Data Strategy Lead – Logistics & Governance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private medical care (LuxMed)

MyBenefit cafeteria platform

Group life insurance

Employee referral program

Professional trainings in your area of

Language courses reimbursement

4 hours off for health check-ups

No dress code

Growth inside organization

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

KION Business Services Polska in Kraków is seeking a Data Lead to ensure alignment of data management practices with business objectives in the Procurement and Logistics cluster. You will coach Data Owners, drive data object design, and oversee data lifecycle topics across processes, rules, and data quality metrics.

You will collaborate with Data Object Owners, govern data strategy and roadmaps, and ensure compliance while enabling scalable data solutions within the ERP/EAM landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in data management, information systems, engineering, business administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in SCM, logistics, data governance, or master data management roles.
• In-depth functional knowledge of data design, especially 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 Logistics Data Objects and Processes or related projects.
• Good understanding of existing technology architecture and systems involved.
• Effective & proactive communicator with proven management capabilities and experience leading cross-functional data projects or initiatives.
• Agile project management skills.
• Strong background in managing data within ERP/EAM systems.
• Fluent English—both written and spoken — is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Accountable to ensure consistency between solution design of data objects in scope, 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 FMDs/MDD)
• 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.

Skills

Data governance

Master data management

Data quality

ERP/EAM systems

Agile project management

Stakeholder communication

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in data management / information systems

Tools

MDM

Data modeling

Job description

KION Business Services Polska in Kraków is seeking a Data Lead to ensure alignment of data management practices with business objectives in the Procurement and Logistics cluster. You will coach Data Owners, drive data object design, and oversee data lifecycle topics across processes, rules, and data quality metrics.

You will collaborate with Data Object Owners, govern data strategy and roadmaps, and ensure compliance while enabling scalable data solutions within the ERP/EAM landscape.