Master Data Governance Lead – Data Control & Automation

Sharp Packaging Solutions, part of UDG Healthcare plc; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Packaging Solutions is seeking a hands-on Manager of Master Data Management and Governance to lead the Data Control operation and build a scalable enterprise MDM capability for U.S. Commercial Packaging.

You will own data quality, establish stewardship, and drive automation to replace fragmented processes. The role requires guiding the team, defining ownership, and partnering with IT, Quality, Finance and Operations to ensure accurate, timely master data across QAD, SAP and Dynamics

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of progressive experience in master data, data governance, ERP data operations, business process management or a closely related field, including team or workstream leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily Data Control service, maintain clear priorities and ensure that critical master-data requests continue without disruption.
• Coach and support the existing team; establish backup coverage, documented procedures, cross-training and practical escalation paths.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of in-scope QAD item and material masters, components, finished-goods structures, routings, supplier-item references and applicable ship-to or serialization records.
• Define a practical operating model for business data owners, stewards, contributors, approved owners, and exception owners, beginning with material master data and expanding to other priority domains through approved sequencing.
• Create governed processes for request, enrichment, validation, approval, effective dating, versioning, exception management and controlled publication to systems of record.
• Strengthen role-based access, segregation of duties, change evidence, periodic access review and quarterly master-data audit practices.
• Document the current end-to-end process, decision rules, handoffs, controls and failure points across onboarding, estimating, Data Control, approval and downstream use.
• Lead training, communication and adoption for revised processes, data standards, workflow tools and stewardship responsibilities.

Skills

Master data leadership

Data governance

ERP data operations

Workflow automation

Data quality

Analytical skills

Change leadership

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

QAD

SAP S/4HANA

Microsoft Dynamics

Boomi

APIs

Job description

Sharp Packaging Solutions is seeking a hands-on Manager of Master Data Management and Governance to lead the Data Control operation and build a scalable enterprise MDM capability for U.S. Commercial Packaging.

You will own data quality, establish stewardship, and drive automation to replace fragmented processes. The role requires guiding the team, defining ownership, and partnering with IT, Quality, Finance and Operations to ensure accurate, timely master data across QAD, SAP and Dynamics