SPE-Product info & MDM

Cognizant; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a SAP Master Data professional to manage and enrich material master data within SAP, ensuring accurate, compliant records that support planning, sourcing and order fulfillment across global operations.

The role focuses on maintaining high data quality, governance, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, including during hybrid and night shift operations, to improve master data processes and customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with SAP material master data creation, extension, modification, and validation.
• Ensure alignment of customer and material master data for smooth order management.
• Familiarity with data governance and quality controls to maintain trusted data assets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify root causes and implement fixes in SAP.
• Ability to communicate with cross-functional stakeholders in hybrid/night shift settings.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple material master requests to meet timelines.
• Experience with data migration or cleansing to support transition projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage SAP material master data creation, updates, and validations across global operations.
• Maintain data quality checks on material attributes, units, classifications, and status fields.
• Execute standardized material master maintenance workflows and governance.
• Collaborate with planning, procurement, logistics, and finance to gather data requirements.
• Analyze data issues, propose corrective actions, and implement fixes.
• Support hybrid and night shift operations by prioritizing updates.
• Document material master standards, naming conventions, and procedures.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve master data processes.
• Assist in data migration and cleansing for new plants or lines.
• Coordinate with internal teams and service partners to resolve incidents.
• Support test cycles for SAP changes affecting material master objects.
• Participate in training sessions to learn advanced material master features.
• Contribute to operational reliability and better customer experiences.

Skills

SAP Material Master

Data governance

Data quality controls

Analytical problem solving

Cross-functional communication

Tools

SAP

Data migration tools

Job description

Job Summary

This role focuses on managing and enriching product information and material master data within SAP to ensure accurate consistent and compliant records that drive reliable planning sourcing and order fulfillment across the organization. The specialist will support hybrid night shift operations by maintaining high quality data standards and collaborating with cross functional teams to improve master data processes while contributing to better customer experiences and streamlined global opera

Responsibilities

• Manage SAP material master data creation updates and validations to ensure highly accurate and consistent product records that support procurement manufacturing and order fulfillment across global operations.
• Maintain rigorous data quality checks on material attributes units of measure classifications and status fields to reduce transactional errors and enable reliable reporting for business stakeholders.
• Execute standardized material master maintenance workflows and follow established governance practices to ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulatory and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with planning procurement logistics and finance teams to gather detailed material data requirements and translate them into well structured master data that supports seamless end to end processes.
• Analyze data issues and recurring defects in SAP material master records propose corrective actions and implement sustainable fixes that enhance process efficiency and reduce rework.
• Support hybrid and night shift operations by monitoring material master change requests prioritizing critical updates and ensuring timely completion to avoid disruption in downstream business processes.
• Document material master data standards naming conventions attribute definitions and maintenance procedures to build a clear reference framework for business and technology teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in product information and master data management by suggesting automation opportunities and optimizing manual steps for higher productivity.
• Assist in small scale data migration and cleansing activities for materials ensuring consistent structures and values when new plants product lines or systems are introduced.
• Coordinate with internal teams and service partners to resolve master data related incidents and service requests and communicate clear status updates to stakeholders.
• Support test cycles for SAP changes affecting material master objects by executing test scripts validating results and documenting findings for functional and technical teams.
• Participate in training sessions and knowledge sharing forums to learn advanced material master features and share insights that help improve overall master data maturity.
• Ensure that all daily activities in product information and material master data management contribute to improved operational reliability better customer satisfaction and more sustainable resource usage.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate hands on experience working with SAP material master data including creation extension modification and validation of key fields across multiple views.
• Apply practical understanding of customer and material master concepts to ensure alignment of master data between customer records and material records for smooth order management.
• Show familiarity with master data management practices such as data governance stewardship and quality controls that help maintain trusted and reusable data assets.
• Utilize strong analytical and problem solving skills to investigate data discrepancies identify root causes and implement clear corrective actions in SAP environments.
• Communicate effectively with cross functional stakeholders in hybrid and night shift settings ensuring clear documentation and follow up on data requirements and issues.
• Exhibit structured working style attention to detail and ability to manage multiple material master requests while meeting timelines and quality expectations.
• Leverage any exposure to data migration tools or data cleansing techniques to support improvement and transition projects related to material and customer master records.

Certifications Required

SAP certified application associate in SAP ERP or S4HANA with focus on logistics or master data management is preferred.