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Pune, Maharashtra, India
Hybrid
Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development
In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, or a related field.
2–3 years of experience in Master Data Management.
Clear understanding of Product Master Data principles, data quality, governance practices, and their relationship with business processes.
Experience working with SAP and master data systems.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
High attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and quality.
Ability to manage business issues of medium to high complexity and support timely resolution.
B2 or C1 English proficiency.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with CI / LEAN methodologies.
Advanced SAP user experience.
Knowledge of Power BI, Power Apps, WinShuttle, Macros, and/or SAP scripting.
Experience with SAP, PLM, EPH, and/or GDS systems.
Finished Product master data expertise, including exposure to planning, manufacturing, BOM, marketing, or finance data.
Experience participating in system testing, test case execution, or implementation of new tools.
Ability to identify process gaps and support standardization or automation initiatives.
Additional regional language proficiency such as European languages, Hebrew, or Arabic would be an advantage.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About the Role
Master data is a critical business asset with a significant impact on business performance and decision-making. Properly managed and high-quality master data will enable the company to drive business results, while poorly controlled and low-quality data will lead to higher costs and missed opportunities.
You will apply data governance best practices in the delivery of master data management services, ensuring that high-quality (timely, complete, accurate, and consistent) master data is delivered, maintained, and used to drive business results.
You will be responsible for delivering master data management services globally, supporting the implementation of systems in partnership with ITS, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and driving global standardization.
In this role, you will:
Provide support to the business managing master data effectively to ensure proper controls, high master data quality and efficient process performance:
Perform the creation and maintenance of master data records in a timely manner and in accordance with procedures, quality standards and rules.
Administer master data workflow tools, processes and the execution of mass updates.
Ensure high quality and full validation of master data according to data governance standards and rules.
Undertake regular data cleansing activities to raise the quality of each record to target levels.
Support controls and regular checks to ensure compliance with internal control, standards and rules.
Maintain VMS and identify requirements to effectively track KPIs.
Keep proper maintenance of SOPs.
Provide first line of support to the business in investigating and solving master data issues of medium to high level of complexity.
Drive value creation supporting the business:
Positively influence the business by leading training to internal customers, CI projects or leveraging data, analytics and actionable insights to deliver quantifiable results.
Generate consistency, efficiency, and productivity improvements by leveraging process improvement, standardization and automation to generate white space.
Propose and lead projects through the proactive identification of process gaps and interpretation of business rules and policies.
Investigate the root cause behind a business process failure or reoccurring data errors which may be due to data entry errors, current process not being followed, a problem with the current process, or a system issue.
Work in partnership with ITS and the business teams to implement new master data technologies that enhance process efficiency and drive effective master data quality:
Actively support test case execution for new systems and tools ensuring that business processes are not disrupted by changes.
To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print…
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to verification of local policies.
This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.
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