Factory Director
2 weeks ago
Mars Inc is embarking on a transformative journey to support its Digitization strategy, where the opportunities and implications for an Enterprise like Mars are far-reaching. Data and technology are changing our relationship with customers and consumers, and the way we market, sell, and distribute our brands in a rapidly evolving Digitization of Commerce.
To sustain this Transformation Journey, the role will be essential in establishing a Regional Factory Master Data Organization and Network that implements and executes data management best practices on an ongoing basis, builds capabilities across people, processes, technology, and data to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of day-to-day master data management, supporting innovation and renovation projects, and thereby segments' growth across Europe.
The role is a key stakeholder for understanding our internal data and analytics requirements to support operational processes, translating these into relevant data business priorities, and defining the appropriate MDM strategy with the global domain owners, the global data governance team, and the data stewardship organization, with the objective of continuously evolving the business based on industry requirements and standards.
- Substantial experience (>10 years) in Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, or Master Data Management, Data Quality Management, and/or Data Governance, preferably within the FMCG environment, including familiarity with one or more master data domains (Customer, Product, Finance, or Vendor).
- Experienced and capable of envisioning, modeling, and optimizing complex, yet efficient business processes, data, and workflows and implementing them.
- Strong Business acumen and knowledge of the FMCG Industry, experience in another function is beneficial.
- In-depth experience in managing and directing remote teams, preferred around executing data operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building a strong, capable, and trusted MDM factory organisation by applying a holistic approach to manufacturing master data management, ensuring data quality and integrity, and promoting a data-driven culture within the organisation.
- Breaking down the MDM vision into relevant R&D and factory initiatives, designing and shaping the standardisation and digital transformation strategy and roadmap, and providing recommendations on prioritisation based on their value creation potential, overall benefits, and how to bring those to life, to the business leadership teams.
- Deploying the MDM Strategy through a holistic focus on behavioural changes, process changes, and exploration, as well as the implementation of new technologies and tools, taking all Master Data requirements into account.
- Driving harmonisation and consolidation of data operations and standardisation to transform, automate, and digitise data for efficiency and continuous improvement of processes, tools, and ways of working across the MDM Department and collaborating with the EU MDM Market Director and the EU Data Steward Lead but also with the counterparts in the other regions.
- Establishing effective data governance principles and guidelines for data handling across factories to protect the integrity of our data eco-system and implementing robust Data Quality Management to support efficient operations by eliminating data redundancies, facilitating streamlined data management, and improving the precision of analytics and forecasting.
- Interacting with the various internal business stakeholders, including and not limited to Plant and Activity Managers, S&OP, Finance, Commercial, and Supply Chain Heads in the region, as well as the regional and global peers in the MDM organisation, to manage capacities and leverage the benefits of global data integration, harmonisation, and analytics while accommodating specific local requirements to foster collaboration, agility, and responsiveness, driving efficiency and innovation across the organisation.
What We Offer:
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request.
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