Master Data Management & Governance Lead

Sharp Services, LLC; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Services, LLC seeks a hands-on Manager of Master Data Management and Governance to lead the Data Control operation and build a stronger enterprise master-data capability. The role covers QAD material and item masters, finished-goods structures, routings, supplier-item references and related records for U.S.

Commercial Packaging operations. The leader will establish clear business ownership, improve data quality and controls, and replace fragmented processes with governed intake, workflow

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily Data Control service, maintain priorities and ensure critical master-data requests continue without disruption.
• Manage, 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.
• Maintain the inactive, active and discontinued lifecycle, final-estimated and approval controls, effective dating, source evidence and traceability required to support Operations, Finance, Quality and customers.
• Own intake triage, backlog management, urgent issue resolution and service recovery when incomplete or conflicting information affects production or onboarding commitments.
• 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.
• Establish business definitions, allowed values, data-quality rules, authoritative-source decisions and cross-reference standards across QAD, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics and other relevant systems.
• Create governed processes for request, enrichment, validation, approval, effective dating, versioning, exception management and controlled publication to systems of record

Job description

Sharp Services, LLC seeks a hands-on Manager of Master Data Management and Governance to lead the Data Control operation and build a stronger enterprise master-data capability. The role covers QAD material and item masters, finished-goods structures, routings, supplier-item references and related records for U.S.

Commercial Packaging operations. The leader will establish clear business ownership, improve data quality and controls, and replace fragmented processes with governed intake, workflow