With a purpose to make tomorrow a little bit better than today for each other, our customers, and our communities, Ascentek provides an environment where you can love what you do and be your best every day.
What you will enjoy by being a part of a 2026 USA Great Place to Work certified company:
A position that is: Salary, Full time
- Medical Plan options, including fertility coverage and free mental health and telehealth coverage
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- FSA/HSA options
- Paid parental leave
- Company-provided short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
- Supplemental Insurances, including accident, critical illness, hospital, and supplemental life insurance
- 401(k) with a generous company match
- Pet Insurance Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- 21 Paid Days Off
- 7 Paid Holidays
• Short-term Incentive Plan (STIP), ask your Talent Partner for details
- Dress For Your Day (casual dress environment) and company provided uniforms
- Paid comprehensive on-the-job training
- Company computer provided
• Career advancement opportunities
HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR TEAM:
Overview & Key Responsibilities
The Master Data Manager manages the creation, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of master data management solutions across JD Edwards and related systems, helping users and stakeholders optimize system capabilities and the flow of reliable data. As a true first-level manager, this role directs the day-to-day performance of the Master Data team, establishes priorities and service expectations, and ensures master data supports reliable business processes, reporting, system changes and organizational growth. The Manager oversees the analysis and enrichment of master data elements, partners with functional leaders and data owners to optimize data flow, and leads organization-wide efforts to strengthen governance, integrity, standards and accountability. Rooted in Our Values, this leader develops people, builds strong cross-functional relationships and advances a practical, scalable master data strategy.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Enterprise Ownership of Master Data
- Establish and maintain enterprise master data governance, standards, controls, procedures, ownership, and decision rights across related business systems.
- Translate complex data issues and risks into clear recommendations for leaders and contribute to the organization’s broader data strategy, governance maturity, and technology roadmap.
- Provide master data leadership for system implementations, integrations, system enhancements, new product/service launches, and other cross-functional initiatives, including requirements, controls, testing, and readiness.
- Partner with business and functional leadership to clarify accountability, resolve data gaps, and align enterprise data standards.
- Serve as the escalation point for complex data, process, system, and stakeholder issues, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication.
Master Data Governance
- Ensure customer, product, vendor, material, location, and organizational data is created and maintained accurately, consistently, and within established service expectations.
- Develop reporting, scorecards, documentation, training, and communication that improve visibility, compliance, and consistent adoption of master data processes.
- Drive continuous improvement and automation that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, scalability, reporting integrity, analytics readiness, and the internal customer experience.
- Monitor data quality, workload, and service-level performance; identify trends and risks; and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions.
Team Leadership
- Manage the function within approved budgets and resources, and promote a culture of ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement and strong internal customer service.
- Lead and develop the Master Data team, setting priorities, managing performance, providing coaching, and building the capabilities needed to support the organization’s growth.
- Own the day-to-day performance of the master data function, balancing service requests and urgent business priorities.
- Ensure master data creation, maintenance and mass-change activities are completed accurately, consistently and within established service expectations.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Data Management, Information Systems or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Experience and/or Training:
- 5+ years of progressive experience in master data, data management, ERP systems, business systems or a related field as an individual contributor.
- 1-3 years of supervisory or formal people-leadership experience, including responsibility for day-to-day performance, work prioritization, coaching and personnel decisions.
- Experience leading cross-functional data governance, data quality, process improvement or systems initiatives.
License/Certification: N/A
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of master data management, data governance, data quality and stewardship principles.
- Strong understanding of ERP systems, system relationships, data dependencies and cross-functional business processes.
- Demonstrated first-level people management skills with the ability to direct day-to-day work, make personnel decisions, build accountability, coach performance and develop talent.
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
- Ability to manage competing operational and project priorities while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness and sound judgment.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect data quality, controls and process decisions to business outcomes.
- Ability to influence across functions, facilitate decisions and build alignment without relying solely on formal authority.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex data and systems concepts for varied audiences.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, reporting tools and data management applications.
WHAT WILL SET YOU APART:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with JD Edwards and master data processes supporting manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, finance or commercial operations.
- Experience designing or advancing enterprise data governance practices, standards and controls.
- Experience supporting ERP implementations, integrations, acquisitions or major system and business process changes.
- Experience with business intelligence, reporting, workflow or data visualization tools.
- Experience building service metrics, operational dashboards or data quality scorecards.
- Experience managing analysts or specialists responsible for analyzing, enriching or governing master data elements and supporting data flow between users and stakeholders.
Physical, Mental, Environmental Demands:
- Extended periods of sitting and computer work.
- Frequent communication and collaboration across departments and with organizational leaders.
- Ability to manage complex priorities, analyze information, make decisions and exercise independent judgment.
- Occasional travel between company locations.
- Work is performed primarily in an office environment with occasional exposure to warehouse and operational environments.
