Expert Procurement Services Master Data

Pacific Gas And Electric Company

The Role

Overview

Ensures integrity, accuracy, and governance of procurement master data.

Key Responsibilities

  • master data
  • data governance
  • data quality
  • process improvement
  • data support
  • business analysis

Tasks

-Maintains and shares in-depth knowledge of how data is collected, maintained, and interpreted in the organization. -Develop a deep understanding of current and future needs of business SMEs. -Supports the creation, maintenance, and governance of procurement master data, including vendor, material, contract, and pricing data. -Partners with data owners, data architects, data scientists, and engineering teams to meet the data needs of the business. -Acts as the primary contact for questions, issues, and problems for multiple datasets. -Communicates the business value of data management maturity efforts and how data management maturity activities support them. -Leads efforts that drive continuous improvement and monitoring of data management maturity. -Facilitates governance discussions, provides guidance, and best practices, documents agreed upon data policies and standards, and enforces activities. -Leads both processes and cultural change for data management and governance functions. -Develops and refines data quality, metadata, and management maturity standards and policies.

Requirements

  • data governance
  • sap
  • ariba
  • bachelor's
  • coaching
  • process mapping

What You Bring

-Experience with coaching and mentoring others. -Excellent analytical skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail. -Ability to translate between data management and Procurement principles -Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience with an emphasis in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering or MIS. -Knowledge of data management best practices, compliance requirements, and regulatory standards (e.g., SOX). -6 years of experience in data management, data governance, data quality, reference (master) data management, and/or designing and implementing functional systems and data in a structured process. -Excellent verbal and written communication skills to drive engagement, adoption, and inform the business. -Proven ability to establish and cultivate relationships with vendors and business SMEs. -Proficiency in data governance landscape, processes, and design principles. -Prior experience working with ERP systems (i.e., SAP) and procurement platforms (i.e., Ariba) -Experience in working with complex, cross-functional teams. -Proficiency in business process mapping and design. -Experienced in supporting enterprise-wide initiatives to drive awareness and improvements around data quality and data management maturity.

The Company

About Pacific Gas And Electric Company

-Focus on delivering safe, reliable, and affordable electricity and natural gas to a diverse customer base. -Operations span from energy generation, transmission, and distribution to customer service and renewable energy solutions. -Heavily involved in the development of green energy sources, including solar and wind power. -Maintains a key role in maintaining the region’s energy grid and supporting sustainable growth. -Pioneered energy efficiency programs to help reduce consumption and minimize costs for customers. -Recognized for innovation in grid modernization and integration of clean energy into California’s power mix. -Faced challenges, including natural disasters like wildfires, which have shaped its operations and future strategies. -Remains a cornerstone of California's energy sector, continuously working to improve and modernize the grid.

Sector Specialisms

Electric Utility

Natural Gas

Residential

Commercial

Infrastructure

Energy

Safety

Reliability

Grid Modernization

Grid Optimization

Emergency Preparedness

Utility Technology

Distributed Energy Resources

Transmission

Distribution

Substation Automation

Smart Monitoring

Digital Substation

Emergency Management

Mobile Technology

Renewable Energy

Gas Transmission

Gas Distribution