About the Role: 

Alfa Laval is seeking a pragmatic and hands-on Master Data Enterprise Architect to lead our efforts in establishing robust data governance practices. This role is instrumental in defining and overseeing end-to-end data setup processes, from data creation to enrichment and eventual integration across target systems. Your mission will be to ensure data integrity, consistency, and usability across systems while fostering a practical and incremental approach to data governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Case Focus (Suppliers): Begin with a concrete data case centered on suppliers, establishing governance practices to manage supplier data from the moment it’s created through various stages of enrichment, validation, and final integration into target systems.

• Data Process Design and Governance: Develop clear, manageable frameworks for how data should be defined, structured, and controlled as it flows through different systems. This includes establishing key checkpoints to verify data accuracy and adherence to standards.

• Consistency and Integrity Assurance: Implement data quality controls and monitoring mechanisms to maintain consistent and reliable data across systems, minimizing discrepancies and enhancing trust in data assets.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and data owners to align data governance practices with business needs, particularly for supply chain, finance, and procurement data.

• Continuous Improvement: Take an iterative, feedback-driven approach to governance practices, ensuring they evolve in response to business demands and technology advancements without introducing unnecessary complexity.

What You Know:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Extensive experience in data architecture and governance.

• Strong understanding of data management principles and best practices.

• Excellent communication and change management skills.

• Fluency in business English.

Who you are

• Practical and Results-Driven: You excel at translating theoretical governance principles into concrete, actionable steps that provide real value without unnecessary overhead.

• Strong Communicator: Able to clearly articulate governance requirements to both technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment and compliance.

• Analytical Mindset: Skilled at diagnosing data quality issues and implementing practical solutions to prevent recurrence.

What's in it for You?

• A challenging position in a global, open, and friendly environment.

• Opportunities to make a significant impact on Alfa Laval’s future success.

• Collaboration with various parts of the organization, building broad business knowledge and a global network.

Assessment practicalities

We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games. Playing the games is mandatory.