245 Data Steward jobs in India

We’re looking for a Data Steward to support our team in Bangalore . This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful projects, collaborate with talented colleagues, and contribute to the success of a growing company. If you’re someone who takes initiative, values continuous learning, and thrives in a collaborative setting, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in data governance, data management, or a related field.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in data governance frameworks, data quality tools, data cataloging solutions, and data lineage practices. Knowledge of data management platforms and technologies is preferred.
• Business Knowledge: Experience in applying data governance practices to large-scale B2C data environments and digital transformation initiatives.
• Professional Skills: Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop and implement effective data governance policies. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Industry Experience: Preferably experience with large-scale B2C data and digital transformation. Experience in The client countries of operation is a plus.
• Behaviours: Commitment to continuous skills improvement and self-learning, timeliness, collaborative approach, ownership of work outcomes, empathy towards customers, and alignment with The client values. A start-up mindset is essential as we are developing a new capability for the enterprise.

**_Job title:_** **_Data Steward Manager_**
**_Location:_** **_Hyderabad, India_**
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**_About the job_**
Sanofi is a global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare and supporting the people we serve throughout the continuum of care. From prevention to treatment, Sanofi transforms scientific innovation into healthcare solutions, in human vaccines, rare diseases, multiple sclerosis, oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular solutions and consumer healthcare. More than 110,000 people in over 100 countries at Sanofi are dedicated to making a difference on patients' daily life, wherever they live and enabling them to enjoy a healthier life.
As a company with a global vision of drug development and a highly regarded corporate culture, Sanofi is recognized as one of the best pharmaceutical companies in the world and is pioneering the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with strong commitment to develop advanced data standards to increase reusability & interoperability and thus accelerate impact on global health.
The R&D Data Office serves as a cornerstone to this effort. Our team is responsible for cross-R&D data strategy, governance, and management. We sit in partnership with Business and Digital, and drive data needs across priority and transformative initiatives across R&D. Team members serve as advisors, leaders, and educators to colleagues and data professionals across the R&D value chain. As an integral team member, you will be responsible for defining how R&D's structured, semi-structured and unstructured data will be stored, consumed, integrated / shared and reported by different end users such as scientists, clinicians, and more. You will also be pivotal in the development of sustainable mechanisms for ensuring data are FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable).
**_Position Summary:_**
The R&D Data Steward plays a critical role in the intersection between business and data, where stewards will guide business teams on how to unlock value from data. This role will drive definition and documentation of R&D data standards in line with enterprise. Data stewards will place heavily cross-functional roles and must be comfortable with R&D data domains, data policies, and data cataloguing.
**_Main responsibilities:_**
+ Work in collaboration with R&D Data Office leadership (including the Data Capability and Strategy Leads), business, R&D Digital subject matter experts and other partners to:
+ Understand the data-related needs for various cross-R&D capabilities (E.g., data catalog, data quality, data marketplace, etc.) and associated initiatives
+ Understand the basics of data consolidation process through data mesh architecture and the concept of de-centralised socio-technical approach.
+ Influence, design, and document data governance policies, standards and procedures for R&D data
+ Drive data standard adoption across capabilities and initiatives; manage and maintain quality and integrity of data via data enrichment activities (E.g., cleansing, validating, enhancing etc.)
+ Understand and adopt data management tools such as for data catalogue, data marketplace, and Data Quality using tools from Informatica (CDGC, CDQ, Marketplace and others in their suite of cloud data management products)
+ Maintain documentation and act as an expert on data definitions, data flows, legacy data structures, access rights models, etc. for assigned domain
+ Educate and guide R&D teams on standards and information management principles, methodologies, best practices, etc.
+ Oversee junior data stewards and/or business analysts based on complexity or size of initiatives/functions supported
+ Facilitate communication between business and technical teams to ensure mutual understanding and alignment on data management practices
+ Understanding the comprehensive processes and governance frameworks to ensure data protection and compliance.
