Are you a Data Governance expert looking to take your career to the next level? Join our Global Nestlé Data Governance team in Barcelona, Spain. We are seeking a highly skilled professional with expertise in Data Analytics and Corporate Data Lakes, proficient in commercial processes and data management (Pricing, Customer management, trade promotions). Bring your knowledge, communication skills, and leadership qualities to drive our mission forward..

Position Snapshot

• Location: Barcelona
• Type of Contract: Permanent
• Stream: IT Master Data Governance
• Type of work: Hybrid
• Work Language: Fluent Business English

The role 

In this role, you will be the go-to expert, driving the governance of key Data Products within our Nestlé enterprise Data Lake. You'll lead and coordinate activities across various geographies, categories, and functions, ensuring seamless management throughout the entire lifecycle of our commercial Data Products. Your efforts will ensure that our data is treated as valuable enterprise assets, maintained to the highest standards, and leveraged effectively to support our business goals, all in line with Nestlé's standards.

What you’ll do 

As an Expert Data Steward – Commercial Data Domains (Sales & B2B), you will have the autonomy to lead the governance of these critical domains. You will:

• Partner with corporate functional business owners, geographical zone data leaders, IT organization, and shared services to ensure our data is managed as a valuable enterprise asset, maintained meticulously, and utilized effectively to drive business success.
• Define and orchestrate governance of commercial domain from Data Curation, Data Cataloging, Data Modeling, Data Quality and developing data literacy. You will enforce the design and usage of policies to maximize data re-usability and business value. 
• Understand business requirements and work with IT and Corporate Functions to continuously improve reliability, compliance and cross-functional relevance of operational Data Products.
• Lead implementation of data quality metrics, business rules, and reporting mechanisms validated by functional data owners. You will develop and maintain Data Governance dashboards to create necessary transparency and build trust in Data.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues in collaboration with data owners and IT/IBS teams.

We offer you 
We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself:

• Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card, mobility plan, etc.
• Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset.
• Hybrid working environment with flexible working scheme. Our state-of-the-art campus is dog friendly and equipped with a medical center, canteen and areas to co-create network and chill!
• Recreation activities such as yoga, Zumba, etc. and a wide range of volunteering activities.

Minimum qualifications: 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, preferably in Information Systems, Computer science, Business administration or related field, or possessing equivalent work experience.

• Demonstrating proven experience in Data and Analytics specially designing, managing and governing  Data Domains, Products, Assets on analytics platform like Snowflake/Azure.

• Experience and functional understanding of Sales, promotion management, B2B, Customer management processes and related data points. Also understanding of data acquired from our retailers or third parties like Nielsen.

• Having strong and effective communication skills and ability to leverage them at distinct levels in the organization and in English. 

• Being able to influence peers in IT and functional stakeholders in global and virtual environments with the aim to adjust behaviors and adopt data governance policies.

Bonus Points if you: 

• Have a strong understanding of SAP CRM & SD Modules, as well as Customer & Product Data Structures.
• Have experience of any Sales related technologies such as; Salesforce Automation, Distributor Management Systems, Trade Promotion Management/Optimization, Revenue Management, Sales Recommendation Engines, etc.

Not a 100% match? No worries! Nestlé supports your personal growth with customized development solutions.

What you can expect in your application journey:  
1. Hit apply and enter our job portal. 2. Submit your application with your CV. 3. We will contact relevant applicants.
4. Interviews (HR, Hiring team and stakeholders).
5. Feedback.
6. We make an offer.
7. Location dependent checks and pre-onboarding.
8. First working day.

About Nestlé 

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company with brands including KitKat, Nescafé, Maggi, Purina, among many others. We are approximately 275,000 employees strong, motivated by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 94.4 billion sales in 2022, we have an expansive presence, with 344 factories in 77 countries. Want to learn more?

Visit us at www.nestle.com 

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability.