Network Data Steward

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

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We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

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Over the past decade, Elanco Animal Health has pursued a strategy to utilize a single instance of our ERP system, SAP.  One of the key aspects to effectively and efficiently use SAP is to have solid and sustainable master data maintenance practices in place.  Master data is the fuel that allows SAP to run, and without relevant, accurate, and complete master data, our single instance of SAP cannot be leveraged.

A key role in the operational level of master data maintenance is the role of Network Data Steward.    The Network Data Steward creates and maintains all supply chain and intercompany local master data for the network, utilizing established processes and serves as a key technical resource at the operational level.    The Network Data Steward drives master data solutions for the local sites and products within the network and ensures master data maintenance processes lead to consistent and accurate master data across the supply chain.

Key Responsibilities:


* Executing key data maintenance and data design for master data in SAP and associated systems.


* Support the creation and maintenance of formal Standard Operating Procedures and training materials, as necessary.


* Determining impact of local and /or global changes while ensuring global data consistency and conformance to Standard Operating Procedures.  These changes could include SAP master data maintenance changes, interfaced system changes, process changes driven by Technical Services / Manufacturing Sciences or engineering, regulatory changes requiring data updates, supply changes driven by Production and / or Local Product Owners


* Identifying and participating in or leading process improvement initiatives which could include developing and maintaining flows in our MDM system, utilizing mass loading tools such as Winshuttle for improved maintenance efficiency, leveraging appropriate tools and reports to track maintenance efforts and data accuracy and completeness.


* Where applicable, participating in annual standard costing assessment in readiness for Busin...