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Master Data Specialist

STERIS
Minneapolis, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 12/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/18/2026
At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

This role is responsible for creating and maintaining master data primarily relating to material, bills of materials, routings, supplier, and maintenance data modules. In addition, this position is responsible for ensuring the highest level of data integrity, governance, and service to internal customers. The role will support developing and improving master data management.

When master data is accurate, on time and complete it saves us both time and money and allows us to make better informed business decisions. High quality master data is an asset to our business.

What You'll Do As a Master Data Specialist

  • Processes master data requests in line with service level agreements and respond to queries in a timely fashion.
  • Drives internal control, regulatory, and process compliance through active understanding, engagement, and vigilance.
  • Provides problem solving support, advice and guidance to internal customers which is professional, responsive, and assumes responsibility for conclusion.
  • Completes daily, weekly and monthly processes and tasks to the required standard.
  • Maintains a full audit trail of data changes.
  • Provides timely and complete resolution of ad-hoc internal and external data queries
  • Determines priority of work and addresses issues in a timely manner based on understanding of critical factors.
  • Performs timely accurate peer review of completed requests which enhance data quality, integrity, and team learning.
  • Manages own time by estimating time to complete, setting deadlines, and communicating in advance when not expected meeting deadlines.
  • Understands the impact of master data within the organization and systems for applicable data domains.
  • Identifies patterns within the data to leverage information to create value
  • Supports documentation of data dictionary, process, and business rules, providing document updates in timely manager.
  • Proposes process efficiency improvements in execution of work, automation opportunity, rationalization of processes, and training/education.
  • Executes knowledge transfer to new or less experienced team members.

Required

The Experience, Skills, and Abilities Needed

  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • 2 years of manufacturing business experience.
  • 2 years of experience in planning, purchasing, and/or master data within a manufacturing environment.
    • OR High School Diploma/GED
    • 10 years of manufacturing business experience.
    • 10 years of experience in planning, purchasing, and/or master data within a manufacturing environment.
Other

  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy; strong critical self-review skills.
  • Demonstrates ability to deliver communication which is clear, concise, and relevant to audience through appropriate methods and tools.
  • Appreciates what constitutes good customer service and displays consistent commitment to delivering.
  • Organized methodical application of established data governance standards.
  • Proactive approach to role and problem solving; solution rather than problem focused.
  • Able to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with key stakeholders both within and outside of the MDM team to get the job done.
  • Inquisitive and thorough in approach.
  • Displays a passion for working in master data management.
  • Self-motivated, flexible, with the ability to deal with high levels of complexity, change and evolving processes, often at short notice.
  • Experience maintaining master data in an ERP system
  • Demonstrated mid-level or above proficiency with MS Office Excel, analyzing and manipulating large datasets through formulas and macros.
  • Experience in Microsoft Visio, Access, and Project.
  • Experience and knowledge of implementing Engineering Change Orders/Change Requests within an ERP system

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that support your health, well-being, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

  • Market Competitive Pay.
  • Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO) and 9 added Holidays.
  • Excellent Healthcare, Dental and vision benefits.
  • Long/Short Term Disability coverage.
  • 401(k) with a company match.
  • Maternity & Paternity Leave.
  • Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance.
  • Tuition Reimbursement and continued educations programs.
  • Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career.

STERIS does not accept unsolicited resumes/CV's from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings.

Pay range for this opportunity is $62,687.50 - $81,125.00. This position is eligible for bonus participation.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits

Open until position is filled.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

Salary : $62,688 - $81,125

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