Job Summary

Senior Specialist, Data Stewardship

Role Overview

The Master Data Steward - Data Sustainment (Identification) is responsible for end-to-end stewardship and sustainment of material master data for fully finished products and lower-level components, including production BOM structures. This role manages Mosaic requests on a daily basis to create, maintain, update, and phase out material master data. It coordinates sustainment activities across cross-functional stakeholders including Transfer Pricing (TP), Costing (COSI), and Financial Supply Chain (FSC) teams, and monitors ongoing material maintenance activities such as FSC-driven changes, vendor transitions, and ad-hoc requests routed through the master data technology solutions team.

The steward ensures data integrity, compliance with business rules, and timely execution of sustainment processes to support commercial operations and regulatory requirements.

What will you do in this role

- Receive, triage, and prioritize Mosaic requests for creation, extension, maintenance, and phase-out of material master data
- Coordinate end-to-end material master data setup and sustainment activities with TP, COSI, and FSC teams
- Monitor and manage material master data maintenance, including FSC-driven changes

- Vendor transitions

- Product lifecycle updates
- Ad-hoc sustainment requests
- Validate data accuracy and completeness for material master and BOM structures
- Ensure compliance with data quality rules and governance standards
- Maintain and update process documentation, SOPs, and checklists
- Identify recurring data issues and collaborate with stakeholders to implement corrective and preventive actions
- Provide regular reporting and KPIs on request volumes, cycle times, backlog, and data quality
- Train and guide stakeholders on material sustainment policies and submission processes
- Proven collaborator with experience coordinating cross-functional teams
- Strong focus on data quality, governance, and accuracy
- Organized and proactive,



able to manage multiple concurrent requests
- Robust systems knowledge (SAP MDG, ERP tools, ticketing systems)
- Excellent communication skills with ability to manage stakeholder expectations
- Strong problem-solving capability and structured approach

- Continuous improvement mindset

What should you have

- Bachelor's degree in business, Information Management, Supply Chain, or related field - or equivalent experience
- 7+ years experience in master data management, product data sustainment, or related operations
- Familiarity with product identification processes and product lifecycle management preferred
- Hands-on experience with SAP master data processes and tools (e.g., SAP MDG, MM03, SE16 and relevant T-codes)
- Proven experience in material master data management / data sustainment

- Strong understanding of product structures, including finished products and lower-level components (e.g., BOM)
- Strong ability to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., TP, COSI, FSC, commercial, IT)
- Excellent attention to detail with strong focus on data quality, accuracy, and governance

- Ability to manage multiple requests in parallel, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines
- Robust communication and stakeholder management skills in English (written and verbal)
- Proven ability to validate data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance

- Strong analytical mindset with ability to identify issues and drive resolution

Primary skills (must-have)

- SAP MM(Material Master)
- MM03, se16,sap MDG
- Data Sustainment
- Material creation
- BOM (Bill of Material)
- Data quality
- Data Governance
- JIRA, Power App

Skills / Competencies

- Business
- Data Integrity
- Data Management
- Data Modeling
- Enterprise Data
- Goal-Oriented
- Governance Framework
- Incident Management
- Quality Management
- Release Management

- Ticketing Systems

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📌 Senior Specialist, Data Stewardship (Hyderabad)
🏢 Merck Sharp u0026 Dohme (MSD)
📍 Hyderabad