Company Background:

Ingredion is a Fortune 500 provider of ingredient solutions that helps nourish, comfort, sustain, and delight people around the world. Ingredion's wide range of ingredient solutions is strategically designed to address changing consumer trends and preferences. Our specialty portfolio includes starch-based texturizers, clean and simple ingredients, plant-based proteins, sugar reduction and specialty sweeteners, and food systems. Our innovative ingredient solutions are used by consumers in everyday products, from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals. And we do it all in a planet-friendly sustainable manner.

The Jr. Master Data Governance Analyst will play a crucial role in managing day-to-day activities related to master data management for Ingredion affiliates in the Americas. This position requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Core Responsibilities:

The Jr. Master Data Governance Analyst specializes in one of the following areas.

• Vendor Master Data:
• Gather/Review documentation according to regional policies for vendor setup.
• Create, maintain, and ensure the accuracy of vendor master data in the SAP system.
• Collaborate with procurement and accounts payable teams to keep vendor information up to date.
• Monitor vendor data quality and assist in data cleansing initiatives.
• Customer Master Data:
• Create, update, and manage customer master data in the SAP system.
• Work closely with sales and customer service and credit teams to ensure customer information is accurate and current.
• Conduct regular audits of customer data to maintain high data quality standards.
• Material Master Data:
• Maintain and update material master data, including product descriptions, specifications, and classifications.
• Coordinate with production, inventory, and supply chain, quality and accounting teams to ensure material data accuracy.
• Perform data validation and cleansing to support efficient material management processes.
• Financial Master Data:
• Manage financial master data, including chart of accounts, cost centers, and FX rates.
• Collaborate with finance and accounting teams to ensure financial data integrity.
• Support financial reporting and analysis by maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial master data.

Data Quality and Standardization:

• Support data quality initiatives
• Identifying and resolving data quality issues.

Projects and improvement:

• Collaborate with project teams to integrate master data requirements into system implementation and enhancement projects.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, finance, procurement, and sales, to address master data-related challenges.
• Participate in SAP implementation projects, process, and system changes.
• Communicate effectively with business leaders, providing insights and recommendations based on master data analysis.

Audits:

• Provide timely and accurate responses to internal and external audit requirements.
• Implement audit recommendations to improve master data processes and controls.

Qualified candidates will have:

Computer Proficiency:

• Knowledgeable and proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
• SAP experience is desired.
• Basic programming knowledge (VBA macros, Python) is desirable.

Business Acumen: Possess a strong understanding of business and financial concepts.

Analytical Skills: Exhibit strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Adaptability and Flexibility: Adapt and remain flexible in dealing with different viewpoints and site differences. Effectively manage ambiguity

Attention to Detail: Be detail-oriented and measurement-driven

Cultural Awareness: Understanding of the cultural and economic nuances of the US and Canada.

Prioritization and Time Management: Ability to prioritize and manage competing requests and priorities

Collaboration: Possess strong influencing skills and collaborate effectively across multiple levels of the enterprise

Negotiation Skills: Proven negotiation skills and the ability to establish common ground for win-win outcomes

Talent Culture: Promote a talent culture that values superior talent, drives performance, coaches transparently, and builds strong teams globally

Results-Oriented: Push to drive personal and organizational results, make timely decisions, and benefit Ingredion globally.

Shared Services Environment: Prefer prior experience in a shared services environment.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or similar.

Language Skills & Proficiency:

Spanish: Must have expert proficiency in Spanish.

English: Nice to have intermediate proficiency in English.

Portuguese: Nice to have basic proficiency in Portuguese.