Business Data Lead- (Data Migration from JDE EnterpriseONE to SAP ECC)

Hiring for Business Data Lead (ERP Systems Data Migration -  Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne to SAP ECC) role. Professionals suitable for the opportunity below may send their up-to-date resumes to

Requirement Summary

• Job Title/Role: Business Data Lead (ERP Data Migration)
• Job Duration: Initial contract of 12 months, with good possibilities of further extension.
• Job Location: Saint Peters, Missouri, USA.
• Remote-Work Options: This is a fully on-site role 5 days/week in the office required.
• Work-Hours: 40 hours per week, typically 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (EST/CST), Monday to Friday.

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Role/Job Summary: The role of Business Data Lead is part of the site deployment team and reports to the Site deployment lead. The role focuses on coordinating the data migration (DM) activities of a manufacturing or commercial site, under the steer of the central team DM Lead.

This role is working with a team of central data experts who are responsible for the data preparation activities (cleansing & enrichment) using the central team DM technical platform, tools, and governance framework.

This role is senior and requires lots of coordination abilities since it sits in the middle of the site business team and is the main point of contact for the central data team (mostly working offshore). The individual must be capable of managing conflicting priorities in a challenging environment at a very fast pace.

• The Business Data Lead will be performing the major functions listed below. The position may require additional duties/responsibilities that may not be outlined below, and specific functions are subject to change.
• Work hand-in-hand with the central Data Migration lead on the planned activities to deliver on time, quality & budget
• Is accountable to ensure that the site data team is following the plan agreed with the central team
• Is an advocate of the central team Data Migration methodology
• Will identify all the data sources and how its data will be sourced from
• If the data doesn't exist in any source system or tool, is accountable for finding where, how, and who is going to source/manage this data
• Complete accountability for data preparation progress
• Can potentially own some tasks where relevant so the individual must be operational (Cf. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE section):
  o Provide input during data design sessions
  o Contribute to the definition of data cleansing rules
  o Prepare and validate data
• Owns the data validation and reconciliation process end-to-end which includes:
  o The identification of the business staff who will check and sign off the data
  o The identification of the exhaustive list of control checks that will stress the data
• Supervise the creation, maintenance, and approval of the project documentation
• Provide updates, monitor progress, and report issues and risks to the central team
• Run weekly operational meetings with the wider data team (called L5 meetings), ensure active participation from the local site team(s), share minutes

Professional Qualifications and Key Skillset for this Role

• Excellent understanding of business processes in a CPG environment
• Ability to quickly under
• stand IT systems and processes landscape
• Ability to quickly understand how data influences the business processes in the current system (JDE)
• Ability to quickly create a strong network within the local business and remote client sites
• Good expertise with I.T. acumen / very comfortable with IT systems overall
• Project management experience
• SAP project implementation in a global environment
• SAP navigation
• ERP Data migration experience
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Knowledge of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
• ERP Data Stewardship

Personal Attributes: Require Ownership, commitment, pro-activity, resilience, and problem-solving focus are the main 5 key soft skills, on top of which:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience in managing stakeholders at all levels across the organization and very agile with them
• Experience in managing teams of operational subject matter experts
• Ability to influence individuals outside their reporting lines
• Determined and resilient to identify resolutions to issues within own span of control
• Calm under pressure, action-orientated, very organized, and disciplined
• Curious and eager to learn
• Fast learner and autonomous
• Able to easily interface and collaborate with a diverse group of individuals
• Having a can-do approach and style of operation is an absolute must
• Excellent team player