Master Data Specialist

Sauder Family Companies•Archbold, OH

2d•$57,000 - $76,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Master Data Specialist establishes the required master data in SAP that supports the production process for any new products and any existing products going through a revision process. This role offers a hybrid arrangement, with an agreed-upon portion of work time spent at our office in Archbold, Ohio.

Requirements

SAP master data experience
Experience with databases, spreadsheets, and queries
Ability to collect, aggregate, analyze, and distribute data
Experience with SAP mass maintenance tools

Nice To Haves

Understanding of product and material specifications
Understanding of part family flow through value streams
Understanding of machine capabilities and capacities
Experience collaborating with process specialists on routing options
Experience determining material and quantity requirements for manufacturing
Experience establishing and maintaining primary and alternate routings
Experience creating production versions
Experience conferring with management and engineering on manufacturing capabilities and schedules
Experience providing input on bills of material or routings for efficiency and cost reduction
Experience managing master data changes related to ECN process
Experience auditing and maintaining master data rules and values
Experience processing workflow tasks for new and existing product changes
Experience making recommendations for manufacturing capacities or capabilities
Experience providing back-up master data support for material master, planning, and work center maintenance

Responsibilities

Maintains an understanding of product and material specifications established by product engineering.
Maintains an understanding of how part families should flow efficiently through value streams as established by value stream leadership.
Maintains an understanding of machine capabilities and capacities.
Collaborates with process specialists in determining most efficient routing options for manufacturing execution.
Determines what materials and quantities are required to manufacture each part at each operation step.
Establishes and maintains primary and alternate routings per material.
Creates the necessary production versions by combining the appropriate Bill of Material, routing and classifications.
Confers with management, engineering, and other departments and staff as needed regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate manufacturing processes.
Provides input or suggested changes to bills of material or routings that would enable parts to be produced more efficiently and at a lower total cost.
Manages appropriate master data changes related to the ECN process.
Performs ongoing auditing and maintenance of master data rules and values that improves control of data, ensures consistency and eliminates waste.
Processes ‘work flow task’ in a timely fashion to streamline new products and existing product changes as they flow through manufacturing.
Makes recommendations to modify existing or add new manufacturing capacities or capabilities to meet the requirements of new and/or revised products.
Work with databases, spreadsheets, queries, and other tools to collect, aggregate, analyze, and distribute necessary data to support the value streams.
Quickly respond to changing business needs by utilizing SAP mass maintenance tools to automate the process of entering / updating data.
Provides back-up master data support for material master, planning, and work center maintenance.