Master Data Team Leader

Job Title: Master Data Team Leader

Location: Hybrid – with travel to our Northampton offices weekly

Permanent – Full Time

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits: product allowance, bonus scheme, access to 24/7 GP services, company pension contribution, generous holiday (inc bank holidays) & access to a range of high street discounts.

Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) is one of the leading, historic brewers in the UK. Formed out of a joint venture between Carlsberg UK and Marston’s PLC, we combine over 300 years of shared values, history, and heritage in UK brewing.

We are now recruiting for a Master Data Team Leader to join us. Reporting to the Product Portfolio Manager this role will manage a small team of Master Data Executives, ensuring they are delivering the agreed excellence KPI’s & SLA’s, whilst acting as a single point of contact regarding the Material Master Data workstream within the Product Life Cycle.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ability to push the continuous improvement agenda and communicate this effectively across the team to deliver a strategy, imbedding excellence throughout the Portfolio Management department - ensuring department foundations are in place, being reviewed and aligned across the team.
• Responsible for the full material product lifecycle from creation to the trading period, through to SKU delist – always reflecting on the data for all finished goods.
• Delivering on aligned business priorities while supporting optimum customer service levels and adhering to all agreed global data standards.
• Accountable for all relevant supply chain data to be shared with stakeholders both internally & externally, completing cross functional data across the Production and Planning functions (and where needed, Logistics/ Procurement functional data to allow the movement of goods).
• Responsible for all data content, context and associated business rules in the local market, understanding what data is critical, and the operational impact from a holistic E2E perspective.
• Coordinate all SAP data to produce a Cost of Goods (COGS) on all relevant material types, facilitating reviews and approval of COGS by ISC and handover of approved COGS to the commercial business.
• Ensure any updates, requirements or commercial data are efficiently and timely communicated (including customer listings and sales pricing), always coordinating with Planning and Customer Services on the prompt release of sales blocks for all NPD.
• To inform and coordinate the onward creation of all finished goods in associated sales systems.
• Ensuring the quality and accuracy of all material and associated cross functional master data, providing resolution from any potential impacts or incidents.
• Accountable for required system testing and adherence to group master data agenda.
• You will represent and deliver Master Data requirements at all cross-functional workgroups and project steering groups.

Experience and Key Attributes:

• Previous line management experience is desired.
• Experience of collaboratively working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders.
• Resource Planning – managing multiple priorities, task and ensuring you have sufficient resources available.
• Must have previous experience of Master Data processes, and a full understanding of the importance of high-quality data.
• Previous experience of using SAP, BI/reporting systems, and developing these into internal status reports and data cleansing routines.
• Previous experience of driving and implementing change effectively.
• Experience in the drinks industry or other FMCG company desirable but not essential.

This is an exciting time to join the business whose founders believed in quality, research, and developing the community. They looked to the future, prizing long-term growth over short-term gain. At Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC), we are making a difference. Diverse people with diverse skills, working together and at speed. Navigating changes in society, technology, and consumer preference. If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.

So, what are you waiting for? Apply today and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch!

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CMBC is a new company, fuelled by highly engaged, empowered and passionate employees who will go above and beyond to deliver best in class customer service and help grow our portfolio of brands and business. With their entrepreneurial spirit, these employees take personal accountability and initiative to act and find solutions. Our employees work hard and have fun, enjoying supportive relationships that extend across the whole business.