AVI LIMITED is home to many of South Africa’s leading and best-loved brands! Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and centred on the FMCG market, AVI’s extensive brand portfolio includes more than 50 brands. Our brands span a range of categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, out-of-home ranges, personal care products, cosmetics, footwear, accessories, and fashion apparel. We have a well-developed Shared Services structure spanning: International, IT, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, Procurement and Field Marketing, that allows us to take advantage of our scale. Our single-minded purpose is our brands growth and development.                   

An exciting opportunity exists for a SENIOR MASTER DATA ADMINISTRATOR at AVI LIMITED Financial Shared Services in Bryanston, Johannesburg.  The purpose of the role is to oversee and maintain master data-related information in terms of vendor master, customer master, and material master. Enforcing the relevant database standards and ensuring high data integrity.

Line Manager: Master Data Team Leader

Number of Direct Reports: None 

Key Performance Areas:

1. Master Data Management (Materials, Vendors and Customers)

• Accurate and ongoing creation and maintenance of Material Master(Finished Goods, Raw, Wrap, Traded, and Engineering), Vendor Master, and Customer Master data in SAP by the prescribed convention and internal procedures.
• To provide monthly diagnostic reporting on Material Master, Vendor Master, and Customer Master.
• Advise and train users on the policies and procedures of Master data to ensure and facilitate compliance
• Accurate maintenance and management of the master data workflow process
• Assist with any ad hoc tasks, initiatives, or projects related to the management and improvement of master data.
• Staying abreast of master data as a whole
• New effective measures to streamline processes and assist business units
• Ensure consistent accuracy of information by conducting monthly data integrity checks, based on risk areas, statutory compliance, coding convention, and company policy
• Achieve agreed customer service levels (MOU) consistently

2. Project Involvement

• Play a key role in collecting, coordinating, and cleaning all master data for any new acquisitions and onboarding of new customers/vendors/materials
• Preparing the master data upload files for integration onto SAP for the project team, ensuring consistency and accuracy, within the given timeframes and deadlines and by operational expectations
• Keeping abreast with master data trends and improvement

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• A minimum of 3 years SAP Master Data (Materials, Vendors and Customers)
• Previous working experience on SAP material, vendor and customer master fields, functionality and data requirements
• Advanced Excel

Qualifications:

• Matric/Grade 12
• A financial qualification would be advantageous

Additional Requirements:

 It would be advantageous if the successful person had experience or exposure to:

• Advanced MS excel
• Power BI
• Knowledge of company statutory documentation for the onboarding and maintenance of customers and vendors
• Ensure workflow approvals are completed in the absence of the team leader
• Required to travel to sites when necessary
• Overtime will be required when necessary