Global Master Data Lead: ERP and Data Quality

Westlake Chemical; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake is seeking a Master Data Supervisor to lead the Master Data Center of Excellence and partner with Plant & Corporate leaders to optimize Customer, Vendor, Supplier and Material data. The role focuses on data quality, governance, and operational efficiency across ERP environments.

You will drive process improvements, mentor staff, and coordinate data-related training while ensuring accurate master data across systems. This position reports to the ERP Master Data Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of ERP experience (SAP, JDE preferred).
• Proven track record of cross-functional decision-making and process improvement.
• Strong experience analyzing and reporting data with Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent project management, team leadership, and influencing skills.
• Effective communication in matrixed work environment.
• Experience creating training materials and delivering training to diverse audiences.
• Ability to mentor and influence non-direct reports to improve execution of daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Optimize existing Master Data processes to simplify and drive operational efficiency for the plants while also improving data quality outcomes.
• Create and maintain training materials; conduct one-on-one and group training sessions to mentor staff on data management activities.
• Take ownership of the accuracy and speed of processing for new master data creation & extension requests.
• Perform quality checks to ensure accuracy and consistency of material master data and make updates daily as required to fix errors.
• Provide guidance to key users on the structure and inter-dependencies of master data fields.
• Execute master data cleanup activities, including authorization cleanup in coordination with IS team (i.e. mass updates).
• Communicate best practices in master data control, governance, and data quality standards across business areas to prevent recurrence of data issues.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Process improvement

Training & mentoring

Effective communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Tools

SAP

JDE

Job description

Westlake is seeking a Master Data Supervisor to lead the Master Data Center of Excellence and partner with Plant & Corporate leaders to optimize Customer, Vendor, Supplier and Material data. The role focuses on data quality, governance, and operational efficiency across ERP environments.

You will drive process improvements, mentor staff, and coordinate data-related training while ensuring accurate master data across systems. This position reports to the ERP Master Data Manager.