Master Data Specialist - Material Master

Aston Carter•Edwardsville, IL

7d•$25 - $35•Remote

About The Position

Aston Carter is seeking a Master Data Specialist to support a governance team preparing for a major ERP implementation. The role focuses on centralizing and standardizing material, inventory, and parts data across multiple plants, helping ensure accurate bills of material and consistent part information. The specialist will work largely remotely with quality, operations, plant, and corporate stakeholders to clean, validate, reconcile, and structure data for use in enterprise systems. The position involves reviewing BOM information from multiple plants, resolving inconsistencies in material master records, and extracting and transforming spreadsheet data into formats suitable for enterprise system ingestion. It also supports ongoing master data governance, ERP readiness, documentation, and ad hoc analysis. This is a contract position based in Edwardsville, Illinois, with a fully remote workplace arrangement. The pay range is $25.00–$35.00 per hour.

Requirements

Experience working with material, inventory, and/or parts data, ideally in a manufacturing or distribution environment.
Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookup functions such as VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, or similar.
Comfort working with large data sets and numerical information, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Ability to work effectively in ambiguous situations using judgment and problem-solving skills.
Hands-on experience with at least one ERP system and familiarity with how material master and inventory data are structured and maintained.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience, particularly with material master and BOM-related modules.
A bachelor's degree, especially in business, supply chain, data management, or information systems.
Prior participation in data cleanup or data migration initiatives for ERP implementations.
Strong communication skills for collaborating with cross-functional teams across multiple locations.
Organizational skills to manage multiple data requests, tasks, and deadlines in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

Support the governance team in centralizing and standardizing material master data in preparation for an ERP implementation.
Collaborate with the Quality Manager and other stakeholders to obtain accurate bill of material (BOM) details and related data.
Review BOM information received from multiple plants to assess whether the data is complete, consistent, and usable.
Consolidate and reconcile material, inventory, and parts data from plants that use different part numbers for the same items.
Identify inconsistencies in bills of material and material master records and work to resolve discrepancies through structured analysis and communication.
Extract data from Excel spreadsheets and transform it into formats and structures that can be read and ingested by enterprise systems.
Use Excel functions, including pivot tables and lookup formulas, to analyze, validate, and cleanse large data sets.
Check material master data for errors, duplicates, and missing information to maintain accuracy and integrity.
Use judgment and problem-solving skills to move work forward when requirements or data inputs are ambiguous.
Collaborate with plant and corporate teams to clarify data definitions, naming conventions, and standards for material and inventory records.
Support ongoing master data governance activities to maintain long-term consistency and quality of material master information.
Contribute to documentation of processes, data standards, and procedures related to material master and BOM management.
Participate in ERP readiness meetings and discussions, providing insights on data quality, structure, and requirements.
Assist with ad hoc data analysis and reporting to support decision-making during ERP implementation and data cleanup efforts.