06 - Associate, Product Data

Req ID: 130650

Region: Americas

Country: USA

State/Province: Texas

City: Richardson

General Overview

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Career Stream: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Role: Associate (AST)

Job Title: Associate, Product Data

Job Code: ASS-SCM-PRD

Job Level: Level 06

Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

The Associate Product Data Analyst will play a critical, entry-level role in supporting the Product Management team by leveraging data to inform product strategy, design, and performance. This individual will be responsible for collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing product usage data, customer feedback, and market trends to provide actionable insights that drive product improvement and business growth.

Detailed Description

• Data Entry and Maintenance: Accurately input, update, and manage product attributes (e.g., specifications, dimensions, materials, pricing, descriptive text) within the Product Information Management (PIM) system and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

• Data Quality Assurance (QA): Perform regular audits and quality checks to identify and resolve data discrepancies, inconsistencies, and errors, ensuring a high level of data integrity.

• Data Enrichment: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather missing product information and enrich existing data with compelling content for various channels (website, catalogs, retail partners).

• System Synchronization: Monitor and troubleshoot product data flow between core systems (PIM, ERP, E-commerce platforms) to ensure seamless and timely updates across all endpoints.

• Documentation and Governance: Assist in documenting data governance policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and data dictionaries to maintain consistency in how product information is collected and used.

• Reporting Support: Generate standard and ad-hoc reports related to product data performance, completeness scores, and compliance metrics to support business decision-making.

• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to automate manual data tasks and improve the efficiency of product data management processes.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Exceptional Attention to Detail: Proven ability to spot errors and maintain accuracy in large datasets.

• Technical Proficiency: Solid proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, data cleaning functions) and/or Google Sheets.

• Analytical Aptitude: Basic ability to analyze data and draw logical conclusions.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Physical Demands

• Sitting: Regularly required to sit for extended periods while working at a computer station.

• Keyboarding/Typing: Frequently required to use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse for data entry and system navigation.

• Vision: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus to read reports, data on a computer screen, and analyze documents.

• Talking and Hearing: Regularly required to talk and hear in order to communicate with team members and participate in meetings.

• Lifting: Occasionally required to lift and carry up to 10 pounds (e.g., files, documents, binders).

Typical Experience

• Experience Level: 0 to 2 years of professional experience.

• Relevant Backgrounds: Prior experience often comes from:

• Internships in product management, data analysis, or a related technical field.

• Entry-level roles in Business Analysis, Marketing, Customer Service, or Quality Assurance.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.