Vendor Data Analyst

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SUPPLIER MASTER DATA ANALYST
POSITION DESCRIPTION

**Position Title**:Supplier Mater Data Analyst

**Reports to**:Global Supplier Master Data Manager

**Position Type**:Full time

**Location**: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

**Purpose**:The Supplier Mater Data Analyst will be accountable for the overall quality of vendor master data within SAP. Will perform the processes associated with global vendor master data activities. This position does not have any direct reports.

**Key Responsibilities & Deliverables**:
**Process, Governance, Stakeholder Management**
- Manage Supplier Master Information Maintenance and function in an efficient manner and compliance with relevant procurement policies, procedures, systems and financial controls.
- Facilitate the creation, updates, deletion, deactivation, and overall data integrity of Vendor Master Data records in SAP, ARIBA and any other system that uses Supplier data.
- Conduct verification with the actual supplier upon vendor master creation and any changes to banking/payment details.
- Execute vendor reporting and reviews for inactive vendors and conducts routine vendor deactivations - after coordination and approval from key business leaders in that market
- Create and maintain vendor training material for vendor on-boarding and meeting the organization’s requirements to conducting business with Elanco.
- Recognize and solve non-standard problem within the team. Assist peers in troubleshooting activities within work unit or work collaboratively with other teams to resolve issue relevant to Supplier Master Data or raise issues that may impact the customer satisfaction; and ensures all queries are dealt with correctly and efficiently.
- Support process governance including regular reporting and analysis to key stakeholders - communicates with internal stakeholders on a regular basis to discuss operational issues, key metrics.
- Support delivery of Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) targets.
- Complete tasks and meet all compliance related requirements, including audit request, SOX Control and adherence to Elanco policies and procedures with mínimal supervision.
- Actively support or participate with any project related to system enhancement, process improvement for master data management with influence on accuracy, efficiency, and compliant master data management process.
- Provides or may lead the key improvements to existing processes
- Undertake other tasks that may be assigned from time to time, as required by Elanco Management.

**Skills & Capabilities**
- Requires comprehensive of knowledge, understanding or some specialization of Supplier Master Data activities and relationship with the business
- Meticulous in details and post good analytical skills
- Effectively prioritize and complete assigned functional tasks and other deliverables under mínimal supervision
- Anticipate and responds flexibly and empathically to customer needs and effectively manage their expectations
- Able to make decisions within procedures and policies that impacting a team or recognizes or identify and solves typical or non-standard issues that may occur in their own work unit or affect the team
- Able to assist peers in solving the typical or non-standard problems of their own work units
- Challenge the status quo and recommends alternative solutions to improve existing processes or solutions and actively work with the relevant stakeholders to drive the improvements
- Positive working attitude with a high degree of initiative and is adaptable to change
- Operational awareness to all applicable US SOX & operational controls in own work unit and ability to demonstrate a strong compliance oriented mindset
- Good interpersonal and influencing skill as frequent communication with stakeholders from various department would be required

**Requirements**:
**Minimum Requirements**
- Diploma/Degree in Finance/Accounting, Business Administration with 1-2 years of related industry experience or equivalent in Supplier Master Data Manageme