Senior Specialist Data Governance – Supply Chain & Operations
Location: Hyderabad, India
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences.
We design and deliver solutions that enable scientists to accelerate innovation and improve health outcomes. We are seeking a Senior Specialist Data Governance – Supply Chain & Operations to design, govern, and optimize core enterprise structure master data within Lonza’s supply chain. This role ensures data consistency, completeness, validity, accuracy, uniqueness, and timeliness across end‑to‑end business processes.
Role Purpose / Summary
The Senior Specialist Data Governance – Supply Chain & Operations serves as the single point of responsibility for Supply Chain & Operations item governance, defining standards, ownership, and lifecycle rules for critical supply chain structures. Operating globally across all business platforms, functions, and sites, the role is a key contributor to the Lonza Data Framework and broader governance model. Acting as an advisor to process and data owners, the role ensures full understanding of cross‑functional dependencies when introducing new enterprise data objects.
What you’ll get
- A global role within Lonza’s Data Governance organization.
- Opportunity to shape and scale enterprise data frameworks and governance models.
- Exposure to global stakeholders across Finance, IT, Supply Chain, and business functions.
- A collaborative, inclusive, and ethical workplace culture.
- Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with role and experience.
- Opportunities to contribute to global transformation and data strategy initiatives.
What you’ll do
- Define, implement, and maintain governance frameworks, concepts, and standards for enterprise structure master data in Supply Chain & Operations.
- Manage lifecycle processes for critical enterprise data objects, including creation, modification, and deactivation of organizational structures (e.g., Plant, Storage Location, Sales Organization, Distribution Channel).
- Analyze the impact of enterprise structure data changes across upstream and downstream systems and guide stakeholders toward optimal decisions.
- Manage impact assessments for new data structure requests and coordinate implementation with IT and data governance teams.
- Govern enterprise structure data within SAP, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and integrity through control checks.
- Develop and implement analytics and dashboard reporting strategies for monitoring enterprise data quality and structure performance.
- Act as a trusted advisor to supply chain and operations stakeholders on governance, structure design, and cross‑functional dependencies.
- Drive stakeholder engagement, training, and adoption of data governance standards and best practices.
- Develop and maintain training materials and conduct training sessions for business users.
- Manage tools supporting Data Structure Management and coordinate with internal and external IT service providers.
- Contribute to the development and evolution of the Lonza Data Framework.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data quality, standardization, and reporting capabilities.
What we’re looking for
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Management, Engineering, IT, Mathematics, or related discipline.
- Proven experience in Supply Chain and Operations master data or enterprise structure data management.
- Strong understanding of enterprise structure master data processes and ERP systems, particularly SAP MM, PP, PM, and SD modules.
- Experience with data governance frameworks, tools, and best practices.
- Solid understanding of end‑to‑end supply chain and operations processes and cross‑functional integration.
Skills & Capabilities
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex dependencies across systems, processes, and functions.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Structured, governance‑focused mindset with strong ownership and accountability.
- Ability to operate effectively in a global, matrixed environment.
What we offer
- An agile career and dynamic working culture.
- An inclusive and ethical workplace.
- Compensation programs that recognize high performance.
- A variety of benefits dependent on role and location.
The full list of our global benefits can be found here: Lonza Careers – Benefits.
About Lonza
At Lonza, our people are our greatest strength. With more than 30 sites across five continents, our globally connected teams work together every day to manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Our core values—Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, Passion, and Integrity—define how we work together and succeed. Everyone’s ideas, big or small, have the potential to improve millions of lives. Innovation thrives when people from all backgrounds bring their unique perspectives to the table. Lonza is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every employee can grow and make a meaningful impact.
Ready to shape the future of life sciences? Apply now.
