Director, Master Data Governance

About Grocery Outlet

• Our Mission:
  Touching lives for the better
• Our Vision:
  Touching lives by being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers in the U.S.

Our Supply Chain and Logistics team mission is to provide top notch service to our stores and purchasing teams- contributing to the goal to make Grocery Outlet the first choice for bargain minded customers while touching lives for the better. Our team oversees the successful movement of products from our vendors to our stores and is self-motivated, passionate, and dedicated.

As the Director, Data Governance, you will lead Grocery Outlet’s master data governance program — the people, processes, and standards that ensure our vendor, item, cost, retail, and purchase order data is accurate, consistent, and trusted from the moment it is created through to the point it reaches the store shelf. This is a hands-on, build-from-the-ground-up role. You will start by defining the data fields and standards required to correctly set up a vendor, set up an item, and write a purchase order.

You will then establish the right way to create and maintain that data natively within SAP — working with the system rather than around it — and lead two connected bodies of work: remediating the existing bad data created through years of workarounds, and standing up the intake processes and controls that keep all new data clean as it flows through our end-to-end systems.

Critically, this role protects the speed of our buying process. Grocery Outlet’s success depends on moving quickly on opportunistic deals, so you will balance doing it right at the front end with cleaning it up at the back end — building governance that enables the buy, never blocks it. You will operate as a cross-functional leader, partnering closely with Merchandising, Finance/FP&A, IT/Business Technology, and Store Operations to establish clear ownership, enforce standards, and embed governance into day-to-day workflows.

This role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on execution to build and sustain a scalable governance model that supports our growing business. The Director, Data Governance will report to the VP of Supply Chain Systems, Data and Engineering and will lead a team, including a direct-report Manager who oversees a team of four.

Master Data Definition & SAP Design

• Define the data fields, attributes, and standards required to correctly set up a vendor, set up an item, and write a purchase order — the foundational master data model for the enterprise
• Establish the correct, repeatable way to create and maintain master data natively within SAP, eliminating the workaround culture and designing processes that work with the system rather than against it
• Designate and enforce clear system-of-record ownership for each master data domain (vendor, item, cost, retail, PO)
• Partner with IT/Business Technology to ensure SAP configuration, validation rules, and data entry workflows support clean data by design

Data Remediation & Quality

• Lead the cleanup and remediation of existing bad master data created outside of standard, including incomplete, inconsistent, or workaround-driven records
• Define and track data quality KPIs tied to business impact (e.g., UPC scan accuracy, cost/retail accuracy, vendor funding capture, inventory accuracy)
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of systemic, recurring data issues at their source

Process, Controls & New Data Intake

• Stand up the intake processes, validation workflows, and controls that ensure all new vendor, item, and PO data is set up correctly the first time and flows cleanly through the system
• Balance data quality discipline against the speed of the buying process — governance controls must protect and accelerate, not slow, opportunistic purchasing
• Embed governance into day-to-day business workflows rather than operating as a standalone, bureaucratic function

End-to-End Data Flow & Store-Level Accuracy

• Monitor the flow of master data across the end-to-end system landscape, ensuring data moves correctly between SAP and downstream systems through to the store level
• Ensure clean, accurate data reaches stores…