Deputy Manager – Product Data Management

Description

• Represent Product Data Management by supporting and leading projects.
• Build, test, and implement programs/process improvements with all user groups.
• Create process documents, train peers and team members, lead projects related to master data and continuously look for opportunities to automate, standardize and drive process improvements.
• Continuous support of PDM teams and customers to extract data from SAP tables and databases.
• Serving as the liaison between the user community and the IT community by defining user needs and communicating improvements and processes throughout the PDM communities in Plumbing Americas, Asia, Europe and Interiors.
• Ensure effective resource allocation, build team capabilities, and guide the group through organizational and technological change while maintaining strong stakeholder engagement.
• Leadership & Team Management Provide direction, mentorship, and support to a team of PDM associates.
• Daily support of all business units through SAP material master lifecycle maintenance.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture that encourages innovation, knowledge sharing, and adaptability.
• Creation of new processes & standards.
• Drive accountability and performance by setting goals, monitoring outcomes, and recognizing achievements.
• Extract and work with large amounts of data from SAP and other relevant systems to make decisions and promote data integrity.
• Data analysis of errors.
• Build, test and implement programs/process improvements with all user groups.
• Analyzing performance of PDM policies, gathering information to make decisions and execute entry procedures, data collection with attention to data accuracy, process design, process mapping, testing, and training of policies.
• Timely Back up of stored data.
• Make decisions on behalf of the Product Data Management team and effectively document and communicate to the team.
• Occasional interactions with other business units and departments such as QA, Plant, Process Engineering, Purchasing, Warehouse teams, Customer Service.
• Monitor policies/procedures for PDM and PLM processes.
• Designing programs and processes to increase business effectiveness, with a global perspective.
• Support cross-functional groups with ad hoc data requests
• Conduct training programs involving company personnel relating to product data management and specific projects.
• Develop Automation Tools
• Participate in educational programs and professional societies involving analysis and leadership skills.
• Create Winshuttle scripts and templates.
• Create, maintain, and execute process documents for global reference and use. This includes writing, proofing, testing, and storing procedures for the user communities.
• Storage of documents and data on server.
• Frequent contact with Marketing, SCM, Service, Manufacturing, Logistics, Accounting & Sales Teams.
• Responsible for all activities and processes related to the creation, maintenance, and development of structured global product data management including document management, knowledge management and engineering change management.
• Constantly consult and ideate with PDM teams to build and maintain tools to support accuracy and efficiency.
• Utilize current programs/processes to increase business effectiveness.
• Work with cross functional teams to ideate, create and enforce business rules to manage product data material masters, bill of materials and change management.
• Create and Manage databases.
• Lead, manage and develop high-performing PDM associates through mentorship, clear direction, and continuous development.
• Participating in technical forums/webinars to explore the techniques and programs related to PDM systems, processes, and tools.

Requirements

• Creative thinker with good idea orientation to drive process improvements.
• Understand SAP tables and extract large amounts of data to audit and aid in decision making.
• Flexibility to support a wide variety of work related to Product Data Management.
• Understand SAP tables to extract and build data sets to support product data accuracy.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and SAP
• Understand business rules to write audit extracts to influence data integrity.
• Strong customer-focus & Excellent customer-service skills.
• Effective communication with all user groups, including, but not limited to manufacturing, logistics, supply chain, accounting, purchasing, marketing, sales and IT.
• Regular contact with Kohler Global PDM Teams, IT, Program Management and Engineering community.
• Creative thinking to identify new solutions and processes for continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s (or Associate) Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Applications, Mechanical, Production or any other relevant streams/ technical disciplines.
• Strong written and verbal communication, and effective presentation skills.
• Expertise on Winshuttle and Visual Basic (preferred)
• 8 to 12 years of relevant experience working in product data management, materials management, or production planning role.
• Understand PDM policies and SAP tools to gather information and complete daily production requests.
• Regular contact with peers, superiors, and junior associates.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance