MANE is a 5th generation French family-owned business known for innovation and progress in the world of Flavor and Fragrance. As sensation enthusiasts, we strive to provide exceptional moments in people’s daily lives through the timeless flavors and fragrances we create. With our passion, creativity, and innovation, “We capture what moves”.
The Industrialization and Master Data Specialist will establish and manage industrialization and master data functions for MANE USA. This role will be responsible for coordinating the industrialization process for new and modified products, managing packaging specifications, and ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and ongoing maintenance of master data within OPTIMA and Kinaxis.
The position will work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, R&D, Packaging, and Commercial teams to ensure that product and planning data is available and accurate throughout the product lifecycle.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Industrialization Process Management
- Establish, coordinate, and maintain the industrialization process for new products, product changes, and production transfers.
- Coordinate cross-functional activities required to prepare products from R&D for manufacturing and supply chain execution to ensure all product, packaging, manufacturing, and planning information data is complete before production launch.
- Track industrialization milestones, deliverables, approvals, and open actions.
- Identify gaps, delays, and data issues that could impact production readiness, customer requirements, or launch timing.
- Facilitate communication between relevant stakeholders to ensure timely resolution of industrialization issues.
- Develop and maintain standard procedures, work instructions, templates, and controls for the industrialization process.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to improve product launch readiness, process consistency, and operational efficiency.
- Master Data Management and Analysis
- Maintain and support master data required for OPTIMA and Kinaxis processes.
- Create, review, update, and maintain product, material, packaging, manufacturing, and planning master data.
- Analyze master data to identify inaccuracies, inconsistencies, duplicates, missing information, and potential process impacts.
- Establish and maintain data quality standards, validation checks, and governance procedures.
- Coordinate master data updates across relevant systems and functional areas.
- Investigate the root causes of data issues and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain data documentation, including data definitions, ownership, procedures, and change history.
- Partner with IT, Supply Chain, Planning, and Operations to troubleshoot system and data-related issues.
- Develop reports and metrics to monitor master data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
- Other duties in support of company objectives
- Consistent with MANE’s environmental commitments, every employee shall actively participate in relevant education/training based upon corporate and local environmental objectives. Where these objectives are relevant to job-related and job-specific roles and responsibilities, each employee shall adhere to applicable environmental policies and procedures, as well as act on best practices.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree, Data Management, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with ERP, planning, or supply chain management systems.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate activities across multiple departments.
- Strong organizational, communication, and follow-up skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including data analysis and reporting.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Data accuracy and analytical thinking
- Process ownership and accountability
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project coordination
- Problem-solving and root-cause analysis
- Continuous improvement
- Communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to work independently in a newly established function
MANE offers industry leading benefits including a generous PTO plan. Additional benefits include paid holidays, annual year-end shutdown, annual and bi-weekly 401(k) contributions, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, employee assistance programs and many more. MANE is known for having a culture that focuses on our employees and their well-being. See for yourself why our employees love working at MANE!
Pay Transparency Disclosure: The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $80,000 to $92,000. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, and applicable legal considerations. This role is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, which is awarded based on both individual and company performance.
MANE is an equal opportunity employer.