Analyst, Product Data Management

Meijer; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs

Meijer Rewards

Job summary

Meijer, Inc. in Grand Rapids, MI is seeking a Master Data Management data consultant to develop and maintain data governance standards for Merchandising Product.

You will collaborate with Merchandising Core Team, ITS, Pricing, Supply Chain, Vendor, and Finance to define requirements and ensure data accuracy. The role focuses on data standards, data lineage, data quality, and data processes affecting product flow and financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Merchandising, Planning, Supply Chain, or Data Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data governance standards for Merchandising Product.
• Collaborate with Merchandising Core Team, ITS, Pricing, Supply Chain, Vendor, and Finance to define requirements.
• Build and monitor data quality, data lineage, and data usage to ensure corporate standards.

Skills

SQL

Data governance

Power BI

Data analytics

Microsoft Excel

Alteryx

MicroStrategy

BI Query

Stibo

JDA MO/ORG

Data quality

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Legacy systems

Blue Yonder MO

Stibo

Power BI

MicroStrategy

JDA MO/ORG

BI Query

Alteryx

Microsoft

Job description

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family – take care of your career and your community!Meijer RewardsWeekly payScheduling flexibilityPaid parental leavePaid education assistanceTeam member discountDevelopment programs for advancement and career growthPlease review the job profile below and apply today!This position is responsible for developing and maintaining Master Data Management (MDM) Product data governance standards for Merchandising Product. Experience in or equivalent of use of corporate systems and tools including Legacy, Blue Yonder (MO Product/MO ORG), Stibo, Microsoft, Power BI, BI Query, Microsoft applications and MicroStrategy to govern MDM data (Product). This position collaborates with various company stakeholders such as Merchandise Core Team, ITS, Merchandise Pricing, Supply Chain, Vendor, and Finance to define detailed requirements of system interfaces. This position recommends and applies various data quality processes and data solutions to ensure corporate data follows corporate standards, is accurate and timely. This role will serve as an MDM data consultant, using their in-depth knowledge to manage data standards, data usage, data lineage and data processes and the impacts to product flow/Finance.What You’ll Be Doing:Product Financial Data Management: Developing and maintaining data governance standards and exercising judgment on downstream impacts to financial reporting, pricing, and vendor allowances, including assessing and declining requests that present financial or reporting risk. Overseeing critical dates, financial data movement, and coordination between planners, IT, and Merchant partners for product flow and financial bucket changes.New Unit Set Up and Maintenance Management: Managing system setup, critical dates and timelines, compliance data, and serving as a liaison between IT and business partners for new units; documenting data and ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to enterprise MDM standards; evaluating business requests and timelines for system and operational readiness, and aligning or redirecting work when requests would introduce risk to product flow, pricing execution, or distribution processes.Data Integrity Reporting: Building and monitoring reports to identify and resolve data errors; explaining root causes and required correction steps; recommending corrective actions and driving automation where feasible to support Merchants and system optimization, while reinforcing standardized business rules and limiting exception‑based processes.Product Data System Business Rules Liaison: Advising on system business rules affecting product flow and reporting; interpreting and applying data standards; collaborating with internal and external teams to ensure compliance; researching and validating existing business rules and related processes to confirm accuracy and prevent downstream system or reporting issues.Business Process and Improvement Support: Facilitating Non-Damage Returns, maintain Data Management internal guides, assist with product eligibility misses, PIM application product updates, serve as a data subject matter expert to answer data questions, and drive ongoing initiatives for process and reporting improvements.What You’ll Bring with You:Bachelor’s Degree preferred. Computer Science or Equivalent2+ years of experience in Merchandising, Planning, Supply Chain, or Data Analytics preferred.Proficient in a wide range of application and reporting tools including Legacy, MicroStrategy, BI Query, Power BI, Alteryx, JDA (MO/MO ORG),Stibo, Microsoft.Excellent collaboration skills set and knowledge to work core merchandising systems as well as understand principles: Pricing, Promotions, Replenishment, Product Management, Inventory ManagementExcellent organizational, planning, communication, presentation and writing skills.Positive with strong work ethic.Exceptional ability to extract data insights from large/varying data sources.High level technical skills, with a good understanding of SQL, knowledge of data principles, corporate standards, databases, and tablesAdvanced excel skills required.Microsoft Suite high level knowledge