Manager - MDM

JOB PURPOSE

This position will head the Master Data Management (MDM) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in SSC, will be in charge of GMR's critical master data, its governance control, policy development, and effective usage. The person will ensure accountability and responsibility for data quality, information governance and data life cycle management, along with the usage of data assets to create business value. 

ORGANISATION CHART

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key Accountabilities

1.    Defining the overall MDM strategy, roadmap, and architecture, ensuring it aligns with the GMR's goals and objectives.
2.    Working with the data owners in enforcing data governance policies, standards, and procedures to ensure data quality, consistency, and accuracy across different domains.
3.    Overseeing and coaching the team of MDM specialists in the MDM team, providing guidance and support to ensure high-quality data management practices.
4.    In-charge of embedding and overseeing DQ management processes, monitoring DQ metrics, and working with the team and data owners in solving data quality issues.
5.    Lead the MDM team to work closely with IT, business stakeholders and data stewards to ensure MDM activities are in sync with business needs and actively embedded into processes.
6.    Ensuring MDM is adopted across the organization by driving change management, reviews, training, feedback etc.
7.    Keeping track of the latest MDM technological advancements, trends, AI based capabilities (by partnering with analytics) and best practices to ensure the organization's MDM vision stays effective.
8.    Oversee and manage vendor, service provider, implementation partner relationships (like ARIBA, MIDAS etc.) which revolves around MDM implementation and support.
9.    Lead harmonization of master data practices, ensuring correctness, consistency, scalability, and integration across de-centralized systems.
10.    Review the master data maintenance processes (CRUD) on a regular basis (every 6 months) and plan on refining the approval mechanism by reducing the overall TAT by looking to increase the automation.
11.    Foster a data-driven culture, promoting data awareness across the organization.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Additional Details

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

FINANCIAL DIMENSIONS

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EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's (Technology/Engineering) or Master's degree (Science or others)
• Minimum of 12 years in the industry working with data in more than one process: Supply Chain, Operations, Information Systems, Procurement or a related field

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Certification in Six Sigma, Lean, Agile, or related methodologies is a plus
• Certification in master data governance/management or data quality management
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a senior or leadership role
• Education in computer science or IT is a plus.

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