**_Deliverables:_**
+ Defines data catalog, data quality, and data products related communication metrics for assigned domains and 1-2 business functions
+ Implements continuous improvement opportunities, such as data management platform improvement opportunities, functional training to stakeholders
+ Accountable for data catalog, data quality, publishing on marketplace and data management activities for assigned domains.
+ Facilitates data issue resolution across various data governance process/ steps
+ Defines business terms and data elements (metadata) according to data standards, and ensures standardization/normalization of business and technical metadata
+ Defines data quality rules by understanding the data and support Digital team in implementation
+ Defines, maintains data governance and data strategy documentation, monitoring data governance performance metrices to identify areas of improvement
+ Identifies and effectively communicates improvement opportunities in existing data management platforms via means, like business testing of an app, business requirements analysis, dashboard analysis, process reviews, etc.
+ Drives change management with business, data and digital (IT) teams
+ Leads working groups to identify data elements, perform root cause and impact analysis, and identify improvements for metadata and data quality
+ Regularly communicates with business stakeholders, data leads, expert data stewards and escalates issues as appropriate
**_About you_**
+ Experience in Business Data Management, Information Architecture, Technology, or related fields
+ A go-getter who knows how to drive the topics on her/ his own
+ A person who can think 360 degrees to get things done and escalate appropriately
+ Strong soft skills with a willingness to take ownership,demonstrated ability to understand end-to-end data use and needs
+ Knowledge of R&D data domains (e.g., across research, clinical, regulatory, etc.)
+ Solid grasp of data governance practices and track record of implementation
+ Ability to understand data processes and requirements, particularly in R&D, at an enterprise level
+ Demonstrated strong attention to detail, quality, time management and customer focus
+ Excellent written and oral communications skills
+ Strong networking, influencing and negotiating skills and superior problem-solving skills
+ Demonstrated willingness to make decisions and to take responsibility for such
+ Excellent interpersonal skills (team player) ,People management skills either in matrix or direct line function
+ Familiar with data management practices and technologies (e.g., Informatica, Collibra, etc)
+ Familiar with data mesh concept with knowledge of relational databases, especially Snowflake
+ Knowledge of pharma R&D industry regulations and compliance requirements related to data governance
+ Familiarity with data management platforms in the area of catalog, DQ, marketplace, observability, access, etc.
+ **Education** : Bachelor's in computer science, Business, Engineering, Information Technology
+ **Languages** : English
**Pursue** **_progress_** **, discover** **_extraordinary_**
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn't happen without people - people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let's be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video ( and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com ( !
Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement ( is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting or via our movie We are Sanofi ( an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.
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**_Job title:_** **_Data Steward_**
**_Location: Hyderabad, India_**
**_About the job_**
Sanofi is a global life sciences company committed to improving access to healthcare and supporting the people we serve throughout the continuum of care. From prevention to treatment, Sanofi transforms scientific innovation into healthcare solutions, in human vaccines, rare diseases, multiple sclerosis, oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular solutions and consumer healthcare. More than 110,000 people in over 100 countries at Sanofi are dedicated to making a difference on patients' daily life, wherever they live and enabling them to enjoy a healthier life.
As a company with a global vision of drug development and a highly regarded corporate culture, Sanofi is recognized as one of the best pharmaceutical companies in the world and is pioneering the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with strong commitment to develop advanced data standards to increase reusability & interoperability and thus accelerate impact on global health.
Pioneering the research and development of mRNA technology using data and AI, our Data & Computational Sciences team develops, deploys and exploits digital solutions for end to end (research, pre-clinical, translational, process development, clinical) data integration and advanced analytics to enable full data driven strategy and decision-making process. In that context, ensuring the quality and fitness for purpose of the organization's data assets is a critical need.
**_Position Summary:_**
The R&D Data Steward plays a critical role in the intersection between business mRNA Research and Development and data, where stewards will guide business teams on how to unlock value from data. This role will drive definition and documentation of R&D data standards in line with enterprise. Data stewards will place heavily cross-functional roles and must be comfortable with R&D data domains, data policies, and data cataloguing.
