:
SAP
Excel
Microsoft Office standard pack
One SAP end-to-end process and related data
Word
Governance/maintenance processes
Interfaces
Master data system table structures
Source system platforms
Technologies
Desired experience for master data analyst includes:
2+ years of hands on work within an ERP
2+ years of hands on system implementation work/ testing
Basic understanding of MDM business processes related to Material and/or Vendor management
Intermediate knowledge of procure to pay and order to cash processes
Passion for managing information as a corporate resource
Experience with advanced planning systems a strong plus
Master Data Analyst Examples
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Master Data Analyst Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a master data analyst. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for master data analyst
- Ensure timely and quality data standards exist, and perform the data entry of Equipment and Preventative Maintenance information in SAP’s Plant Maintenance module
- Able to identify SAP master-data issues, make recommendations and implement solutions to optimize processes and procedures
- Participate in the enhancement process for SAP improvements notably for business requirements gathering and user acceptance testing
- Technical support to users on issues related to APO & SAP
- Support all SAP integrations, upgrades
- Troubleshoot problems related to incorrect values in SAP Master Data
- Gather, define and prioritize business requirements together with applications manager and application owners related to product master data flows
- Participate and contribute in strategic projects to improve the product data flows and used applications
- Participate and contribute with an overall application and team perspective in various local and global projects
- Ensure master data is maintained as per data standard, control requirements and defined service level agreements (SLAs)
Qualifications for master data analyst
- Be knowledgeable about UA Supply Chain.It is critical to understand what the teams do and how they work together to deliver products to our customers
- Coordinate with internal departments work independently on assigned tasks to achieve departmental goals and initiatives
- 5+ years of experience working with Master Data and Procure to pay systems
- Undergraduate Degree in Business and/or Technology
- Previous experience working with Vendor Master Data processes previously
- Minimum 2 years’ experience with data management
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of master data analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for master data analyst
- Super user for SAP industrial and commercial Master data
- Understand external customer routing guides and configure SAP to ensure compliance
- Provide guidance and train business users to effectively use SAP and JDA systems
- Provide training and guidance to cross functional teams on master data processes and the impact of master data across the various functions within the SAP system
- Responsible for facilitation of data collection process and output for SAP
- Provide localized training for plant master data coordinators and other plant employees
- Assess the performance of plant Data Coordinators in meeting business needs and data quality requirements and work with Master Data Coordinators and their supervisors to address performance issues
- Work with business/ plant Data Coordinators to help establish common vocabulary and business descriptions of data
- Analyze all requests to create or change master data (materials, customers, production planning data, Domtar personnel creations, logistics) to ensure the requests conform to existing business processes and system constraints
- Analyze numerous requests coming from the business while being able to direct the requester to the appropriate party as quickly as possible is essential
Qualifications for master data analyst
- Basic knowledge of PowerPoint, Access, Project and/or Visio is a preferred
- Associate's degree in Business, Information Systems or related field from an accredited college or university, B.S
- Can articulate and support the Organizations mission, vision, and values departmental goals
- Analyzes business requirements, translates to technical needs, and determines the appropriate master data needed to facilitate transactions
- Researches and troubleshoots data across multiple sources using knowledge of data flow and their impact on business processes
- Develops processes and procedures related to master data and acts as a resource to transfer appropriate knowledge to team members and internal customers
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of master data analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for master data analyst
- Work closely with the Merchandising team Supply Chain and others to ensure timely execution of master data article requests
- Testing, executing and maintenance of data
- Liaise in with Market key stakeholders to collect, clean and normalizing data before uploading in Workday
- Data collection and cleaning to rid the system of old, unused or duplicate data for better management and quicker access
- Analysis of data and development of summarized reports
- Translation of business requirements and data models into feasible reporting and analytics structures to support business needs
- Identification of areas for data quality improvements
- JDA Suite super user
- Develop business process that can meet the business needs effectively and efficiently and use system configuration to align business requirements
- Work with various business users across the organization (Supply Chain Planning, Finance, Sales, Customer Service, Order Management, NPI, 3PL Fulfilment Centers) to define and implement business process improvements
Qualifications for master data analyst
- Provides leadership and subject matter expertise regarding functionality of master data for assigned projects and/or processes
- Serves as a liaison between Information Technology and business requestor to develop new master data elements
- Acts as a resource for less experienced Analysts and my review the work of others
- Relevant IT background, BSc Engineering or similar
- Experience from similar assignments in an industrial company
- Project and change management approach
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Master Data Analyst Job Description
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Our growing company is hiring for a master data analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for master data analyst
- Work with a variety of cross functional groups (Manufacturing, Accounting, Finance, Distribution, Product Development, Regulatory Affairs, Procurement, ) to collect, organize, check, and submit data elements that will then be loaded into SAP
- Create and update vendor/customer accounts in SAP system
- Compile daily vendor/customer add/change reports in both SAP and Legacy systems
- Update vendor withholding information in SAP
- Research and resolve limits of authority approval expense limits in SAP utilizing table queries
- Candidate must possess very strong analytical skills and function in a fast paced multi-task environment with minimal supervision
- Input, review and maintain company-wide financial master data through use of written procedures and forms ensuring standardization and accuracy in accordance to our world-wide procedures
- May be required to perform governance relates roles
- Determine proper client/ customer ties related to patronage, equity, payment terms and validity
- Manage ongoing queue of requests for new grain clients, vendors, lienholders, truckers and vendors ensuring that all requests are valid, accurate and completed in the expected time frame
Qualifications for master data analyst
- Experience with improvement methodologies
- Minimum 2 years equivalent work experience
- Preferred experience in working with data quality, master data management and/or data governance within a global master data environment or familiarity working with Supply Chain processes and data, manufacturing or materials management, logistics, production planning
- Able to collaborate within a team structure, independently (with some direction)
- Monitoring and reviewing Master Data flows ensuring appropriate qualityand accuracy
- Respond to enquiries by developing and providing problem solving guidelines and suggested approaches
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Our growing company is looking for a master data analyst. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for master data analyst
- Maintains data, departmental files and reports
- Responsible for communication with various departments and with outside vendors
- Coordinates with the Manager of Master Data on daily workflow
- Maintains documentation pertinent to bar-codes, non-stocked application and other documents as necessary
- Analyzes and resolves data issues
- Maintain Data related to Warehousing, Storage Locations, Quality Management, Batch Management
- Complete master data requests in line with service level agreements and respond to queries in a timely fashion
- Provides problem-solving support, advice and guidance to internal customers which is professional, responsive, and drives initiatives to completion
- Understands the impact of master data within the organization and systems for applicable data domains
- Propose process efficiency improvements in execution of work, automation opportunity, and team processes
Qualifications for master data analyst
- Contribute to projects and initiatives, challenging the status quo and identifying new opportunities
- Perform new system & data onboarding activities including data profiling and reporting out overall data assessment of fitness-for-purpose
- Identifying root cause, documenting and resolving data quality issues
- Experience of material definition
- Knowledge of material definition
- Ability to explain and communicate the requirements to developers facilitate business stakeholders with non-technical language