Senior Master Data Specialist

Company Description

Zero Motorcycles Inc. is the global leader in electric motorcycles and powertrains, delivering high-performance vehicles that are low maintenance, efficient, quick off the line, and engaging to ride. The company blends the core attributes of traditional motorcycles with advanced electric technology to create a distinctive riding experience. Founded in 2006 in Scotts Valley, California, Zero draws on Silicon Valley innovation and deep motorcycle expertise. Its products are designed for riders who value intelligent engineering, sustainability, and cutting-edge performance.

About the Role:

Zero Motorcycles is looking for a Senior Master Data Specialist to ensure accuracy, completeness, governance, and timely maintenance of enterprise master data supporting Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, and Finance. This role is a senior individual contributor and subject-matter expert for master data processes in SAP S/4HANA, with accountability for complex data creation and change activities, data quality controls, issue resolution, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate brings deep manufacturing master data experience, strong cross-functional judgment, and a disciplined approach to resolving data issues at the root cause.

Key Responsibilities

Master Data Ownership & Accountability

• Own the end-to-end creation, extension, maintenance, and governance of material, product, BOM, vendor, customer, and related manufacturing master data in SAP S/4HANA
• Serve as the senior subject-matter expert for master data standards, workflows, dependencies, and downstream business impacts
• Ensure assigned requests are completed accurately, completely, and within agreed service levels
• Proactively communicate status, risks, data gaps, and decisions to requestors and cross-functional stakeholders
• Define data ownership and train data owners on requirements, templates, and standards
• Track and report master data progress to ensure on-time completion for launches and changes
• Crosstrain a backup to ensure continuity

SAP S/4HANA Master Data Management

• Create and maintain material master records, plant and storage-location views, units of measure, classifications, status controls, procurement and planning parameters, costing inputs, and other required SAP S/4HANA attributes
• Create, update, and validate bills of material, production-relevant structures, effectivity, revision levels, and related change-controlled data
• Configure and maintain SAP Variant Configuration (LO-VC) or the applicable SAP product configuration solution, including configurable materials, characteristics, object dependencies, and end-to-end configuration validation and testing
• Support formal engineering change management, including change-record handovers, impact assessments, BOM revisions, effectivity management, and EBOM-to-MBOM coordination
• Process complex bulk updates, data extensions, launches, phase-ins, phase-outs, and engineering changes using approved tools and controls
• Execute standard SAP mass-maintenance transactions and approved tools, preferably Precisely Winshuttle, including script execution, data validation, exception handling, and reconciliation
• Determine when standard SAP functionality is sufficient and when controlled automation or data-load solutions are required
• Validate source documentation and approvals before executing master data changes
• Execute master data changes in alignment with approved CRs, ensuring part, BOM, and drawing releases stay in sync
• Troubleshoot cross-module master data issues affecting Engineering, MM, PP, SD, QM, EWM, Finance, and other integrated processes
• Support data migration, cleansing, validation, testing, cutover, and stabilization activities for SAP S/4HANA deployments and enhancements
• Maintain clear audit trails and evidence in accordance with change control, quality, and internal-control requirements

Data Governance & Quality

• Apply enterprise naming conventions, data standards, ownership rules, and approval workflows consistently across master data domains
• Establish and enforce master data governance procedures, clear ownership, approval controls, auditability, and measurable data-quality KPIs and service-level metrics
• Perform data-quality checks for completeness, accuracy, consistency, uniqueness, and referential integrity
• Monitor data-quality metrics, aging, rework, and recurring defects; lead root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Identify duplicate, obsolete, or inconsistent records and coordinate controlled remediation with data owners
• Maintain procedures, work instructions, dictionaries, and governance documentation so requ