Director - Master Data Management

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Description
As the Director - Master Data management, you will be responsible for leading a regional, cross-functional team ensuring the integrity of Wesco Master Data and supporting processes. You will be responsible for contributing to the overall strategy and leading the governance, stewardship, data quality, development, and effective application of data to drive consistency and efficiency within our organization and with key business partners. You will establish the vision and direction of the MDM data products created, providing hands‑on leadership and responsibility for the development team, and fostering stakeholder (Enterprise Applications, Sales, Supply chain, Finance, Human Resources) relationships and trust across the enterprise. You will be accountable for driving the data governance business process and influencing cross functional departments.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with business functions/stakeholders on Master Data and Governance idea generation and drive changes when necessary

Responsible for establishing, building and running the Master Data Domains

Accountable for setting up standards, best practices, innovative and automation modeling techniques and procedures

Drive harmonization of relevant Master Data processes across Wesco to provide a common and consistent view across the enterprise

Define, build and lead a team of data stewards, master data domain experts, architects to help design and implement Master Data processes and solutions and work closely with other Enterprise Application and Data Office teams for data syndication and use

Champion data accuracy culture adoption to the broader organization by ensuring that Master Data Management assets are understood, available and used

Develop metrics showing impacts of master data activities, to display key benefits and outcomes associated with master data

Establish and communicate Master Data Management best practices including people, processes, and technology

Drive operational excellence with a continued focus on Master Data, including advanced technologies, to optimize data value

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field required; Master’s Degree preferred

10 years of IT applications/operational experience; with 7 years in Master Data Domain like Products, Customers, Suppliers etc.

Experience in building and leading a team from the ground up, including hiring and ongoing people development.

Experience in building Master Data management Domains systems (Product, Customers, Suppliers, Reference) and establishing Governance process from ground up

Experience overseeing, developing, or implementing Master Data products

Graduate-level understanding of machine learning techniques, knowledge representation, and artificial intelligence, along with a strong understanding of statistics

Strong verbal and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and organizational skills, and ability to effectively manage multiple work streams, along with demonstrated creativity and latitude in problem solving, including the ability to prioritize and execute multiple competing goals

Strong presentation skills with both technical and non-technical audiences

Strong team leadership and/or project management experience with multiple simultaneous initiatives and managing a team of Data Stewards, MDM Architects, Data Analyst etc.

Skilled in the management of complex systems and decision-making under uncertainty

Excellent project and time management skills and strong attention to detail, with experience in adhering to best practices of managing the life cycle of data-intensive machine learning projects

Strategic planning experience that adapts to communication between technical and business stakeholders

Exceptional problem‑solving and crisis management skills and ability to work independently/within a team

Ability to travel up to 25%

Compensation
Compensation: $153,662 - $211,286 annually

Benefits
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans.

Equal Opportunity
Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Los Angeles Unincorporated County Candidates Only: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

This posting is for a current, active vacancy intended for immediate hire.

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