Director, Master Data Management

Key Responsibilities

• Develops a Global Supply Chain data strategy, roadmap, policies, procedures and an operational framework to meet organizational and regulatory priorities
• Accountable for cross-functional collaboration with Commercial, Finance, Clinical and PDM functions including Regulatory Affairs, Laboratory Information Systems, and QA.
• Ensure roadmap and activities align to Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing (PDM) vision and strategy.
• Uses data as a key lever to align value chain processes and performance around a common and reliable dataset, enabling agile and robust supply chains and uninterrupted supply.
• Lead the function for high performance. Develop clear responsibilities and a development path for each role.
• Ensures continuous development and optimization of data governance practices for consistent, secure and synchronized data availability throughout our business functions in accordance with all enterprise and regulatory policies.
• Decrease the costs of collecting, managing, and sharing data while increasing the value of data.
• Right size department resourcing while making effective use of external business partners; ensure clear deliverables for contractors; prepare budgets and model required resourcing.
• Design, recruit, staff and lead an organization which will:
• Design, develop and execute PDM data standards for materials and network planning
• Build a culture and a system of continuous improvement across the E2E Supply Chain, while driving consistency and harmonization in the data standards that are established.
• Partner with data owners from across the business to enhance and build the capabilities required to sustain and accelerate the improved use of SAP.

Focus Areas

• Align workflows and support the manufacturing and planning teams and work closely with the Global Process leads on development of data standards.

Process and Systems and Execution

• Ensure SOPs are in place to ensure uninterrupted supply, plan do check act process (PDCA) in place for continuous improvement, following quality management system.
• Support the business by identifying streamlined ways to manage data, and become an advocate of Master Data Governance across PDM.
• Influence organizational design for teams that are impacted by MDM/PLM workflow.

Knowledge

• Able to develop complex concepts, techniques, and standards.
• Able to develop solutions to complex problems which require an in-depth degree of ingenuity, creativity and innovativeness.
• Challenges are frequently unique and solutions may serve as precedent for future decisions, which affect the entire organization.
• Recommends organizational objectives and interprets company policies.
• Establishes organizational policies in a major segment of the company.
• Able to interpret, execute, and recommend modifications to department policies.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the financial aspects of Supply Chain operations.

Specific Education & Experience Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant experience in related field and a BS or BA; or
• 10+ years of relevant experience and an MA/MBA.