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This role will be known as Product Set up and Commercialization Manager among colleagues and within the Lifestyle Brands or PRO business. Within the broader SCJ organization, the job is graded as a Associate Manager, BPT Information Management.

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method(r), Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day(r), Babyganics(r) and Ecover(r). Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet. If you're into pioneering the future and doing good while doing business, come join us.

The LSB is part of SC Johnson, a family-owned company and leading manufacturer of household cleaning, home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care products, as well as professional products. Originally founded in 1886 and headquartered in Wisconsin, U.S.A., SC Johnson and the Lifestyle Brands division are at work for a better world.

THE ROLE

Based in San Francisco and reporting to the Director, Project Management Office this individual's primary responsibility will be leading and facilitating the setup of various aspects of SAP MM, BOM, production versions, new plants, storage locations and more. As a working Manager, this role is an experienced SAP Master Data SME collaborating with various departments to facilitate the timely creation of master data needed for the manufacturing and sales of Lifestyles products. The Product Set Up and Commercialization Manager will work in parallel with other SAP Master Data Managers, collectively as a team, this group will collaboratively facilitate weekly Commercialization team meetings. This position will document work instructions, create workflows, cross train business users, create & monitor KPI metric reporting. This position will provide business unit support acting as central knowledge source for all aspects of new Item setup milestones within SAP PLM & ERP for MM & BOM master data domain topics.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

* Leading coordinating with business teams establishing and/or revising data governance rules, instituting standard validation activities, as well as ensuring proper change management practices from active through to discontinued/obsolete records.

* Partner with Business Units, Shared Services and IT experts on aspects of global and local data governance continually evolving business processes to streamline efficiencies.

* Identifies process improvements, collaborating regularly with various teams to develop solutions for optimized data entry, identifying process "triggers" to facilitate efficient hand off to subsequent teams.

* Host/Co-host weekly Product Setup & Commercialization meetings with business teams. Includes ongoing monitoring, entry and management of tracking logs, product setup analysis & milestone management.

* Lead as Lifestyles product set up and commercialization manager, with focused coverage on one of the Lifestyles Brands (i.e. Method, Babyganics, etc) ensuring partnership with business SME's in SF and Racine, WI offices. This includes various MM & BOM, SAP operations specific support, coordinating with SCJ GDM and PDM teams new setup, troubleshooting and/or root cause corrective action meetings.

* Support enterprise projects as needed regarding data setup collaboration activities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERIENCE:

* Must have a minimum of 5-7 years' experience in an SAP PLM/ERP product data management role

Minimum bachelor's degree in Business (Operations, Supply Chain, Accounting, Logistics) or Industrial Engineering

* Direct experience working with SAP ECC and/or PLM

* 5+ years of hands on experience with multiple data technologies and processes such as master data management, data integration, data quality, etc

* Preferable technical experience in process or packaging engineering

* Familiarity with enforcing applicable controls related to MD processes, ERP data dictionaries, and data quality or KPI reporting

* Experience working with various cloud systems or portals and help ticket systems

* Experience with managing projects and or working directly on NPD/NPI projects.

* Intermediate to advance experience with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

REQUIREMENTS:

* Intermediate to strong understanding of SAP MM & BOM datasets

* Working knowledge of data governance practices and Master Data SLA/KPI reporting

* Background with maintaining user documentation and Tracking logs

* Strong interpersonal skills, face to face and over the phone/skype or zoom calls

* Ability to stay cool and calm under pressure in a fast-paced environment

* Ability to prioritize daily work