**_Main responsibilities:_**
+ Work in collaboration with mRNA Data & Computational Sciences team (most specifically with the Data Continuum product owners), the Sanofi R&D Data Office leadership (including the Data Capability and Strategy Leads), mRNA scientists (most specifically with scientific Data transformation Leads), R&D Digital subject matter experts and other partners to:
+ Understand the data-related needs for various cross-R&D capabilities (E.g., data catalog, master data management etc) and associated initiatives
+ Document data governance policies, standards and procedures for R&D data
+ Maintain documentation and act as an expert on data definitions, data flows, legacy data structures, access rights models, etc. for assigned domain
+ Propose nomenclature for scientific Data Packages and Document R&D level standards on the nomenclature, content, and structure of information (structured and unstructured data) and metadata, glossaries, taxonomies
+ Manage and maintain quality and integrity of data via data enrichment activities (E.g., cleansing, validating, enhancing etc).Understand and adopt data management tools such as R&D data catalogue, etc
+ Develop effective data sharing artifacts for appropriate usage of data across R&D data domains
+ Ensure the seamless running of the data-related activities and verify data standard application from ingest through access
+ Oversee data pipeline and availability and escalate issues where they surface; ensure on-schedule/on-time delivery and proactive management of risks/issues
+ Work with R&D teams on standards and information management principles, methodologies, best practices, etc.
+ Contribute to design an end to end Conceptual and logical Data model
+ Participate in the identification of Critical Data Elements and in the elaboration of Data Quality KPI.
+ Contribute to the monitoring of Data Quality scores.
+ Suggest Data Remediation activities to improve Data Quality score and implement them upon approval Support in creating trainings and data literacy materials
**_Deliverables:_**
+ Follows defined processes to embed data cleaning, quality, and communication metrics into 1-2 business functions within the organization
+ Maintains valid value lists (vocabularies) on reference tables
+ Supports the mRNA Data Governance Office, senior and expert Data Stewards with enhancing data standards, business terms, rules, policies and processes for their functional scope, including any region-specific requirements
+ Supports execution of defined Data Governance processes
+ Supports compliance of defined Data policies
+ Improved Data Quality Score
**_About you_**
+ **Experience** in Business Data Management, Information Architecture, Technology, or related fields
+ Demonstrated ability to understand end-to-end data use and needs
+ Knowledge of R&D data domains (e.g., across research, pre-clinical testing, process development, manufacturing) applied to life sciences. Knowledge of mRNA data domains is a plus.
+ Solid grasp of data governance practices and track record of implementation
+ Ability to understand data processes and requirements, particularly in R&D at an enterprise level
+ Demonstrated strong attention to detail, quality, time management and customer focus
+ Excellent written and oral communications skills
+ Strong networking, influencing and negotiating skills and superior problem-solving skills
+ Demonstrated willingness to make decisions and to take responsibility for such
+ Excellent interpersonal skills (team player) ,Improved Data Quality Score
+ Familiar with data management practices and technologies (e.g., any ELN (Benchling or ONE lab is a plus), data catalogue (Informatica CDGC is a plus); experience in practices not required)
+ Knowledge of pharma R&D industry regulations and compliance requirements related to data governance
+ **Education** : Bachelors in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Information Technology
+ **Languages** : English
**Pursue** **_progress_** **, discover** **_extraordinary_**
Better is out there. Better medications, better outcomes, better science. But progress doesn't happen without people - people from different backgrounds, in different locations, doing different roles, all united by one thing: a desire to make miracles happen. So, let's be those people.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, ability or gender identity.
Watch our ALL IN video ( and check out our Diversity Equity and Inclusion actions at sanofi.com ( !
Global Terms & Conditions and Data Privacy Statement ( is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health. We prevent illness with vaccines, provide innovative treatments to fight pain and ease suffering. We stand by the few who suffer from rare diseases and the millions with long-term chronic conditions.
With more than 100,000 people in 100 countries, Sanofi is transforming scientific innovation into healthcare solutions around the globe. Discover more about us visiting or via our movie We are Sanofi ( an organization, we change the practice of medicine; reinvent the way we work; and enable people to be their best versions in career and life. We are constantly moving and growing, making sure our people grow with us. Our working environment helps us build a dynamic and inclusive workplace operating on trust and respect and allows employees to live the life they want to live.
All in for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Sanofi - YouTube (

