Senior Data Management Specialist - Remote

Job Overview:

Thisrole oversees vendor, item, cost, and data management activities for assigned accounts, ensuring data accuracy, completeness, profitability, andtimelyexecution. This position isalsoresponsible for training, mentoring, and providing guidance to Data Management Specialists while serving as a liaison between internal departments and external business partners.

This position coordinates special projects from initiation through completion, including planning workflows, assigning resources,monitoring progress, and providing status updates. The incumbentcommunicateschangesimpactingmerchandising, sales, suppliers, and customers and ensures the successful setup and maintenance of vendor, item, costing, and data synchronization processes.

Thisrole also supports continuous improvement efforts byidentifyingprocess enhancements, developingtoolsand reporting metrics, and implementing solutions that improve team efficiency and effectiveness.

When you shop for groceries, do you often wonder how a barcode corresponds with an item you’re purchasing? A role on the data management and governance team involves working with data related to UPC codes, to verify that products purchased from vendors are aligned in our systems. Ensuring correct data makes our customers stronger and allows UNFI to deliver better together.

• Coordinate costing, vendor, item management, and data synchronization activities for assigned accounts while providing guidance and support to Data Management Specialists.
• Train, mentor, andassistteam members with daily operational questions and issue resolution.
• Manage and support special projects, ensuring milestones and deadlines are achieved.
• Plan workflow assignments and provide regular updates on team workload and project status.
• Develop,maintain, and distribute dashboards and reports to communicate project progress, team metrics, and operational performance.
• Complete system setup activities, including vendor,item, and costing fileconfigurationfor new accounts.
• Perform file comparisons and data validation processes to ensure alignment between UNFI and customer systems.
• Validate item data and vendor information, ensuring accuracy and compliance with established processes and standards.
• Research, analyze, and resolve item, vendor, costing, and data-related issues; escalt concerns as appropriate.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for vendors, brokers, merchandising, procurement, and other stakeholdersregardingdata management inquiries and issues.
• Communicate cost, vendor, and item changes to sales, merchandising, and other internal teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to address operational issues, requests, and business needs.
• Assist with department training initiatives, process documentation, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) updates.
• Provide performance-related feedback and input to leadership for specialist performance and merit review discussions.
• Respond to inquiries from customers, internal departments, and external auditors, providing requested documentation and supportin a timely manner.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and develop tools, reporting, and processes that enhance operational efficiency and team performance.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related experience

• 5 years related experience
• System Implementationexperiencepreferred

• Advance Knowledge of Microsoft Access, Excel along with other Microsoft Office products
• Intermediate knowledge of SharePoint and Power Point
• Strong understanding of costing structures, vendor requirements, and item data elements
• Understandingofbusiness systems including UCS Mainframe ande
  
  NewItem helpful but not required.
• Customer Service Oriented
• Good judgment isrequiredfor this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not beimmediatelyavailable.

• This position is classified as remote where the associate will perform remote work from their primary residence. Remote associates are…