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When you join the Albemarle team, you contribute to a better tomorrow. You will play a role in powering many of the world’s largest and most critical industries, from energy and communications to transportation and electronics. We are putting innovation to work to improve people’s lives and we want YOU to be a part of it.

Job Description

Albemarle seeks a talented Master Data Governance Manager to join its Master Data Management team within Global Business Services. This position is part of a Master Data team that is geographically dispersed and collaborates with Data partners to build and operate sustainable processes and services to deliver trusted quality Master Data fit for business processes and reporting. We are a global operation with regional presence and seek to collectively care and sustain the Customer, Vendor, Material, and Finance Master Data for which we are responsible in systems including SAP, TM, Salesforce, and Workday.

The Master Data Governance Manager is responsible to support the Master Data Management (MDM) roadmap through work on initiatives to support our master data governance processes and operations, collaboration with Information Technology (IT) partners to remediate, enhance, and deploy technical solutions, and participation on cross functional projects, all with the intention to improve data integrity and reliability. This leader will be a process expert for our master data domains and data management solutions in combination with understanding of supporting business processes.

What You Will Do:

Leadership

• Lead a global master data governance team that continuously challenges itself to support master data processes and solutions that are of desired quality and fitness for business processes and reporting

• Build and manage employee capacity, support professional development, review and assess performance, and enable employees to maximize their potential and contribution

• Embody servant-leadership by identifying and advocating for resources needed by the team, by being an empathetic coach, and by identifying growth opportunities for each person

• Create and foster a culture of continuous improvement that instils the desire to become better and strive for excellence

• Exemplify Albemarle’s Core Values of Care, Curiosity, Accountability, Collaboration, Humility, Integrity, and Transparency in daily work and interactions within and beyond our team

Functional

• Responsible to define and oversee domain specific Data Governance models to meet commitment for reliable, high-quality data aided by tools, systems, and processes for ongoing monitoring of data health

• Develop key performance indicators for meaningful data quality and process measurement to achieve ongoing continuous improvement through effective analysis and corrective actions

• Collaborates with IT partners to develop solutions accomplished through a core knowledge of the daily operations and governance processes, combined with basic technical understanding of our solutions

• Build and maintain constructive working relationships with data partners and other functions to meet mutual goals and objectives

• Engage with business functions and leadership to identify existing gaps or control weaknesses with master data processes and track issues, while providing subject matter expertise in support of remediation

• Good steward of our people, processes, and technology, leveraging all for maximum value and benefit

• Able to successfully implement new and improved processes, ensuring resources needed while addressing roadblocks for the team

• Prioritize the needs of our Partners to support their strategy and deliverables

• Member of Cross-Functional project teams able to represent master data process expertise, while translating information and requirements for follow up, solutions, and changes in Master Data and Master Data processes

• Work collaboratively with Master Data Operations to implement process and data improvements based on analytics and trends from data governance evaluations based on shared responsibility for high quality data

• Effective and consistent use of Management of Change processes and tools to anticipate impacts, develop communication plans, along with training and documentation to ensure successful transitions

• Maintain dynamic process and training documentation

• Contribute to any other tasks delegated by the Master Data Management Leader

• Excellent team builder and talent developer

• Effectively manages and motivates team - creates environment in which people seek to do their best

• Team player with a customer service mindset

• Listens to others to respond effectively to ideas and questions

• Demonstrated results orientation, implementing practices and processes that drive accountability; willing to re-examine and adjust where necessary

• Plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals

• Strong organization skills, attention to detail and follow-through to resolve any outstanding issues

• Broad understanding of business processes supported by various master data domains (Customer, Material, Vendor, Cost Center, etc.)

• Able to identify a problem, articulate cross functional business impact, and communicate a path to an effective resolution in a clear, understandable way to all levels of the organization

• Driven to assess information to make decisions and solve problems focused on result

• Persistence to drive to solutions despite obstacles and/or competing priorities

• Builds constructive working relationships to meet mutual goals and objectives

• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate and influence across functions, regions, and levels of the organization

• Maneuver comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - presents ideas and information in clear, concise, and organized manner

• Expert user of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

What You Bring

Required:

• College or University degree

• Prior Master Data Management experience

• 5 - 6 years of experience in Master Data, Customer Service, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or IT 

• SAP S4 experience

• Fluent in English

Preferred:

• Project Management experience a plus

• SAP MDG experience a plus

Benefits of Joining Albemarle

• Competitive compensation

• Comprehensive benefits package

• A diverse array of resources to support you professionally and personally.

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