Master Data Specialist — Food Manufacturing & ERP

Chairmans Foods; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chairmans Foods is looking for a Master Data Specialist to manage critical data across ERP and business systems, enabling accurate product commercialization, procurement, inventory, and manufacturing processes.

You will create and maintain item, customer, vendor, BOM, formulas, routings, and pricing data, while ensuring data standards and ERP readiness for new launches. Strong Excel, ERP and BI skills are required, with food manufacturing experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field is preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in master data management, ERP administration, or data analytics.
• Manufacturing or food industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience maintaining item masters, BOMs, formulas, routings, or material master data.
• Experience supporting ERP systems such as Macola, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and update item, customer, vendor, BOMs, formulas, routings, and pricing data.
• Ensure timely and accurate setup of new products, ingredients, packaging materials, and finished goods.
• Maintain data standards and naming conventions across systems.
• Review data requests for completeness and accuracy prior to entry.
• Perform ongoing audits of master data to identify discrepancies and resolve them.
• Support new product introductions and commercialization activities by coordinating with R&D, Procurement, Operations, Customer Experience, and Finance.
• Create and maintain product specifications and system attributes.
• Ensure ERP readiness for new customer launches and product transitions.
• Establish and maintain data governance procedures; monitor data quality metrics.
• Generate reports and data extracts; analyze master data trends and system usage.
• Develop dashboards and KPIs related to data quality and process performance.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Service, Procurement, Sales, R&D, and IT to resolve data issues; provide end-user training.
• Participate in ERP implementations, upgrades, and process improvement projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement mindset

Independent work style

Data governance mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Finance, or related field

Tools

Macola

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

NetSuite

Power BI

Job description

Chairmans Foods is looking for a Master Data Specialist to manage critical data across ERP and business systems, enabling accurate product commercialization, procurement, inventory, and manufacturing processes.

You will create and maintain item, customer, vendor, BOM, formulas, routings, and pricing data, while ensuring data standards and ERP readiness for new launches. Strong Excel, ERP and BI skills are required, with food manufacturing experience a plus.