Required Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience working in Data Governance or Data Management or Data Stewardship experience, general understanding of data governance concepts and processes
• Strong data management background who understands data, how to ingest data, proper data use/consumption, data quality, and stewardship.
• (PLUS) Functional and/or Data Management Experience in SAP (ECC or S/4HANA required) in one or more of the areas listed below:
• Finance and Controlling (FICO)
• Materials Management (MM)
• Production Planning (PP)
• Sales and Distribution (SD)
• Vendor and Customer Management
• Ability to partner with both business and technical subject matter experts to ensure standardization of operational information and execution of enterprise-wide data governance policies and procedures are defined and implemented.
• Basic SQL knowledge and experience working with Visualization BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, etc).
• Advanced data analytical skills, including identification, interpretation and documentation of data patterns, standards, and quality rules
• Strong communication skills and Excel proficiency, including experience profiling with Excel
• Experience researching, validating, profiling and cataloging datasets
• Ability to own sub-tasks of a project with little supervision.
• Excellent written and oral communication

Desired Skills

• Informatica (EDC, Axon, IDQ, Reference 360)
• Intermediate – Advanced Excel experience
• DataBricks basics - SAP FICO

Job Description:

A Fortune 100 client is looking to add a Data Steward Advisor to their team. Activities will include, but not limited to: Highly motivated with ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrated proficiency in using Excel to source, analyze, normalize and process data to define requirements for ongoing processing and management of the data including quality validations.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of master data elements and processes

• Strong data management background with understanding of how to ingest data, proper data use/consumption, data quality, and stewardship

• Ability to translate business requirements into critical data dependencies and requirements

• Ability to think beyond their current state (processes, roles and tools) and work towards an unconstrained, optimized design

• Analytical mindset with Strong Communication Skills/Able to Persuade/Influence Others at all Organization Levels and the ability foster lasting partnerships

• Ability to think beyond their current state (processes, roles and tools) and work towards an unconstrained, optimized design

• An ability to solicit followership from the functional teams to think beyond the ‘way the things work today’

• Able to align various stakeholders to a common set of standards and the ability to sell the benefits of the EDG program

• Foster lasting relationships across varying organizational levels and business segments with the maturity to interface with all levels of management

• Self-starter who welcomes responsibility, along with the ability to thrive in an evolving organization and an ability to bring structure to unstructured situations

• Ability to arbitrate on difficult decisions and drive consensus through a diplomatic approach

