Data Lead (SAP PM)

KION Business Services Polska; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private medical care

Cafeteria platform

Life insurance

Referral program

Training opportunities

Language courses

Health day

No dress code

Growth inside

Learning & development

Job summary

KION Business Services Polska is seeking a Data Lead to bridge Data Object Owners with governance, ensuring data management aligns with business goals. You will oversee design quality, dependencies, and compliance across the data lifecycle in a complex ERP environment.

Strong SAP knowledge (PM, S/4HANA) and 5+ years in data management are required, with excellent communication and willingness to travel. Hybrid work and growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in asset management/data objects and processes.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
• Strong SAP expertise, especially SAP PM and S/4HANA.
• Background in manufacturing/industrial environments.
• Experience with data lifecycle, governance and quality.

Responsibilities

• Ensure consistency between data object design, rules, and data quality.
• Enable seamless solution design across data objects and migrations.
• Own strategy and roadmaps for the data cluster.
• Ensure legal compliance and define status management.
• Coordinate with Data Object Owners and communicate progress.

Skills

Data design

Data governance

English fluent

Data quality

Communication skills

Education

University degree in data management or related field

Tools

SAP PM

SAP S/4HANA

ERP/EAM systems

Job description

KION Business Services Polska is part of the KION Group - a world‑leading supplier of forklift trucks, warehouse technology and supply chain solutions. We already employ more than 42,000 people in over 100 countries and are thus significantly driving the future of intralogistics while pursuing a clear sustainability strategy. In Cracow we hire around 750 Employees. Data Lead acts as a crucial link between individual Data Object Owners, the broader data governance structure, and the specific business functions they oversee. This role plays a key part in ensuring that data management practices align with business objectives while maintaining a high standard of design quality, ensuring dependencies are considered and compliance requirements are met within their functional cluster.

If you want to be a part of keeping the world moving, KION Business Services is the right place!

We offer:

• Hybrid work & Flexible Working Hours
• Private medical care in LuxMed Group
• MyBenefit Cafeteria Platform (with Multisport card available)
• Group Life Insurance
• Employee referral program
• Professional trainings in your area of responsibility
• Sharing the costs of foreign language courses
• 4 hours off work per year for health check-ups (\"Dzień na U\")
• No dress code
• Possibility of growth inside of an organization
• Company co-sponsored learning & development opportunities

Tasks and Qualifications:

• Accountable to ensure consistency between solution design of data objects in scope (mainly: Functional Locations, Equipment, BOM), specifically: processes, business rules, data model and data quality metrics within the process definition and data lifecycle topics.
• Accountable to enable a seamless solution design across data objects (e.g., ensuring conversion design with Field Mappings and Migration Design Documents).
• Responsible for Strategy & Roadmap in the respective cluster.
• Responsible for ensuring legal compliance and separation of tasks and support in the definition/ further development of status management and development of existing & generation of new data sources within data lifecycle topic.
• Conducting regular alignments with Data Object Owners, tracking progress of deliverables.
• Communicate from Data Management Tower to Data Object Owners.
• Supports at a strategic level with regards of vision and strategy, object and portfolio management, organizational (re-) design, communication and change management.
• Supports in the technology and architecture topic, being consulted in the classification and system-related documentation.
• Gives support in the authorization concept, documentation of guidelines, release management and implementation planning, being consulted in the communication of implementation plan.

Your Skills and Expertise:

• In-depth functional knowledge of data design, especially about data & BPM processes.
• Strong knowledge of data flows across system landscape and business rules to improve data quality.
• Strong understanding of data management principles (e.g., MDM, Data Quality, Data Migration, Governance).
• Proven experience in asset management/production Data Objects and Processes (5+years).
• Effective & proactive communicator.
• Strong SAP expertise, especially in SAP PM, SAP S/4HANA.
• Background in managing data within ERP/EAM systems.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing, utilities, energy, or heavy industry environment.
• University degree in data management, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field – nice to have.
• Fluent English - written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel.
• Demonstrates KION Core Values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration and Courage.

KION brands keep the world moving – globally, regionally, and locally. KION is the Supply Chain Solutions Company. With over 42,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we enable smart, sustainable, and reliable supply chains worldwide - wherever goods are stored, moved, or delivered. KION offers its customers the full spectrum of solutions to make their supply chains future-ready. Our international brands, Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli and our regional brands, Fenwick and OM, stand for outstanding technological innovation, intelligent automation and service excellence in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Dematic complements this expertise with state-of-the-art automation technology and AI-supported software solutions that optimize intralogistics across warehousing, production, and distribution. Whether locally or globally – we offer exciting career opportunities in an innovative environment shaped by our core values: Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, and Excellence. Together, we create the magic of supply chain solutions.