Item Data Leadership: Coding & Dictionary

Circana; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Circana is seeking a Team Lead - Item Coding Management to oversee the Item Management function, building scalable item dictionaries that meet client requirements. You will drive quality, consistency, and automation while collaborating with Product, Technology, and Engineering to enhance data foundations.

Based in Cape Town or Johannesburg, this role requires leadership of a high-performing team and a passion for data-driven improvements that enable accurate client delivery at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years in Item Management, Product Information Management, Master Data, Data Operations, Analytics Operations, or related environments.
• Experience leading operational teams and delivering business-critical outcomes.
• Experience building or improving item dictionaries, classification frameworks, product hierarchies, or master data structures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Item Management team and deliver client-ready item dictionaries.
• Own dictionary quality, completeness, consistency, and client readiness.
• Ensure item structures scale across categories, customers, and business needs.
• Evaluate and validate third-party content and data sources.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team focused on quality and continuous improvement.

Skills

People leadership

Operational excellence

Data quality awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business/Engineering/Data Analytics

Tools

Master Data systems

Job description

Circana is seeking a Team Lead - Item Coding Management to oversee the Item Management function, building scalable item dictionaries that meet client requirements. You will drive quality, consistency, and automation while collaborating with Product, Technology, and Engineering to enhance data foundations.

Based in Cape Town or Johannesburg, this role requires leadership of a high-performing team and a passion for data-driven improvements that enable accurate client delivery at scale.