• Matrix management skills and business acumen

• Excellent written & verbal communication skills

**Purpose and Scope:**
Responsible for creation/maintenance of supply chain master data in global systems (SAP S/4, IBP, rfXcel) on time as requested in an implementation report, standalone request, data quality request or deactivation request. The specialist of SCM master data maintenance who is having global system knowledge and experience and familiar with Astellas data rules to secure data integrity.
**Responsibilities and Accountabilities** **:**
+ Performs role of Business Data Steward, as described in Astellas master data governance policies and process designs.
+ Executes assigned tasks in Implementation Reports to completion. Timely escalates any deviations to the SPD process lead.
+ Understands product flows and business scenarios. Can implement master data based on a business scenario.
+ Plans and manages own work, in line with agreed timelines, keeping the other business data stewards updated on relevant information on status and outlook.
+ Applies general master data rules and procedures relevant to own work.
+ Familiar with procedures and systems related to the development of packaging materials. Capable of doing operational work using them. This includes execution of mass updates upon request by business.
+ Data quality management. Knows the operational tools and procedures for the data rules-based checks and can work with them. Actively contributes to meeting the data standards. Flags the need to adjust or extend the data rules.
+ Data quality - incident management. Flags risks and potential issues to the technical data steward. Supports the further investigation into root cause, impact, and the resolution process on request.
+ Executes the periodical de-activation requests as assigned by the coordinator. Signals candidates for deactivation with the coordinator.
+ Project support. Escalates to team manager when ad hoc, non-BaU tasks are becoming structural or takes too much effort, so that project participation can be organized. Participates in (business, IS, TBIM) projects, on behalf of the SCM MDM team, in line with the specific agreements. Works on SCM master data for and as agreed in the project. Flags potential issues to SCM MDM team lead or project manager.
+ Project: Participates in projects for execution and documentation of tests and supporting with design and approval of tests.
+ Small, ad hoc changes requests. Flags incoming requests for small changes that are potentially problematic (network change, too much effort, no mandate, not in line with agreements, not fully understood) to the team lead. Completes agreed changes of the SCM master data, following the request and in line with standards and guidelines, and documents the work. Communicates about status and outlook of the request with the requestor.
+ Support creation and updating of documentation with day-to-day experiences or expert knowledge.
+ Share knowledge with other business data stewards.
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Education is bachelor's degree preferred.
+ Understands master data management model and needed tools and methods to set up and maintain master data in accordance with quality standards.
+ Understands the complexity of supply chain flows, and their relationship with (SCM) master data. Able to perform complex material setup and maintenance.
+ Keeps track of new developments in the master data domain and uses this knowledge in the context of own work when appropriate.
+ Able to participate in projects.
+ Hands-on knowledge of operational (master data) processes in common ERP systems (SAP), preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
+ Able to work in teams and use knowledge and insights to improve team performance.
+ Ability to contribute to development of knowledge management and data management in the area of (supply chain) master data
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experienced working with system Microsoft office like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access.
+ Experienced working with SAP S/4 or ERP and IBP systems.
+ Experienced working with RfXcel system
**Working Environment**
Astellas' Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company's strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
Category Supply Process Development
Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans

**Purpose and Scope:**
Responsible for supply chain impact assessments for master data in global systems like SAP S/4 and IBP. Represents master data team in projects, create//maintain global data rules and is capable to train other SCM colleagues.
**Responsibilities and Accountabilities** **:**
+ Performs roles of TDS, as described in Astellas master data governance policies and process designs
+ Decides on acceptance of incoming Impact Assessments (IA), capturing all relevant impact on behalf of the SCM MDM team and providing clear feedback. In case of findings, collaborate with relevant stakeholders to find a solution.
+ Capable of understanding an SCM product flow and explaining the essence to SCM MDM team colleagues. Challenges the publisher when needed. Oversees the impact of a product flow on the SCM master data and the SCM MDM internal documentation.
+ Understands business scenarios: the details of individual cases, as well as the general principles behind the business scenarios. Can decide, based on an impact assessment, what the impact on business scenarios is. Can instruct team colleagues about drawing new business scenarios, including decision making, documentation procedures and standards, etc.
+ Familiar with procedures and systems involved with the packaging materials process. Capable of explaining this to team colleagues. Capable of supporting other team members with the operational processes.
+ Data quality management. Data rules are the foundation for MDM quality. Knows the operational tools and procedures for the data checks. Ensures data standards are known and adhered to by the MDM community. Based on actual findings, incidents, or other inputs, identifies the need to come to new data rules, to adjust existing data rules or to decommission data rules, and align this with the other Technical Data Stewards. Ensures documentation and guidelines are updated following changes in the data rules. Manages implementation of new or updated data rules in the tools.
+ Data quality - incident management. Capable of determining the root cause of (conditional) Material Master data related incidents. Uses the root cause to come to a full assessment of the impact of an issue. Establishes a plan of actions for follow up of a data incident and the related analyses, including preventive measures. Manages the plan of actions to completion.
+ Takes, on behalf of the team, ownership of the content of deviations and CAPA's, as part of the resolution process.
+ Signals potential candidates for deactivation and documents them. Ensures other team members are doing the same. Ensures that the deactivation processes are performed on a regular basis. Leads the execution of the deactivation process: analysis, stakeholder engagement, decision making, documentation, follow-up in master data updates. Documents the findings, and initiates execution of the follow-up actions on the data by the regional execution teams.
+ Project Representing MDM in project and project support. Identifies the need for project participation by MDM team staff to Manager Global SCM Master Data Management, based on incoming requests or information. Participates in projects, representing the MDM-team as lead. Balancing the interests of the project team and the requesting business, the MDM team, future BaU of the project deliverables, and the SCM master data. Timely escalates to the right level when project circumstances make this necessary.
+ Project: Participates in projects for design, execution, documentation and approval of tests, including as part of formal project stage gates.
+ Small, ad hoc changes requests. Capable of vetting incoming requests and deciding about their validity and justification and communicating about the results to the requestor.
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Education is Bachelor's degree preferred.
+ Develops and maintains master data management model and needed tools and methods to improve and guarantee the quality of master data.
+ Strong conceptual thinker who masters the full complexity of supply chain flows and their relationship with (SCM) master data.
+ Keeps track of trends and new developments in the master data governance domain and in the Astellas organization, and uses this knowledge in the MDM context when appropriate
+ Able to deliver on project objectives and manage stakeholders.
+ Hands-on knowledge of operational (master data) processes in common ERP (SAP) systems, preferably in the Pharma-domain.
+ Ability to lead people and teams in projects and activities, contribution to the development of the team and participation in job interviews and appraisals upon request.
+ Ability to lead development of knowledge management and data management on the area of master data, including outside supply chain.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Have an experience of working with system Microsoft office like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access.
+ Have an experience of working with system SAP S/4 or ERP and IBP.
+ Have an experience of working with system rfXcel.
**Working Environment**
Astellas' Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company's strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
Category Supply Process Development
Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans

