Manager - Data Operations - FMCG

Objective :

- To procure, maintain and ensure relevant set of data flowing through for various channels for delivery of Company's catalog services.

Role Description :

The key aspect of the role is data acquisition, data aggregation and operations

Data Acquisition :

- Create and implement a plan to acquire relevant data for Company's catalogs.

- Initiate and maintain necessary relationships to physically/manually obtain data from various sources such as principal companies, associations, distributors etc.

- Continuously explore pain/unpaid sources of data in order to ensure continuous stream of accurate and updated data.

- Continuously strive for accuracy and excellency in the data that is obtained.

- Create and implement plans to continuously ingest and manually curate all physically/manually obtained data.

- Ingest physically/manually obtained data using relevant tools.

- Manually normalize/curate all relevant data in order to publish meaningful data.

Operations :

- Maintain open and regular communication line with the Product Owner for Business Tools in the Engineering Team to provide functional input for ingestion/curation tool creation.

- Create and implement plan for team creation.

- Manage and guide team to constantly procure data from various identified sources

- Manage team and develop processes for normalizing/curating all relevant data

- Develop processes for constant evaluation of data to identify gaps, missing pieces in data

- Work cross functionally with technology team to possibly develop applications that help in manual sourcing of data

- Develop processes to maintain sanity of data

Key Requirements :

- The Incumbent should have 7-10 yrs of experience.

- Hands on experience in data acquisition, ingestion and curation.

- Deep working knowledge of data related to the FMCG sector (other industries is a plus) i.e. understands constant changing nature of attributes and is able to apply it to retail sector

- Working knowledge of standardized codes and associated organizations that provide such codes (for example, aware of the existence of GS 1 and other organizations)

- Comprehensive knowledge of various product categories across FMCG and other industries

- Should have managed data teams.

- Not mandatory but good to have is experience in participating in product road maps.

- Should have worked in start-up environment.

Skills/ Abilities :

Market Focus :

- Have good understanding of the sector and research oriented individual and understands the customer and market needs and driving improvements in products and services.

Drive for Execution :

- Achieves results by taking initiative, setting challenging goals and holding people accountable. Should have attention to detail.

Decision Making :

- Demonstrates accountability and commitment to making sound decisions in the best interest of the company and take the client along.

Team Collaboration :

- Builds an engaged, productive team, sharing knowledge and collaborating internally across roles, departments, and locations as well as externally with partners and customers.

Trust :

- Earns trust by acting consistently and in the best interest of the company, treating people with fairness and respect.

Commitment to Results :

- A strategic thinker who is focused and goal driven. Identifies relevant information and helps transform this information into individual and organizational knowledge and learning.

- Action oriented and innovative, translates broad goals into achievable steps. Anticipates and solves problems and takes advantage of opportunities, hands on.

Communication : Promotes and provides open, clear and direct communication.

Qualifications : MBA preferred

Softer Aspect required for the role :

- Must act as a mentor for the team. Strategic Leadership quality

- Hands on approach

- Good communication skills

- Good conflict resolution skills

- Must be able to identify people's strengths and assign work accordingly.

- Must be good at planning and implementing peoples career growth paths.

- Must be able to carry out appraisals and promotions for people.

- Ability to drive ambitious growth for the company.

- Entrepreneurial, agile and high on energy.

- Should be able to manage promoters.