Data Specialist in Customer Operations Europe

CLS Services; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

ATV 13 days

Job summary

Unilever Nederland B.V. in Rotterdam is seeking a Data Specialist for Customer Operations Europe to orchestrate end-to-end European Product Data Management (EPDM). You will safeguard data integrity across the portfolio, coordinating with Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, and IT.

As part of the EPDM team, you will rotate across material data, end-to-end data, and data flow, owning data governance and KPI performance while ensuring alignment with global standards.

Qualifications

• Proficient in English with strong written and verbal skills.
• Experience with Product Information Management (PIM) systems.
• Familiar with data governance practices and master data handling.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product data accuracy, completeness, and synchronization with GS1 GDSN and product data interfaces.
• Establish and maintain data governance policies and maintain master data quality.
• Identify and implement improvements to data management processes and support markets with capacity challenges.

Skills

PIM

Data governance

Change management

Continuous improvement

Data integration

English proficiency

Education

HBO/BSc./WO/MSc.

Tools

GS1 GDSN

Master Data systems

Job description

Vacancy number: A-2-2600064

Unilever Nederland B.V. - Rotterdam (Nederland)

Keywords

• Product Data Management
• EPDM
• Data Governance
• GS1 GDSN
• Master Data

Profile

As a Product Data Specialist within Customer Operations Europe at Unilever, you play a pivotal role in developing end-to-end European Product Data Management (EPDM). You ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of product data across the portfolio, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including marketing, supply chain, R&D, and IT.

Within the EPDM team, specialists operate across three areas of expertise: material data, end-to-end data, and data flow. As an end-to-end specialist, you manage the full data flow from source to customers and consumers, taking ownership of data integrity, data governance, and KPI performance. You will have the opportunity to rotate across these expertise groups over time.

Your Key Responsibilities Include

• Ensuring product data accuracy, completeness, and synchronisation with global standards such as GS1 GDSN and other product data interfaces;
• Establishing and maintaining data governance policies, overseeing master data creation and maintenance, and driving regulatory compliance across local and international requirements;
• Identifying and implementing continuous improvements to data management processes, monitoring innovations, and supporting markets with operational capacity challenges.

Skills

• Proficiency in English and strong communication skills to convey data requirements clearly to stake holders;
• Experience or affinity with Product Information Management (PIM), data integration, and data governance;
• The ability to manage change, lead process improvement initiatives, and persuade teams to adopt data standards;
• A continuous improvement mindset combined with practical creativity and enterprising behaviour.

Department

The Customer Operations Europe team brings together Sales, Supply Chain, and Marketing to enable excellent execution. The team operates on four core principles: end-to-end ownership, maximised automation, one version of the truth, and continuous improvement - working across countries in a culturally diverse and virtual setting.

Company profile

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using their products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Driven by the purpose of making sustainable living commonplace, Unilever believes that doing business the right way drives superior performance. Their people are at the heart of everything they do - working with purpose to create a better business and a better world.

Additional vacancy information

• Reference: A-2-2600064
• Contract: Temporary contract
• Education: HBO/BSc. WO/MSc.
• Due to a long term sick leave, we are looking for someone for app. 12 months.
• Salary: 52.000 - 75.000 Euro
• Days of leave: 25 + 13 ATV
• Publication date: 8-9-2026
• Location: Contactperson: René Kemps+31 (0)88 22 77 555

Data Specialist in Customer Operations Europe