Position Objectives:

The Global Master Data Steward is responsible for maintaining the master databases for Materials, Customer, & Vendor . Ensure the requirements have the right information and release them when the process has been completed. Strong teamwork to ensure that all the requirements will be made in a timely manner to avoid affecting the metric of the department. Improve processes and document them to ensure standard work.

Responsibilities:

•Responsible for the following Master Data domains in scope: Material, Customer & Vendor master.

•Support the business with completing and processing their business master data entry requests utilizing the World Wide Master Data Operations’ request processes, forms and systems. Confirm that data changes are submitted by the appropriate business requester and approved by the correct decision authorities.

•Provide backup operational support as required for the WW Master Data Operations. Processing master data requests and tasks when other members of the organization are not available.

•Responsible for master data incident management when data defects are detected. Take ownership for a master data incident and act as the primary level of escalation. Provide prompt recovery of the affected business functions while assuring that the focus on the incident resolution is not taken away by other activities. Facilitate incident communications as the central interface with all affected parties, support resources and stakeholders.

•Provide master data reports to business resources as requested.

•Ensure adherence to company data management policies and standards. Assist in data related audit activities as required.

•Lead the associated master data operations to achieve request cycle time and data quality goals.

•Maintain strong liaison with global Master Data Teams to ensure performance goals are met, work instructions are written, no unauthorized master data updates are made.

•Maintain close working relationship with IT-Master Data Team.

•Recommend and lead process improvement opportunities and other initiatives.

•Communicate data standards and promote quality data management practices.

•Act as escalation point for unresolved issues and queries.

•Responsible for data collection tools (i.e. Customer Master Requester – CMR)

•Run SAP reports as necessary

•Audit price overrides in orders entered in SAP

•Send notifications about price changes to internal customers

Education - Min Bachelor’s degree.

Experience - 3+ years of SAP knowledge. Database management.

Schedule - Monday to Friday 8 hours between 11:30 AM and 8:00 PM Mumbai time. Flexibility to adjust schedule to business needs.

Skills:

•Strong data entry skills and experience with maintaining business data.

