Customer Master Data Steward

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The Customer Data Support Specialist is responsible for the creation and maintenance of Customer & Contact master data in alignment with governance standards to support and enable global business partners and processes. This a global role responsible for improving data reusability, accessibility and quality using Illumina’s Master Data Governance (MDG) tool, SAP and Salesforce (SFDC) platform. The Customer Data Support Specialist will monitor and maintain data quality and take corrective actions when necessary to ensure completeness, accuracy and on time delivery of the customer records and customer hierarchies.

This position is based in Bengaluru, India and is responsible for supporting functions such as Sales, Service & Support, Customer Care, Credit and Tax in an efficient and timely manner. This position will support teams in Asia.

Responsibilities:

Review, validate, and action requests for customer master creation and data changes from business partners (e.g., new account creation, account hierarchies, contacts, etc.); Communicate clearly with requestors

Independently conduct root cause identification and analysis on moderate to complex requests and clearly communicate findings/actions for stakeholders

Recognize patterns across various requests and feedback received from business; Take initiative to consult with relevant stakeholders to implement processes and governance best practices

Collaborate with cross-functional internal business partners and Global Customer Master Data Governance teams to conform customer accounts to data quality policies and governed attributes

Identify opportunities for efficiency and act to implement/document them clearly; Share learnings with team members to improve global team's execution

Support other Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data Quality & Governance activities as it relates to commercial data (Growth, Cleansing and Enrichment)

Work collaboratively when required with fellow Customer Data team members to complete work

Prepare and maintain work instruction and SOP documentation

Monitor and action on Data Quality reports to maintain data integrity and enforce data quality policies

Support UAT testing for ERP and CRM system enhancements

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Information Management, or other related fields.

2 - 3+ years of relevant CRM and transactional processing experience. SAP HANA S4, Fiori, and Salesforce experience preferred

Strong attention to detail and commitment to deliver quality work in a timely manner

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience working directly with global stakeholders. Experience working with Asia customers preferred

Curiosity to investigate patterns and understand root causes

Understanding of the interaction between data attributes and business processes

Ability to multi-task and flex working styles between team settings and independent work

Experience using Excel (table navigation, xlookups, text formulas, pivots, etc.), SFDC reporting, mass data upload tools (DemandTools, Winshuttle)

Possess an open, flexible, and positive can-do attitude with good communication and interpersonal skills

Must be fluent in English

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