Vendor Master Data Business Analyst (m/f/d)

Your mission

The Finance & Indirect Purchasing departments continue their Transformation Journey, which are based on three pillars: Organization, Digitalization and Harmonization.Our goal is to increase more value for the business through centralized and high-quality master data.

As a Vendor Master Data Business Analyst (m/f/d), you will support the implementation of this transformation by contributing to the development of our Purchasing and Finance Master Data Governance Model. The purchasing and finance master data is a key information, which is used by many other departments in the Group, such as Accounting, GRiBS, Sourcing, Controlling, HR, D&I, etc.

Your main tasks are the following:

• Work with Finance and Purchasing teams in improving all capabilities of vendor data management in line with respective business targets, to improve efficiency and added value in Finance and Purchasing in collation and supporting other functions when needed (Controlling, HR, Sales, Sourcing, ...).
• Work on end to end vendor master data which includes but is not limited to: master data corrections activities.
• Analyse and clean the existent master data, management of compliance requirements and governance rules.
• Contribute to the coordination of all data management topics and needs, in collaboration with the concerned departments.
• Apply & promote the group vendor master data governance, policies, and procedures, with target to increase master data quality, relevance, and completeness.
• Define/Develop and structure the mandatory and necessary (legal, business, ...) vendor master data depending on the legal country / business requirements, to ensure the best data quality needed for all tools and applications.
• Develop and maintain the authorizations and validation model to ensure the data correspond to the requirements (Group, Local, Business, ...).
• Ensure data harmonization and standardization according to governance rules.
• Perform regular master data maintenance according to the level of criticality.
• Manage required communication within internal stakeholder community (Finance, GRiBS, Direct Sourcing, …).
• Work in and develop with continuous improvement initiatives the centralized ticket system (HEAT), treating level 1 & 2 tickets.
• Accountable to perform and implement data quality checks and standards to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and integrity.

Your profile

• At least 3 years of experience within Purchasing, Finance, Accounting or Controlling Function and on an international scale related to process improvement and/or data management.
• You have an IT mindset and you are data & analytical driven with high attention to details.
• You have a good knowledge of the legal requirements around master data applied to companies at an international level.
• You are service oriented as you will be working as a support function for internal customer & suppliers by phone and via tickets.
• Knowledge of SAP MM/FI/CO, MS Office especially Excel is a plus.
• Analytics & data mining tool knowledge is a plus (PowerBi, SAC & Celonis).
• You are organised and structured with strong problem solving skills.
• Your customer focus, ability to work cross-functionally and communication skills will also be key.
• You are fluent in English and a local language such as French or German or Italian, Polish or Chinese would-be a plus.
• Willingness to travel ocassionally to France, Germany or Poland

We offer

• An international working environment in an exciting and growing industry
• Welcome on board! We developed a groupwide onboarding program for new employees
• We offer a food allowance for lunch in our canteen (depending on location)
• In addition: free drinks, company medical care, health days
• Fun factor: regional holiday programs for employees' children
• Guaranteed salary development: The collective agreements for the chemical, metal and electrical industries guarantee salary development in line with the industry
• Thinking about tomorrow today: We offer a company pension plan
• For all who want more: We offer individual personnel development programs
• Time to recover: 30 days leave per year
• Regular employee events ensure the exchange beyond the own department