•Prior experience with, or a proven understanding of the business operations for which you will be interfacing with, such as product line management, procurement, pricing, account/record provisioning

•Emphasize results not effort, goal oriented

•Detail oriented without losing focus of the ‘big picture’

•Excellent analytical skills

•Effective communicator in both oral and written presentations

•Client focused. Ability to work in a multi-cultural and virtual environment

•Ability to multi-task numerous diverse activities

•Self motivated with solid analytical and data interpretation skills.

•Strong interpersonal skills and a good team player. Ability to multi-task and prioritize activities

•Continuous improvement mindset, seeking to identify and drive continuous improvement ideas and projects across all business processes

**Purpose and Scope:**
Responsible for supply chain impact assessments for master data in global systems like SAP S/4 and IBP. Represents master data team in projects, create//maintain global data rules and is capable to train other SCM colleagues.
**Responsibilities and Accountabilities** **:**
+ Performs roles of TDS, as described in Astellas master data governance policies and process designs
+ Decides on acceptance of incoming Impact Assessments (IA), capturing all relevant impact on behalf of the SCM MDM team and providing clear feedback. In case of findings, collaborate with relevant stakeholders to find a solution.
+ Capable of understanding an SCM product flow and explaining the essence to SCM MDM team colleagues. Challenges the publisher when needed. Oversees the impact of a product flow on the SCM master data and the SCM MDM internal documentation.
+ Understands business scenarios: the details of individual cases, as well as the general principles behind the business scenarios. Can decide, based on an impact assessment, what the impact on business scenarios is. Can instruct team colleagues about drawing new business scenarios, including decision making, documentation procedures and standards, etc.
+ Familiar with procedures and systems involved with the packaging materials process. Capable of explaining this to team colleagues. Capable of supporting other team members with the operational processes.
+ Data quality management. Data rules are the foundation for MDM quality. Knows the operational tools and procedures for the data checks. Ensures data standards are known and adhered to by the MDM community. Based on actual findings, incidents, or other inputs, identifies the need to come to new data rules, to adjust existing data rules or to decommission data rules, and align this with the other Technical Data Stewards. Ensures documentation and guidelines are updated following changes in the data rules. Manages implementation of new or updated data rules in the tools.
+ Data quality - incident management. Capable of determining the root cause of (conditional) Material Master data related incidents. Uses the root cause to come to a full assessment of the impact of an issue. Establishes a plan of actions for follow up of a data incident and the related analyses, including preventive measures. Manages the plan of actions to completion.
+ Takes, on behalf of the team, ownership of the content of deviations and CAPA's, as part of the resolution process.
+ Signals potential candidates for deactivation and documents them. Ensures other team members are doing the same. Ensures that the deactivation processes are performed on a regular basis. Leads the execution of the deactivation process: analysis, stakeholder engagement, decision making, documentation, follow-up in master data updates. Documents the findings, and initiates execution of the follow-up actions on the data by the regional execution teams.
+ Project Representing MDM in project and project support. Identifies the need for project participation by MDM team staff to Manager Global SCM Master Data Management, based on incoming requests or information. Participates in projects, representing the MDM-team as lead. Balancing the interests of the project team and the requesting business, the MDM team, future BaU of the project deliverables, and the SCM master data. Timely escalates to the right level when project circumstances make this necessary.
+ Project: Participates in projects for design, execution, documentation and approval of tests, including as part of formal project stage gates.
+ Small, ad hoc changes requests. Capable of vetting incoming requests and deciding about their validity and justification and communicating about the results to the requestor
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Education is Bachelor's degree preferred.
+ Develops and maintains master data management model and needed tools and methods to improve and guarantee the quality of master data.
+ Strong conceptual thinker who masters the full complexity of supply chain flows and their relationship with (SCM) master data.
+ Keeps track of trends and new developments in the master data governance domain and in the Astellas organization, and uses this knowledge in the MDM context when appropriate
+ Able to deliver on project objectives and manage stakeholders.
+ Hands-on knowledge of operational (master data) processes in common ERP (SAP) systems, preferably in the Pharma-domain.
+ Ability to lead people and teams in projects and activities, contribution to the development of the team and participation in job interviews and appraisals upon request.
+ Ability to lead development of knowledge management and data management on the area of master data, including outside supply chain.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Have an experience of working with system Microsoft office like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access.
+ Have an experience of working with system SAP S/4 or ERP and IBP.
+ Have an experience of working with system rfXcel.
**Working Environment**
Astellas' Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company's strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
Category Supply Process Development
Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans

