Master Data Specialist

Accurate master data is essential to keeping a manufacturing operation running efficiently. As a Master Data Specialist, you will help ensure the information supporting production planning, inventory, and other business processes remains accurate, reliable, and aligned across the organization.

In this role, you will create and maintain master data in SAP, monitor data quality, troubleshoot issues, and partner with business leaders, IT teams, and data stewards to support operational needs. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys detailed analytical work, cross-functional problem-solving, and improving the processes behind critical business information.

What You'll Do

Master Data Management

• Create, update, and maintain master data in SAP using established end-to-end processes.
• Identify data dependencies involved in master data creation and change processes.
• Maintain workflow owners, task configurations, and change-management processes for assigned locations and profit centers.
• Support the systems, tools, resources, and processes used to maintain consistent master data throughout the global organization.

Data Quality & Reporting

• Generate and analyze daily and weekly master data key performance indicators.
• Perform data validation, audits, and quality checks to maintain accurate and reliable information.
• Monitor key performance measures related to the overall health of SAP master data.
• Identify potential data errors and support timely resolution.

Cross-Functional Support

• Partner with business leaders, operational teams, IT partners, and data stewards to gather requirements and ensure data alignment.
• Troubleshoot process and technical issues in collaboration with appropriate business and technical partners.
• Communicate master data needs, dependencies, and concerns across the organization.

Process Improvement & Documentation

• Develop and maintain process documentation, job aids, and training materials.
• Identify continuous-improvement opportunities that strengthen data accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Support projects and process changes related to master data management.

What You Bring

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to recognize relationships between different data elements and identify potential errors.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to manage multiple responsibilities and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• A collaborative approach to working with operational teams, business leaders, IT partners, and other stakeholders.
• A commitment to safe work practices and supporting a strong safety culture.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Direct experience managing material numbers, bills of materials, routings, or similar information within an ERP system.
• Proficiency with SAP S/4HANA and related tools.
• Knowledge of master data governance and data-quality principles.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Health, Safety & Work Environment

• This position works in both office and manufacturing environments.
• Employees may be exposed to indoor and outdoor conditions, including heat, cold, rain, dust, wind, and other industrial elements.
• May require standing, walking, sitting, bending, kneeling, pushing, pulling, climbing, and lifting. Employees must be able to wear all required personal protective equipment, including a hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, and gloves.
• All work must be performed in accordance with RHI Magnesita’s health, safety, environmental, and operational policies

Who We Are

RHI Magnesita is the leading global supplier of high-grade refractory products, systems and solutions which are critical for high-temperature processes in a wide range of industries. Serving customers around the world, RHI Magnesita has more than 20,000 employees in 65 main production sites, including raw material sites, 12 recycling facilities, and more than 70 sales offices.

Our North American team helps build refractory products that solve some of the most demanding manufacturing challenges. From advanced lithium-ion batteries and specialized glass to the steel and cement that build the world around us, our high-performance bricks and linings make it possible to melt, bend, shape, and refine materials at extreme temperatures.

With a vertically integrated value chain, RHI Magnesita has helped forge the materials that build industries and economies for almost 200 years.

Come get fired up with our North American team!

Ready to Apply?

If you’re ready to bring your SAP master data experience, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills to a global manufacturing organization, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help us strengthen the data and processes that keep our operations moving.