Enterprise Data Lead

About the role

Join our Global Supply Planning team at Helen of Troy and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands: OXO, Hydro Flask, Osprey, Honeywell, PUR, Braun, Vicks, Hot Tools, Drybar, Curlsmith, Revlon, and Olive & June. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere, every day. Look around your home, and you'll find us everywhere, in your kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom. We are already making your everyday lives better.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Business Champion for data governance, data quality, data definitions, and data processes partnering with IT.
• Partner with Domain Owners and IT to align recommendations regarding governance models, data architecture changes, and strategic policy updates.
• Act as a Domain Owner for Item Data across the company.
• Define and enforce standard enterprise data definitions and business rules within the technical constraints of the ERP platform to maximize operational efficiency.
• Define enterprise data access guardrails and change control frameworks, while partnering with IT to handle system-level access management.
• Lead the development, optimization, and modernization of core enterprise data processes (e.g., new item and customer setup workflows) to remove operational bottlenecks.
• Partner with IT to develop data quality dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs), and automated exception reporting.
• Identify behavioral root causes of ongoing data issues and establish durable, performance-linked incentive structures to sustain high data accuracy.
• Facilitate decisions crossing the boundary between technical data integrity (IT) and data accuracy (Business Domain Owners).
• Own the data governance processes, standards, access guardrails, and standard hierarchy maintenance as specified in the enterprise RACI matrix.
• Manage the escalation pathway for cross-domain data conflicts (e.g., item-to-customer discrepancies), routing them effectively to the respective Data Councils.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Business Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Management Information Systems (MIS), Finance, or a related quantitative/business discipline; or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of progressive professional experience in master data governance, enterprise process design, or large-scale supply chain/finance data operations.
• 5+ years of operating in a dedicated director-level or senior cross-functional leadership capability within a matrixed corporate environment.
• Deep background in master data governance, enterprise process design, or corporate supply chain and finance data operations.
• Proven success aligning processes, core systems, and data governance frameworks across business units with historically disparate regional or brand practices.
• Working experience navigating ERP platform constraints (Oracle EBS highly preferred) and modern connected planning platforms (such as o9 Solutions).
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex cross-functional behavioral modifications and establish accountability metrics without direct line authority.
• Demonstrated capability in establishing data quality dashboards, automated exception reports, and system change guardrails.

Qualifications

• Ability to join virtual meetings in the early morning or evening for international calls as needed outside standard business hours.
• Ability to travel domestically/internationally (U.S. offices + Europe + Asia) (20%).
• Ability to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with ERP platforms and modern connected planning platforms.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive organizational change.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

• Salary + Bonus
• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) with company match
• Basic Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Charitable (volunteer) Leave
• Education Assistance