SAP Master Data Governance; MDG Architect​/Functional Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Design and lead the enterprise master data governance strategy and framework for S/4
  
  HANA global template consolidation
• Architect SAP MDG solution covering key domains:
  Customer (MDG-C), Vendor/Supplier (MDG-S), Material (MDG-M), and Finance (MDG-F) including chart of accounts and cost center harmonization
• Lead master data harmonization workshops to identify duplicates, conflicts, and gaps across multiple regional SAP instances
• Define master data governance rules: data ownership, stewardship workflows, approval hierarchies, validation rules, and data quality scoring
• Configure MDG business rules framework (BRF+) for data validation and enrichment workflows
• Design MDG consolidation and co-existence scenarios for phased migration waves (region-by-region instance merges)
• Collaborate with data migration team on MDG-to-LSMW/migration cockpit handoff, defining data mapping and transformation rules
• Integrate MDG with S/4
  
  HANA operational processes: vendor invoice matching, customer order management, material requirements planning
• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for master data quality and establish ongoing MDG operational governance model
• Lead SIT and UAT for all MDG workflows; train data stewards and business data owners
• Produce MDG architecture documentation, data governance policy documentation, and data dictionaries

• 8+ years SAP master data management experience with 4+ years specifically in SAP MDG
• Hands-on MDG configuration experience across at least two of the four core domains: MDG-C, MDG-S, MDG-M, MDG-F
• At least 1 full-cycle MDG implementation on a multi-instance consolidation or global rollout program
• Experience with BRF+ (Business Rule Framework Plus) for MDG validation rule configuration
• Strong data modeling skills: entity relationships, data hierarchy design, duplicate check configuration
• Experience with MDG data replication to ECC/S/4
  
  HANA operational systems (SOA/Web services, ALE/IDoc)
• Knowledge of S/4
  
  HANA master data changes:
  Business Partner (BP) migration replacing customer/vendor, material ledger, profit center restructuring
• Ability to lead cross-functional workshops with business data owners, IT, and regional stakeholders

• Experience on 4+ regional instance consolidation programs (customer, vendor, material master deduplication at scale)
• Exposure to SAP Information Steward or SAP Data Services for data quality profiling and ETL
• MDG S/4
  
  HANA Cloud or MDG on HANA experience
• Knowledge of SAP Customer Data Cloud (CDC) or SAP Customer Experience (CX) integration with MDG
• Consumer Goods experience: global material master complexity, retail customer hierarchies, global vendor onboarding
• SAP MDG certification preferred