Product Masterdata Specialist

Unilever is currently hiring for the Product Masterdata Specialist
 

Function: European Product Data Specialist – End-to-end Data
 

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

About Customer Operations Europe

The Customer Operations team consist of various roles and teams that make Excellent Execution a success. The Customer Operations teams focus on less time spent on ‘Running the Business’ to reinvest in ‘Growing the Business’ whilst improving Customer and Employee Satisfaction. Operations brings Sales, Supply Chain and Marketing within Unilever together in realizing excellent execution. The 4 principles driving Customer Operations are: end 2 end ownership, maximized automation, one version of the truth and continuous improvement. Team members within Customer Operations embrace the vision and their daily work practice reflects the 4 principles of Operations. Operations effectively works in a cross-country setting, embracing cultural diversity and working in virtual teams.

Competencies key to make Customer Operations a success, are:

• Practical creativity

• Enterprising behavior

• Ability to learn

Job summary

As a Product Data Specialist in Customer Operations Europe, you will play a pivotal role in developing end-to-end European product data management (EPDM). EPDM ensures the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of product data across our portfolio. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, supply chain, R&D, and IT, to manage and optimize product data information systems. Your responsibilities will include maintaining product data, overseeing data entry processes, and implementing data governance standards to ensure end-to-end product data management.

Within the EPDM team, there are three areas of expertise among the European Product Data Specialists:

• Material data specialist

• End-to-end data specialist

• Data flow specialist

During your time as a Product Masterdata Specialist, you will have the opportunity to alternate between the different expertise groups.

The end-to-end specialist manages the full data flow from source to customers/consumers. The key principle within EPDM is that product data is generated by the responsible teams and is available in the data source. The flow from source to recipient is the responsibility of the EPDM team. The end-to-end specialist ensure the data integrity, and the on-time/in-full availability of product data at the customers:

• Data integrity

  • The accuracy, completeness, and consistency of product data throughout the data flow from source to recipient

• Data governance

  • Ensuring on-time and in-full data from responsible data (source) owners

• KPI performance

  • Deliver on target performance on the EPDM KPI’s

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE 

• Data Accuracy and Quality: Ensure all product data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date.

• Data Integration and Synchronization: Integrate product data across various systems and ensure synchronization with global data standards like GS1 GDSN, or other product data interfaces.

• Product Information Management (PIM): Manage a centralized system for storing and distributing product information to various stakeholders.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure product data complies with local and international regulations.

• Data Governance: Establish and maintain data governance policies to ensure data integrity and availability.