Sr. Data Steward

BUILD A BETTER CAREER WITH MSC

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries.

We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Requisition  : 21822

Employment Type

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Full Time Job Category :
Digital/IT Work Location :
Davidson, NC BRIEF

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Sr. Data Steward is responsible for leading complex data governance and stewardship initiatives that improve the quality, consistency, integrity, and usability of enterprise master data. This role partners across the organization to implement governance standards, facilitate adoption of policies and procedures, resolve complex data challenges, and establish repeatable processes to support associate and customer experience improvements. The ideal candidate is a collaborative problem solver who enjoys leading initiatives, mentoring team members, improving processes, and building operational frameworks that scale.

Through governance leadership, stewardship excellence, and continuous improvement, this role helps translate governance objectives into sustainable business practices and measurable outcomes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead complex data governance, stewardship, and data quality initiatives across customer, supplier, product, and enterprise data domains
• Support the design, documentation, implementation, and maintenance of governance policies, standards, stewardship procedures, and operating frameworks
• Serve as a subject matter expert for data governance principles, stewardship best practices, and enterprise master data management
• Translates CX and UX roadmaps into tangible MDM project plans to support data transformation to continually improve productivity and sales growth
• Facilitate governance councils, stewardship forums, working sessions, and cross-functional decision-making activities
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions and support adoption of governance standards, stewardship practices, and process improvements
• Support governance maturity initiatives by identifying opportunities for improvement and contributing recommendations that strengthen stewardship practices and data quality outcomes
• Partner with business, analytics, technology, and integration teams to evaluate impacts and risks associated with data-related changes
• Identify opportunities to improve governance effectiveness through automation, AI, reporting, and process optimization
• Lead governance initiatives and cross-functional improvement efforts requiring strong coordination, communication, and stakeholder engagement
• Maintain governance repositories, stewardship frameworks, standards documentation, decision records, and operational governance assets
• Coordinate governance reviews, policy updates, stewardship forums, and follow-up activities to support ongoing program effectiveness
• Serve as a resource and mentor for Associate and Analyst team members by sharing best practices, reviewing work products, and supporting skill development
• Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure fulfillment of MSC’s vision and unity of purpose
• Participation in special projects and performs additional duties as required

QUALIFICATIONS What You Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Data Science, Supply Chain, Technical Communications, Library & Information Science, or related field; equivalent experience considered
• 5+ years of…