Job description
Join Eppendorf's Shared Service Center in Selangor as a Procurement Master Data & Governance Specialist. In this key role, you will take ownership of defined procurement master data scopes during transition phases from global procurement entities and drive stability across our data landscape, enabling faster, compliant sourcing and supplier collaboration. You will work in a dynamic SSC environment, partnering with regional teams and IT to ensure data quality, governance, and process standardization that support strategic procurement initiatives and cost optimization.
You will be responsible for maintaining accurate master data across supplier, material, and contract records within ERP and procurement systems. By enforcing data standards, performing cleansing and enrichment, and implementing robust governance controls, you will enable reliable analytics, supplier onboarding, and timely reporting to stakeholders. This role offers clear visibility into data quality metrics and opportunities for continuous improvement across the procurement lifecycle.
What you will do in this role is to take ownership of defined master data scopes during transition phases, maintain and enrich master data, collaborate with IT and procurement to implement governance frameworks, support supplier onboarding and taxonomy assignment, coordinate data migrations during system upgrades, and deliver actionable insights to drive procurement performance and risk management. You will contribute to privacy and compliance requirements, and participate in audits as needed. The position provides a path to advance in data governance, analytics, and procurement operations within a global life sciences company.
We are looking for a collaborative, process-minded professional who combines data fluency with practical procurement experience, delivering consistent, audit-ready data that underpins robust supplier relationships and compliant sourcing strategies.
Responsibility
- Take ownership of defined master data scopes during transition phases from global to regional procurement entities, ensuring continuity and accuracy.
- Maintain and enrich supplier, material, and contract data in ERP and procurement platforms; enforce data standards and deduplication rules.
- Collaborate with IT and procurement teams to implement governance frameworks, data quality KPIs, and change controls; monitor data quality dashboards.
- Support supplier onboarding, taxonomy assignment, and compliance checks to enable efficient partner collaboration and risk management.
- Coordinate data migration activities, validation, and reconciliation during system upgrades or migrations (ERP, SAP Ariba, etc.).
- Prepare management-ready reports and insights that drive procurement performance and cost optimization initiatives.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and standardization to reduce cycle times and errors.
- Stay current on regulatory and internal control requirements to ensure data privacy and audit readiness.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in procurement master data management, data governance, or SSC environments.
- Strong knowledge of master data concepts including supplier, material, and contract data; experience with governance frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and procurement platforms (e.g., SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua).
- Proficiency in data quality tools, data profiling, SQL basics, and the ability to analyze data and generate actionable insights.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; fluent English; Malay language skills beneficial.
- Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Project management or process improvement certifications (e.g., Six Sigma, PMP) are a plus.