Customer & Vendor Master Data Strategist

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

provide essential support to a team of Lead Global Master Data Consultants as they work to prepare data for conversion and migration, and as they design and test several master data governance systems for ongoing data management. Business continuity and SOX compliance hinge on the accuracy, completeness and integrity of the data preparation work that this team will deliver. You must be a self-starter, able to work on own initiative within a framework. You will reports to the Director Data & Analytics, Aurora, and will take work direction from across the team of Lead Global Master Data Consultants.

• Data Preparation for Data Conversion / Migration – the process of moving or extending master data into different systems or organization structures: Master Data Cleansing (and coordination of multiple functional teams to do this) (and cross-workstream coordination of cleansing of other data).

• Data standardization, harmonization, and requirements localization. SAP S4 Master data value mapping, data construction.

• Coordination of cross-workstream data element requirements, design, and value mapping, Test data creation, Data validation, Bug investigation and solutioning, Change Management and training.

• Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) and Profisee – the tools and processes used to create and maintain master data records on an ongoing basis.

• Also known as the CRUD process: Local functional requirements gathering and documentation, Alignment of local requirements to global solution, Supervision of outsourced test script development and execution, Coordination of functional requirements alignment across upstream and downstream platforms.

• Test master data creation, testing the MDG process and tool, Bug investigation and solutioning, Change Management and training, Cut-over, Hypercare.

• Project task administration – various tools are used to manage these projects, including ADO, Target Process, Clarity, Jira, and Excel.

• Update task status and provide commentary where required, monitor for new tasks or dependencies and take appropriate action.

• Maintain documentation – primarily involving the following data documents: data definition (DD), field mapping design (FMD) and functional design (FD).

• Assist lead consultants with maintaining this documentation making sure it is up to date, accurate and as comprehensive as possible.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our technical roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Key Qualifications and Experiences:

• BA or BS in Finance, Business Administration or equivalent.

• Ideally 5+ years’ experience in master data management, ideally within a consumer products company an understanding of master data and transactional data processes, architecture, hierarchies, relationships, and interdependencies.

• SAP MDG CRUD process/workflow functional design and testing experience.

• Data Quality functional rule design and testing experience and Fiori UI functional design experience.

• Technical experience with data governance tools would be a bonus, but candidates who only have technical experience are not acceptable.

• Operational experience in delivering master data standardization, cleansing and harmonization.

• A self-starter, able to work on own initiative and Strong analytical skills.

• Must be hands on and detail oriented, but also able to see the big picture.

• Strong communication and influencing skills.

• Ability to question and challenge assumptions, interrogating existing practices to drive improvement with strong abstract thinking skills.

• Demonstrated multi-cultural savvy, i.e. experience working and delivering results across businesses, functions, regions, countries, and cultures.

• Strong listening skills, Fluent in English – Required (Additional languages preferred).

• Microsoft Office programs include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. SAP experience preferred.

• Ability to travel by ground and air up to 25% (primarily international travel).

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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