Manager Product Data & System Excellence

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YOUR MISSION:

• Execute PDSE processes within assigned BU(s) or category groups, ensuring correct application of coding guidelines and product data maintenance rules
• Perform product data completeness checks, ensuring all required attributes are captured for reporting, financial processes, and eCom readiness
• Monitor and maintain data quality, conducting milestone‑based horizontal checks and raising deviations to Senior Manager/Teamhead.
• Support implementation of new product creation tools, including testing, user training, documentation, and ongoing improvements
• Analyze system and process performance, identifying improvement opportunities and collaborating with business users to refine workflows
• Collaborate closely with D&T, providing detailed business input for enhancements, bug fixes, and new functionalities
• Consolidate system/data requirements from BUs and cross‑functional partners, ensuring functional changes are correctly evaluated and documented
• Ensure close collaboration with Product Excellence, aligning product data elements with physical product standards and creation processes
• Support sustainability‑related data tracking and documentation, ensuring data readiness for reporting tools
• Coach Junior Managers and provide day‑to‑day operational guidance.

YOUR TALENT:

• Degree in business administration, business informatics, supply chain management, product management, or a comparable qualification
• Several years of professional experience (at least 4 years) in product data management, product creation, process management, or a comparable interface function
• Very good understanding of product development processes (e.g., PDSE), product data structures, and data quality and reporting standards
• Experience in working with product data systems (PLM, PIM, ERP, or comparable tools) and a high level of system affinity
• Strong understanding of data quality, reporting requirements, eCom readiness, and finance-related data processes
• Experience in analyzing, optimizing, and documenting business processes as well as in deriving system and workflow improvements
• High quality awareness and strong attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., business units, product excellence, sustainability, IT)
• Ideally, experience in handling sustainability data and corresponding reporting requirements
• Very good written and spoken German and English skills
• Confident use of MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to record and consolidate business requirements in a structured manner and convert them into functional specifications
• Experience in working with IT/D&T teams, especially in testing, bug fixes, tool implementations, and system enhancements
• Excellent analytical skills and a structured, solution-oriented approach to work.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.