Supply Chain Master Data Project Manager

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents. The company is looking for a Supply Chain Master Data Project Manager to drive the master data agenda for supply chain operations across all Veolia Water Tech regions and business lines.

Requirements

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and budgets
• Facilitate governance reviews and steering committee meetings
• Manage broader digital and supply chain transformation initiatives
• Maintain project documentation
• Follow Project Management best in class standards
• Develop change management and communication strategies
• Design and deliver training programs for data owners, stewards, and plant teams
• Provide hands-on coaching to local teams during implementation
• Foster a culture of data ownership and accountability
• Assess the current state of supply chain master data across SAP and Oracle JDE
• Define data standards, naming conventions, field-level rules, and data dictionaries for all in-scope objects
• Establish data quality rules, controls and validation criteria
• Document and publish all standards, data dictionaries, and definitions
• Design, lead and execute structured data cleansing programs across Supply Chain
• Coordinate cross-functional teams
• Implement controls to prevent recurrence and track data quality improvement
• Partner with the existing Data Governance organization to align supply chain master data governance with company-wide frameworks
• Establish roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and RACI matrices
• Design and implement process controls and system checkpoints
• Develop metrics, monitoring dashboards, and reporting mechanisms
• During defined period after project closure, conduct regular audits across plants and regions, identify non-compliance, and drive corrective action plans
• Leverage Alation to support data quality monitoring, audit trails, and compliance tracking
• Report on data quality status and progress
• Analyze end-to-end data creation, maintenance, and approval processes across plants, regions and functions to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and root causes of data quality issues
• Map current-state processes and design improved future-state workflows that embed data standards and governance requirements at source
• Lead process improvement initiatives to eliminate recurring data quality problems
• Define and document processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for master data creation and maintenance processes, ensuring alignment across all regions and business lines
• Collaborate with plant teams, data owners, and supply chain stakeholders to validate and implement redesigned processes
• Monitor the effectiveness of process improvements over time and adjust as needed to sustain data quality gains
• Ensure master data standards and cleansing activities are sequenced to meet digital program timelines
• Collaborate with IT to translate data requirements into system specifications
• Ensure Alation is positioned as the central documentation and reference layer for master data standards feeding into all digital programs
• Support data migration and system testing activities where master data quality is a dependency

Benefits

• Full-time position
• Remote work option
• Paid vacation time
• Health insurance
• Professional development opportunities