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Senior Data Steward

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Senior Data Steward

OVERVIEW

This is an exciting time to work in General Mills’ Data and Analytics organization. To realize our company’s strategy of becoming a CPG Leader in Data and Analytics, it’s imperative to actively govern our Enterprise Data so it can be protected and trusted. In this role, Sr. Data Steward will partner with business and Digital and Technology (D&T) stakeholders to drive data quality improvements for Vendor and Customer Master Data domains to ensure data is fit for business use. If you’re passionate about data quality, enjoy working with and analyzing data, and have strong collaborative and influencing skills, we would like to hear from you.

KEY ACCOUNTABILILITIES

Apply data governance to North America (NA) Vendor and Customer Master Data Domains
Lead the development of data standards, rules, and quality metrics for data domain in partnership with Data elements owners, Data Governance Consultants, Quality Analysts, Operations team (data maintainers), and stakeholder groups across General Mills (GMI).
Identify, consolidate, and resolve data quality issues to enable trusted data in partnership with business owners and SMEs
Act as primary point of contact within their data domain, directly interacting with stakeholders and / or other data stewards across all aspects of the organization when necessary.
Ensure data is documented in Enterprise Catalogue
Monitor key KPI's to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the critical data within respective domain(s)
Understand data lineage and provide data flow consultation
Facilitate Working and Governance council meetings to drive data decisions to action
Identify improvements and build justification for resource prioritization
Collaborate closely with MillsWorks Pods and other enterprise initiatives that have direct dependency on Master data quality.
Provide work direction to Data Steward Analyst
Lead team improvement initiative(s) to drive efficiencies or adoption of new practices to meet new business or regulatory needs

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree
5+ years of related experience
Demonstrated knowledge of Data Governance strategies and processes
Experience in Project Management and Change Management
Experience in creating differentiated service
Experience with data quality monitoring, data quality tools, data cleansing
Proven record to be excellent at communication, collaboration, influence

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with SAP, Information Steward, Concento, Alation and/or other data governance solutions
Experience with Customer and/or Vendor Master Data
Experience with SQL

CONSIDERATIONS

We are open to 100% remote candidates with occasional travel based on business needs.
International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.

Company Overview:

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

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