**Purpose and Scope:**
Responsible for creation/maintenance of supply chain master data in global systems (SAP S/4, IBP, rfXcel) on time as requested in an implementation report, standalone request, data quality request or deactivation request. The specialist of SCM master data maintenance who is having global system knowledge and experience and familiar with Astellas data rules to secure data integrity.
**Responsibilities and Accountabilities** **:**
+ Performs role of Business Data Steward, as described in Astellas master data governance policies and process designs.
+ Executes assigned tasks in Implementation Reports to completion. Timely escalates any deviations to the SPD process lead.
+ Understands product flows and business scenarios. Can implement master data based on a business scenario.
+ Plans and manages own work, in line with agreed timelines, keeping the other business data stewards updated on relevant information on status and outlook.
+ Applies general master data rules and procedures relevant to own work.
+ Familiar with procedures and systems related to the development of packaging materials. Capable of doing operational work using them. This includes execution of mass updates upon request by business.
+ Data quality management. Knows the operational tools and procedures for the data rules-based checks and can work with them. Actively contributes to meet the data standards. Flags the need to adjust or extend the data rules.
+ Data quality - incident management. Flags risks and potential issues to the technical data steward. Supports the further investigation into root cause, impact, and the resolution process on request.
+ Executes the periodical de-activation requests as assigned by the coordinator. Signals candidates for deactivation with the coordinator.
+ Project support. Escalates to team manager when ad hoc, non-BaU tasks are becoming structural or takes too much effort, so that project participation can be organized. Participates in (business, IS, TBIM) projects, on behalf of the SCM MDM team, in line with the specific agreements. Works on SCM master data for and as agreed in the project. Flags potential issues to SCM MDM team lead or project manager.
+ Project: Participates in projects for execution and documentation of tests and supports with design and approval of tests.
+ Small, ad hoc changes requests. Flags incoming requests for small changes that are potentially problematic (network change, too much effort, no mandate, not in line with agreements, not fully understood) to the team lead. Completes agreed changes of the SCM master data, following the request and in line with standards and guidelines, and documents the work. Communicates about status and outlook of the request with the requestor.
+ Support creation and updating of documentation with day-to-day experiences or expert knowledge.
+ Share knowledge with other business data stewards.
**Required Qualifications:**
+ Education is bachelor's degree preferred.
+ Understands master data management model and tools and methods to set up and maintain master data in accordance with quality standards.
+ Understands the complexity of supply chain flows, and their relationship with (SCM) master data. Able to perform complex material setup and maintenance.
+ Keeps track of new developments in the master data domain and uses this knowledge in the context of own work when appropriate.
+ Able to participate in projects.
+ Hands-on knowledge of operational (master data) processes in common ERP systems (SAP), preferably in the pharmaceutical industry.
+ Able to work in a team and use knowledge and insights to improve team performance.
+ Ability to contribute to development of knowledge management and data management in the area of (supply chain) master data.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Experienced working with system Microsoft office like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access.
+ Experienced working with SAP S/4 or ERP and IBP systems.
+ Experienced working with RfXcel system.
**Working Environment**
Astellas' Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are strategically located sites that give Astellas the ability to access talent across various functions in the value chain and to co-locate core capabilities that are currently dispersed. Our three GCCs are located in India, Poland and Mexico.
The GCCs will enhance our operational efficiency, resilience and innovation potential, enabling a timely response to changing business demands.
Our GCCs are an integral part of Astellas, guided by our shared values and behaviors, and are critical enablers of the company's strategic priorities, sustainable growth, and commitment to turn innovative science into VALUE for patients.
Category Supply Process Development
Astellas is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment.
EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans