Inventory & Master Data Governance Lead

About the role

Serve as the enterprise functional owner for Material Master governance within SAP S/4HANA. Create, extend, maintain, block, archive, and retire Material Master records. Establish and maintain enterprise Material Master standards, procedures, naming conventions, and governance policies.

Responsibilities

• Review Material Master requests for compliance with Company standards.
• Prevent duplicate material creation and maintain data integrity.
• Maintain material groups, units of measure, valuation classes, purchasing views, MRP views, warehouse views, accounting views, quality views, and other applicable SAP data.
• Perform routine audits of Material Master records and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support engineering changes, new product introductions, and product lifecycle management activities affecting Material Master data.
• Coordinate Material Master governance activities across all business functions.

Inventory Planning & Management

• Monitor inventory levels for direct and indirect materials.
• Analyze inventory trends and recommend stocking strategies.
• Maintain planning parameters including reorder points, safety stock, lot sizing, lead times, and planning strategies.
• Optimize inventory investment while maintaining operational readiness.
• Analyze inventory turnover, carrying costs, and material availability.
• Develop recommendations to reduce obsolete, excess, and slow-moving inventory.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

• Execute, monitor, and analyze Material Requirements Planning (MRP) recommendations.
• Review MRP exception messages and coordinate resolution activities.
• Maintain MRP master data and planning parameters.
• Coordinate planning activities with Raw Materials Procurement, MRO Procurement, Production Planning, and Warehouse Operations.
• Analyze material shortages and recommend corrective actions.

Inventory Control

• Support inventory accuracy across all warehouse and storage locations.
• Coordinate cycle count programs and annual physical inventories.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and perform root cause analysis.
• Recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Monitor inventory adjustments and transaction accuracy.

Support for Various Functions

• Support warehouse inventory transactions and inventory movement processes for Warehouse Operations.
• Create and maintain Material Master records supporting MRO inventory for MRO Procurement Support.
• Support Material Master creation and maintenance for direct production materials for Raw Materials Procurement Support.
• Coordinate Material Master activities supporting engineering changes for Production, Engineering & Maintenance Support.
• Participate in SAP S/4HANA enhancements, testing, validation, and upgrades affecting Material Master and inventory management for SAP System Administration Support.

Reporting & Analytics

• Develop, maintain, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) including Material Master Accuracy, Inventory Accuracy, Inventory Turns, Dead Stock, Excess Inventory, Material Availability, Cycle Count Accuracy, MRP Exception Performance, Inventory Adjustments, Inventory Valuation, Material Creation Turnaround Time, and Data Quality Metrics.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve inventory management and Material Master governance.
• Develop and maintain Supply Chain standard operating procedures.
• Standardize inventory management processes.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Train end users on inventory and Material Master processes.