Master Data & Analytics Lead – Supply Chain

Champion Petfoods is expanding! We are excited to announce we are looking for a Master Data & Analytics Lead
- Supply Chain to join our rapidly growing company.

Champion Petfoods is an award-winning pet food maker with a reputation of trust spanning 35+ years. Founded in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Champion - with its ORIJEN® and ACANA® brands - is a key player in the global premium pet food industry across three major geographic regions.

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about personal and professional growth and see yourself as a key player contributing to our continued success as an award-winning company.

The Master Data & Analytics Lead
- Supply Chain governs the master data integrity, systems architecture, and analytical frameworks underpinning global supply chain operations.

Reporting directly to the Global Director, Distribution & Logistics, this role serves as the technical authority for product assortments across enterprise systems (Infor M3 ERP, Magento eCommerce, EDI, and regional order portals) and spearheads advanced cross-functional analytics (Case Fill Rate / CSL, On-Time In Full / OTIF, and multi-variable root-cause error analysis).

The Lead plays a critical role in bridging data governance, systems integration testing, and strategic business partnering across PMO, Regulatory Affairs, Customer Experience, and Information Technology.

The Master Data & Analytics Lead
- Supply Chain works out of our Corporate office Edmonton (AB) and works a hybrid schedule with 3 days in-person.

• Technical ERP Ownership:
  Exercise full technical ownership of Infor M3 Assortment Table maintenance, managing SKU additions, deletions, and lifecycle status changes in strict alignment with Regulatory Affairs eligibility rules and PMO product launch timelines.
• System Data Flows & Synchronization:
  Ensure synchronized, accurate, and error-free data replication from M3 to downstream order capture channels (Magento, EDI transaction sets, and region-specific upload portals such as Australia, China, and Mexico).
• New Product Introductions (NPI) & Market Readiness:
  Lead end-to-end master data configurations for new product introductions and cross-border expansions (e.g., cross-border eCommerce SKU activations and product line transitions).
• Data Governance Committee Leadership:
  Serve as an active contributor and subject matter expert on the cross-functional Master Data Governance Committee, establishing robust data quality standards, audit controls, and change-management protocols.

• Executive Metrics Architecture:
  Own the design, integrity, maintenance, and automated distribution of critical supply chain KPI dashboards, specifically Case Fill Rate (CSL) and On-Time In Full (OTIF).
• Root-Cause Dissection:
  Conduct advanced, multi-variable root-cause analysis on operational failures - delineating error drivers across Warehousing, Transportation/Carriers, and Supply/Production constraints to prevent recurring bottlenecks.
• Continuous Improvement & Business Intelligence:
  Translate analytical findings into actionable operational recommendations and executive summaries to improve customer delivery performance and operational throughput.

• Integration Testing Leadership:
  Design and lead end-to-end user acceptance testing (UAT) and system validation from Staging (STG) to Production (PROD) environments for new customer setups, EDI integrations, and system enhancements.
• Order-to-Cash Validation:
  Validate transactional touchpoints across Credit, Master Data, Warehousing, and Invoicing to ensure seamless order-to-cash execution and…