Data Steward

The HEINEKEN Company; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HEINEKEN Malaysia is seeking a Data Steward to lead data governance and data quality initiatives, ensuring trusted data supports reliable reporting, business insights and decision-making.

You will connect data owners, MDM specialists, D&T, and HEINEKEN regional/global teams to strengthen data ownership and align local practices with global standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5+ years in data management or governance.
• Strong knowledge of SAP Master Data, data governance and data quality concepts.
• Experience with Collibra, Mendix or similar governance/data quality tools.
• Proven ability to partner with business data owners and cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead data governance and data quality improvement across HEINEKEN Malaysia.
• Coordinate data ownership, accountability and governance decisions.
• Monitor data quality dashboards, perform root cause analysis and coordinate remediation.
• Align local data practices with HEINEKEN global standards and processes.
• Maintain data asset inventory, definitions, ownership and lineage.
• Support data validation, readiness and successful transformation programmes.
• Translate technical data topics into business language for stakeholders.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

SAP Master Data

Data modelling

Collibra

Mendix

DMW

Data migration

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Project coordination

End-to-end ownership

Continuous improvement

English language

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related

Tools

Collibra

Mendix

DMW

SAP Master Data

Data Catalogue

Job description

Your role in HEINEKEN

As a Data Steward, you will lead data governance and data quality improvement across HEINEKEN Malaysia, ensuring trusted and well-understood data supports reliable reporting, business insights and decision-making.

You will connect business data owners, MDM specialists, Digital & Technology (D&T), and HEINEKEN regional and global data teams to strengthen data ownership, improve data processes and align local practices with global standards.

In this role, you will also

• Monitor Data Quality Dashboard results, perform root cause analysis, coordinate corrective actions and lead data cleansing activities to drive sustainable improvement.
• Identify gaps between local master data and HEINEKEN global standards, recommend process improvements and coordinate cross-functional remediation.
• Establish and maintain business data ownership, clarify accountabilities, facilitate governance decisions and track risks, actions and escalations.
• Maintain an inventory of priority data assets, business definitions, ownership and data lineage in Collibra or the approved governance platform.
• Act as a key contact for master data matters, supporting compliant mass changes, deletion requests, access and role validation, incidents and SOP updates.
• Lead OpCo-side data cleansing and readiness activities for DMW, DBB and relevant data migration or transformation programmes.
• Support data validation and user readiness to ensure successful implementation of transformation initiatives.
• Translate technical data topics into clear business language and influence stakeholders to strengthen data accountability.
• Deliver updates, guidance and training to business stakeholders to improve understanding and ownership of data.
• Collaborate with Business Data Owners, Business Process Owners, MDM, D&T, Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement and relevant control functions.
• Work closely with Regional and Global Data Management teams, Data Specialists, Analysts and other OpCo Data Stewards to align local data practices with HEINEKEN standards.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data management, master data management, data governance, data quality, business analysis or a related area.
• Good knowledge of SAP Master Data, data governance and data quality concepts, data analysis, databases and data modelling.
• Knowledge of the HEINEKEN Enterprise Data Model and global master data processes would be relevant to the role.
• Experience with Collibra or a comparable data catalogue platform, Mendix, DMW or relevant data quality tools is preferred.
• Exposure to data migration and cleansing programmes.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work across functions without direct authority.
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong end-to-end ownership and project coordination skills.
• Collaborative and proactive, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Good command of written and spoken English. Bahasa Malaysia is an advantage for local stakeholder engagement.