Master Data Analyst (Finish Goods)

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In the European Union, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England, Portugal and Italy.  ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize.  The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle’s® and Sidul®.

OVERVIEW

The MDM Finished Goods Material Analyst will be part of the Master Data Management (MDM) team, which resides in the IT organization within Data & Analytics.  The MDM team is responsible for a global shared service for the management and governance of Vendor and Material Master Data objects within the SAP systems.  The proper governance policies, standards, and quality of our master data objects are critical to successful global operations and support multiple business functional areas.  This role is accountable for managing Finished Goods Material Master Data change requests with SAP-MDG.

ROLES RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the Finished Goods Material Master Data objects in SAP
• Classify Finished Goods Materials into classification groupings and assign characteristic attributes
• Review Master Data change requests and coordinate with the business user community to ensure accuracy and completeness of the data, while avoiding duplication and misclassification
• Participate in Data Governance Councils with our internal functional business partners
• Continuous improvement initiatives to analyze and improve the quality of our Master Data
• Work in a team environment during capital projects that use our Master Data objects
• Execute mass maintenance programs that manage our Master Data objects in bulk
• Perform test script verifications to ensure proper functionality of Master Data objects and MDG
• Contribute to our company Metadata by adding digital content about our Master Data objects
• Provide excellent customer service by communicating with people from internal functional business departments: accounts payable, finance, supply chain, procurement, engineering
• Provide training to functional business end-users of the MDG process workflow and usability

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• None

WORK EXPERIENCES

• Master Data Management, Data Process Workflow, Data Governance, Data Quality; req. 2yr
• Engineering, Plant Maintenance, Buyer, Material Management (MRO spare part); req. 1yr
• Software: SAP-ERP, SAP-MDG, SAP-DQM, Refinitiv World-Check One, D&B rec. 2yr
• Purchasing, Procure to Pay, or Accounts Payable knowledge that involves transacting with Vendors, recommended
• Financial Accounting, Data Analysis, Reporting, and Business Processing Definition, recommended

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Associates, bachelors or vocational degrees in business, computers, data, analytics, engineering
• Recommend formal certifications from SAP, or functional experience in ERP, MDM, DG, DQ, BI
• Fluent in the English language; prefer multi-lingual in Spanish and/or Portuguese

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES

• Strong analytical and research skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Multi-tasking by processing a support backlog while working on project assignments
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to establish effective working relationships

For more than 100 years, our employees have taken pride in “Making Life a Little Sweeter” by providing our customers and consumers with quality service and sugar products. Our commitment to that principle drives us in all that we do and encourages us to uphold our company’s high ethical standards of business conduct to ensure our continued success.