Senior Specification Author and Data Systems Specialist
About the role
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. It is a hybrid role requiring onsite Tuesday-Thursday. There is no relocation assistance available for this position.
Key Responsibilities
Specification Authoring & Data Stewardship: - Author and maintain Raw Material, Purchasing Specifications, and Market Requirement, ensuring timely creation, updates, and approvals. - Ensure alignment between recipes, BOMs, specifications, and manufacturing master data. - Maintain high-quality, compliant data in SAP, TraceGains, and related systems. - Apply specification and master data standards consistently, flagging inputs or decisions that introduce compliance, audit, or factory readiness risk.
Digital Systems & Process Ownership: - Provide day-to-day administration and user support for key TAG platforms (SAP, TraceGains, SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Salesforce). - Translate technical, regulatory, and compliance requirements into clear, usable system workflows and documentation. - Support system testing, upgrades, access management, issue resolution, and user enablement. - Identify and propose system enhancements and automation opportunities, evaluating them through a risk, value, and sustainability lens.
Continuous Improvement & Enablement: - Proactively identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize specification, recipe, and BOM processes in line with TAG Digital Strategy and efficiency objectives. - Strengthen Specification Author consistency and data quality through clear documentation, standardized ways of working, and best-practice sharing. - Deliver training, coaching, and enablement for Specification Authors, project teams, and cross-functional partners to drive system adoption and confidence. - Partner with Quality, Packaging, Manufacturing, Procurement, Regulatory, and IT to support consistent, compliant execution across TAG.
Key Outputs
Accurate, compliant master data supporting factory readiness and launches
Timely creation and maintenance of recipes, BOMs, and specifications (RMS, PS/RMPS, MR) using SAP, and/or TraceGains.
Subject Matter Expertise for recipe, BOM, Material Master, and specification data, ensuring adherence to data standards, regulatory requirements, and system governance.
Stable, well-governed systems and documentation ready for audits
Reliable administration of TAG data and documentation platforms (e.g., SAP, TraceGains, M365, Power Apps, Power Automate) including access control, issue resolution, and user support.
Deployment of digital solutions and automation (e.g., Power Apps, Salesforce) to reduce manual effort, cycle time, and operational risk.
Clear, repeatable process maps and documentation enabling consistent ways of working across TAG.
Sustained capability through training and adoption
Experience & Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree is required (technical or related field advantageous). Technical or vocational certifications in digital, data, or automation platforms (e.g., Power Automate, SharePoint, Salesforce, Power Apps, SAP, TraceGains) are a plus.
Experience: 5+ years of hands-on experience working with enterprise specification, recipe, BOM, and manufacturing master data systems (e.g., SAP Product Life Cycle, SAP S4HANA, TraceGains or similar).
Familiarity with Specification Author activities, including creation, maintenance, and approval of Raw Material, Purchasing, Market Requirement, and Packaging specifications within regulated environments.
Experience working in cross-functional environments (Product Development, Packaging, Quality, Manufacturing, IT), preferably within manufacturing or technical operations.
Exposure to data management, reporting, automation, or digital improvement initiatives that support efficiency, data quality, and continuous improvement.