Manager, Product Data Enablement

Hillman•Forest Park, OH

About The Position

The Manager, Product Data Enablement leads the centralized item setup capability within Data Governance, ensuring approved products move efficiently from business decision through complete, standards-aligned product data readiness. The role provides people leadership, owns the end-to-end intake and stage-gate workflow, and coordinates cross-functional inputs for governed item creation and release. It partners with Product, functional teams, Data Stewardship, and Data Quality to improve speed, consistency, transparency, and reusable enterprise data while preserving business ownership of product decisions and source information. The manager leads the Product Data Enablement team and owns centralized intake and item setup from approved request through data-ready handoff and release. The role establishes priorities, workload allocation, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating routines; coordinates contributors across functions; and defines and enforces stage-gate criteria. It ensures required attributes and standards are met before record creation, partners on accurate item creation and controlled downstream publication, and uses defect monitoring and root-cause analysis to improve standards and workflows. The role also maintains procedures, forms, job aids, controls, dashboards, service measures, and performance reporting; communicates status, risk, capacity, service, and issues to leadership and stakeholders; and drives continuous improvement, standardization, automation, and scalability for Oracle Fusion expansion, acquisitions, and product-line growth. Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities, including reporting hazards and unsafe practices, wearing required personal protective equipment, and supporting safety committee activities. Duties may change or be assigned as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
At least 5 years of experience in product data, master data, item setup, data governance, product operations, supply chain, or a related discipline.
At least 2 years of experience leading people, workstreams, or an operational team.
Experience designing or managing cross-functional workflows, controls, service levels, performance measures, and issue-escalation processes.
People leadership, coaching, performance management, workload planning, and team accountability skills.
Strong process ownership and ability to translate strategy into practical operating routines, controls, and service expectations.
Knowledge of product and item master data, lifecycle controls, data governance, data stewardship, taxonomy, and data quality principles.
Ability to influence Product, Commercial, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Finance, IT, and other functional teams while respecting established decision rights.
Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities, assess risk, remove blockers, and make sound escalation decisions.
Strong analytical skills and ability to use service, throughput, quality, capacity, and predictability measures to improve performance.
Excellent documentation skills, attention to detail, and commitment to timely follow-through.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools.

Nice To Haves

Direct people-management experience.
Experience with Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub, another product information or master data management platform, or enterprise ERP item-master processes.
Experience operating in a centralized or shared-services environment.
Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub or a comparable product information, master data management, or ERP item-master platform.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop the Product Data Enablement team responsible for centralized item setup coordination and execution.
Own the centralized intake channel and end-to-end item setup workflow from approved request through data-ready handoff and release.
Establish team priorities, workload allocation, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating routines that support predictable delivery.
Coordinate Product, supplier, customs, packaging, logistics, pricing, and other functional contributors to obtain required item information.
Define, implement, and enforce stage-gate criteria for intake, data collection, standards validation, item creation, and readiness for business use.
Ensure required attributes are complete, product data standards and controls are met, and requests are certified as ready before governed record creation.
Partner with Data Stewardship to support accurate item creation and maintenance in Oracle Fusion Product Data Hub and controlled publication to downstream systems.
Partner with Data Quality to monitor defects, identify recurring issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective improvements to standards and workflows.
Maintain clear governance and decision rights so business teams retain accountability for product strategy, commercialization decisions, priorities, approvals, and source data.
Develop and maintain procedures, intake forms, job aids, controls, dashboards, service measures, and performance reporting for the item setup capability.
Provide transparent status, risk, capacity, service, and issue reporting to Data Governance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
Drive continuous improvement, standardization, automation, and scalability to support Oracle Fusion expansion, acquisitions, and product-line growth.
Champion a service-oriented and accountable culture focused on quality, speed, consistency, safety, and reusable enterprise data.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Participate in safety and health program activities, including reporting hazards, unsafe practices, and incidents; wearing required personal protective equipment; and supporting safety committee activities.