What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Mapping Analyst position at Buyers Edge Platform, LLC?
The Data Mapping Analyst plays a key role in ensuring the integrity, consistency, and usability of company data from multiple sources. This position is responsible for maintaining and improving the quality of master data records within the company's central database. The Analyst reviews, cleans, and normalizes product data from incoming files to ensure alignment with company standards and business requirements.
The role involves mapping distributor product data to manufacturer items, standardizing attributes such as product descriptions, brands, categories, and codes, and ensuring all data conforms to the company's data governance policies. This function is critical to accurate reporting, rebate billing, and rewards calculations, as well as the ongoing reliability of the company's analytics and operational systems.
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Who We Are:
Buyers Edge Platform is a leading digital procurement network and solutions provider for the foodservice industry, delivering savings, insights, and technology that help operators, distributors, and manufacturers succeed. Through its portfolio of solutions—including Digital Procurement Network, Fresh Services, Software Solutions, and Supply Chain Management—Buyers Edge is reshaping how the foodservice industry connects and thrives. At the heart of our work is a culture built on a passion for collaboration, technology, and helping foodservice business succeed.
Your Impact:
- Maintain and update master data records to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency
- Review, clean, and normalize data from a variety of sources - including distributor feeds, manufacturer files, and internal systems - to ensure uniform formatting and structure
- Recognize and correct data discrepancies or pattern inconsistencies to prevent errors from entering the company's master database
- Standardize incoming data for end-user reporting and business analysis
- Map distributor product data to manufacturer products based on product history, manufacturer knowledge, and external resources (e.g., catalogs, websites)
- Maintain an average of 1250 products mapped weekly (range of 1000-1500)
- Verify and update product attributes - including brand, category, and manufacturer information—based on available and validated data sources
- Conduct routine data audits and contribute to continuous improvement efforts for data accuracy, automation, and process efficiency
- Support the development and enforcement of data governance standards and best practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data quality, streamline workflows, and document data management procedures
- Participate in database cleaning and normalization projects as assigned
- Assist in testing and providing feedback on evolving data management tools and automation technologies.
- Assist in new team member training such as, but not limited to, mapping and cleansing data
- Maintain Annual objectives and/or projects
- Maintain business objectives
About You:
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- 1-3 years of work experience in data management, analytics, or operations
- Experience in the food industry preferred
- Comfortable with evolving technology
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Ability to quickly shift priorities as needed
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
- Can work autonomously as well as collaboratively
- Results driven
- Aptitude for problem solving
- Efficiency minded
- Strong organizational skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Inquisitive
Not sure you meet every qualification? Studies show that diverse applicants often hesitate to apply unless they check every box. At Buyers Edge Platform, we value authenticity and inclusion—if you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. You might be exactly who we're looking for!
What's in this for you:
- Great benefits from day one. We offer medical, dental, vision, FSA, company-paid life insurance, and more—plus a 401(k) with company match.
- Grow with us. Enjoy strong training, development, and competitive pay.
- Work-life balance. Our flexible PTO policy lets you take time when you need it—no accrual required.
We welcome all.
We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.