Sales Data Stewardship Lead

Employer: Mars Location: London, United Kingdom Salary: Competitive Closing date: 29 Dec 2024 Sector: Sales and Business Development Role: Manager Contract Type: Permanent Job Description: Position: Sales Data Stewardship Lead At Mars Snacking, we are on an ambitious journey to rewire and almost double the size of our business by 2030. We see digital and data as an increasing multiplier of value across not just Mars Wrigley, but also the Health and Wellness and Retail global business units of Mars Snacking. With this in mind, we recently established the Chief Data Office (CDO) Organization to define and execute the end-to-end enterprise data strategy inclusive of data and platform governance associated with AI for the company. The Sales Data Stewardship Lead is part of the Chief Data Office Organization within Mars Snacking, directly supporting the Global Director of Enterprise & AI Stewardship and Delivery - Sales Domain. In this pivotal role, the lead will be partnering with regional, global and transformational Functional Leads to effectively analyse, document, organize, optimize and orchestrate all aspects of enterprise data, including the data foundation, analytics and AI. The role will also be responsible for driving user adoption of the capabilities for the scope within the Sales business and collaborate with the enterprise data governance program office to periodically publish KPI metrics, share learnings, celebrate successes, and coordinate escalations. Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership: Support the Global Director - Data & AI Stewardship and Delivery - Sales Domain in the leadership and execution of a fully integrated Data and AI Stewardship Strategy for Sales Domain. Align stewardship efforts with business objectives and priorities. Guide Global and Regional functional Leads with Data & AI enabled automation opportunities to simplify and automate business processes. Develop and execute templates and frameworks for the capture of complex data design, functional and business process metadata. Build a backlog to support data improvements, quick wins and prioritization for Sales. Data Governance, Quality, and Metadata Management Orchestration: Capture data object and critical data element mappings against business functions and processes within Sales. Facilitate adherence to data governance policies, and guide the management of data standards, and execution of data quality discipline. Collaborate closely with the Data Governance program office and data technology capability teams. Collaborate with the Data Architecture program office to produce a technology-agnostic logical data model. Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to address ethical considerations related to data use in AI. Ensure the metadata is captured, curated, and maintained over time. Data in support of AI/Analytics Deployment for Sales: Analyse, document, optimize and orchestrate plans for fit-for-AI/Analytics data. Work closely with the data architects, data modelers/engineers, data scientists and AI engineers. Coordinate with the Sales Domain transformation team to continuously improve, monitor, and publish KPI metrics. Cross-functional, market and regional collaboration: Work closely with data stewards and custodians from global, regions, markets, etc. Engage with and manage relationships with business and digital technology stakeholders. Communicate progress, challenges, and opportunities effectively. Continuous improvement and Innovation: Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices. Adapt data stewardship processes to evolving needs. Support change management and data literacy/training needs. Coaching and Guiding the Data & AI Stewardship Community: Guide and manage data stewards for a durable data culture at Mars Snacking. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer science or business analytics or related major. Proven 10+ years of experience in large scale data management and business transformation. Preferred Qualifications: Strong expertise in data domains such as Customer, Vendor, Sales/Order, Forecasting, Contracts, etc. Experience with SAP S/4, Kinaxis, Nielsen data, Salesforce, TPM, etc preferred. Recent experience as global data steward / chief data steward is preferred. Significant experience in data strategy, data architecture, data management, and/or data quality. Experience analysing and understanding business processes to determine and capture data requirements. Mars is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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