Material Master Domain Expert (1 Year Contract)

Job Purpose:

A strategic pillar of Smiths Detections Acceleration Program involves a significant investment in improving Material Master Data quality. To lead this crucial effort within the MDM Team we are seeking a highly skilled Material Master Data Strategist with a strong focus on Data Quality Management. This expert will partner with the Supply Chain team to thoroughly analyze current material data challenges such as duplicates incompleteness profiling issues and inconsistencies and develop a comprehensive roadmap of solutions. This role demands deep domain expertise in ensuring and enhancing the quality of Material Master data to drive strategic business outcomes. To start off with this role is a temporary one and based on business needs we can take call in later days.

Duties:

• Maintain and optimize Material Master and BOM data
• Execute and manage data profiling and quality improvement initiatives
• Support configuration and documentation of P2P STP ECN PTM ITO and MTE processes
• Draft detailed BRDs SOPs and functional specifications
• Conduct root cause analysis for data issues and process gaps
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define Business Rules and workflow enhancements
• Provide support during testing go-live and hyper care phases
• Act as a bridge between business and technical teams for SAP data and process alignment
• No job constraints.

Planning and Decision Making:

• Level of responsibility for planning organizing implementing

• Operational Level: Day-to-day Execution Following Defined Processes Issue Resolution Support Activities
• Tactical Level: Contributing to Planning Developing Solutions Defining Business Rules Cross-Functional Coordination

• Level and type of decision making

• Analysis of data adherence to rules collaboration with stakeholders focus on problem-solving

• Direction provided to incumbent by Manager

• Align the incumbents work with organizational goals.
• Provide clear expectations and guidelines for project and operational tasks.
• Facilitate effective collaboration with stakeholders.
• Support the incumbents professional development through feedback and guidance.

Impact and Scope: 

• Describe the impact this job has in the areas of financial safety policy development strategic planning decision making and problem solving

• This SAP MM/PP profile plays a vital role in ensuring efficient and accurate material management and production planning with significant positive impacts on financial performance strategic alignment informed decision-making effective problem-solving and adherence to safety and policy frameworks. 

• Describe the impact of errors

• The accuracy and integrity of the data managed by this profile are foundational to the smooth efficient and safe operation of the business. Errors in this domain can have a cascading effect impacting nearly every aspect of the organization and leading to significant financial operational and reputational consequences.

Key Internal and External Relationships: 

• List key stakeholders

• Finance Procurement Supply Chain MDM Controls & Governance Auditing Team

Qualifications :

Technical Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Diploma / Any Degree / Post-Graduation

Knowledge & Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in SAP MM/PP modules
• In-depth knowledge of material master BOM and related SAP integrations
• Proficiency in data profiling tools and methods
• Strong documentation skills and ability to write BRDs and business process flows
• Good understanding of supply chain manufacturing and procurement functions
• Excellent communication and analytical thinking
• Prior experience working in data migration data governance or SAP transformation projects is a plus
• Material Master Data Management:
  Creation maintenance standardization and lifecycle control of materials in SAP
• Bill of Materials (BOM):
  Structuring maintaining and updating single/multilevel BOMs across production scenarios
• Engineering Change Notice (ECN):
  Managing controlled change processes for materials and BOMs
• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) & Source-to-Pay (STP):
  Supporting purchasing workflows and vendor integration
• Inquiry to Order (ITO) Plan to Manufacture (PTM) Make to Execute (MTE): Involvement in end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain flows
• Data Profiling & Data Quality Management:
  Conducting deep data analysis identifying data issues and executing data cleansing and enrichment for materials
• Business Documentation:
  Writing BRDs (Business Requirement Documents) SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and functional design specifications
• Business Rule (BR) Development:
  Creating validating and managing BRs for automation and data governance
• Solutioning & Process Understanding:
  Working with business users to understand process gaps proposing solutions and delivering functional enhancements
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  Liaising with stakeholders across procurement planning engineering and IT to align SAP processes with business needs
• Data Governance & Compliance: Ensuring master data adheres to internal governance policies and audit controls
• Testing & UAT Support: Involvement in test case creation data validation user training and deployment assistance

Additional Information :

Join us and well help build your career with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business both locally and globally. Youll experience an inclusive environment with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. Youll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

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