Business Partner Data Steward

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

Responsibilites:   

Data Creation

• Creating and maintaining key master data elements to ensure accurate output for business partners (customers and vendors) 

• Responsible for monitoring and approving new business partners, ensuring new business partner master data meets all standards and requirements

• Work within the interim process and assist with defining the workflow as is aligned to performance expectations 

Data Quality

• Ensure the highest level of data quality, integrity, and service 

• Support developing and improving master data management to increase operational efficiency and strengthen data governance  

• Identify data quality issues and work with the business to determine sustainable solutions 

• Create/maintain reports and dashboards on data quality, analyze and make recommendations as needed 

• Ability to query data from databases 

Data Stewardship

• Support the business partner process both interim and a long-term solution.  Work with business on the life cycle management of business partners through change management 

• Act as a resource for incoming team members and a liaison to other departments that have requests

• Train local users on business partner master data standards as needed 

• Demonstrate excellent customer service to internal and external customers and ensure business service level agreements are met 

• Investigating and interpreting information using a variety of internal and external sources 

• Serve as the expert on business partner master data to local region 

Data Governanance

• Collaborate within master data teams to ensure measurables are prioritized, scoped, assessed, and delivered on time

• Enforce Governance policies over domain across the business 

• Participate in creation of master data standards 

• Participate in Continuous Improvement efforts around the domain 

• Various data related projects as assigned 

Required Experience & Education: 

• Master Data Management degree or Data Scientist


• Previous master data and/or data management experience preferred


• Efficient data entry skills to manage the workload 

• Previous experience running and reviewing reports preferred 

• SAP experience preferred, especially with business partner master data

• Basic Excel 

Required Interpersonal & Behavioral Skills: 

In addition to the General Responsibilities, the following are requisite interpersonal and behavior skills of the position as well as:

• Understands the importance of the master data management role as a representative of Tennant by demonstrating a positive and professional service orientation to internal and external customers as aligned to the Tennant Behavioral expectations.


• Thinks independently and resolves issues with minimal guidance


• Works productively, plans, uses time and resources efficiently, follows through to completion


• Identifies and prioritizes problems accurately, constructively, and in a timely manner


• Interacts and communicates effectively with others across levels and departments


• Shifts and adjusts priorities to meet emerging needs, able to adapt his/her approach as the requirements of a situation change


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal


• Performs daily duties with minimal supervision


• Intermediate PC and PC application skills


• High level of attention to detail


• Ability to work effectively within a team


• Strong problem-solving skills.


• Ability to query data from databases, analyze and make recommendations as needed


• Managing multiple priorities

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $58,000- $87,000

Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Tennant Sales and Service Co. reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity. Total Compensation = Base Salary + Benefits

Benefits = A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid time off, and voluntary benefits!

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.