Data Operations Manager - BakeMark

When it comes to baking, BakeMark has its own secret ingredient: a team of passionate talented employees. For over 100 years, BakeMark has stood for excellence in quality and service, for our customers, our stakeholders and our colleagues. We attribute our success to our colleagues and their contributions towards meeting the needs of our customers and stakeholders. We shall share our values and ways of working. We are passionate about the baking industry. We excel at creating strong partnerships within the company and with our loyal customers. We love to innovate and thrive to manufacture and deliver performing bakery products and world-class customer service.

With over 100 years of service to the baking industry, BakeMark is recognized as an industry leader and trusted partner for quality bakery ingredients, products, supplies and service. BakeMark is a manufacturer and distributor with 23 branches conveniently-located across the U.S.

At BakeMark we appreciate our employees and their families and offer a competitive pay and a full suite of benefits:

• Competitive Compensation
• Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance (Comprehensive healthcare benefits package, with many coverage options at a very low employee cost)
• 401K (generous retirement benefits) with a Company Match
• Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off

08700B Manager, Data Operations and Development

Serve as the lead data steward and development driver data systems and applications, with focus on accuracy, integrity, completeness, accessibility, validity and data security compliance. This role is responsible for deploying, designing, and implementing solutions using a diverse set of technologies in distribution and manufacturing environments. The Data Operations and Development manager will keep apprised of current technologies related to Analytics and Data Quality as well as report deployment solutions and provide leadership toward related goals while simultaneously having the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical employees. This position also interfaces with other departments to provide guidance.

Develop a data strategy roadmap, daily oversight of Master Data Management tools, data governance standards, and a data quality framework to ensure optimal utilization of data assets.

The position actively participates and works with the Infrastructure and Application support teams as well as the various departments, customers and vendors.

Essential Functions

• Provides Data Services support in collaboration with the Application Manager
• This position will drive the design and implementation of the Data Architecture from which future application data backend development will be patterned after.
• Provides project management and technical assistance to data capture, integration, and related development projects as may be assigned by the IT Director.
• Ensures provisioning of data quality and process visibility of data processing within the company and externally.
• The position will oversee responsibilities related to resolving production issues, implementing enhancements, customizations, and coordinating major upgrades.

Data Stewardship & Management

• Provide oversite and structure to ensure compliance with data standards and foster adherence to data privacy and availability requirements, benchmarked against industry best practices.
• Facilitate a Data Governance function for cross-team data sharing, organizational performance management, data-collection best practices and dashboard creation.
• Maintains data quality checks across enterprise data repositories and analytics.

Collaboration Function

• Communicate data management processes and protocols to all functional teams.
• Works with business partners to fully understand how data can support institutional business process; serves as an expert resource to staff.
• Leads efforts to improve to data quality in support of strategic data needs and analytics
• Develops data roadmap that aligns data quality needs with business objectives
• Maintains a business rule repository and data dictionary.
• Manages data purges and retention cycles in collaboration with the Applications Manager.
• Establishes and maintains data quality processes, data quality metrics, gaps, and issue tracking; communicates metrics to management.
• Management of Data Quality Analysts (internal or external resources)
• Oversees data-to-day operations in support of centralized data processes, including management of data quality specialists.
• Seeks solutions with business partners related to the tracking and entry of data.
• Creates and enforces processes for accountability related to records management and maintenance.
• Maintains department operational manual, instructions, and procedures of data operations.

Budget & Expense Management

• Monitor and administer budget and expense approvals related to assigned functions
• Monitors licensing requirements and support agreements

BakeMark is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at BakeMark via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written agreement in place for this position from BakeMark HR/Recruitment will be deemed the sole property of BakeMark. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BakeMark as a result of the referral or through other means.

BakeMark is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment, in accordance with the requirements of all applicable state and federal laws, on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, age or any other basis prohibited by law.