Master Data Analyst

Gypsum Management & Supply, Inc. (NYSE: GMS) is the leading North American specialty distributor of interior building products. The company’s product offerings of wallboard, ceilings and complementary interior construction products are designed to provide a comprehensive solution for its core customer, the interior contractor who installs these products in commercial and residential buildings. GMS serves as a critical link between its suppliers and a highly fragmented customer base of over 20,000 contractors. The company’s operating model combines a national platform with a local go-to-market strategy, enabling GMS to generate economies of scale while maintaining the high service levels, entrepreneurial culture and customer intimacy of a local business.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2021, GMS operates a national network of approximately 265 distribution centers across the U.S. and Canada and provides a one-stop-shop for all customers. The Corporate Headquarters and Yard Support Center in Tucker, Georgia serves each GMS location, providing the support needed to enable them to continue their outstanding service to contractors and builders in their local communities.

GMS’s growth strategy is centered around four core initiatives which guides the long-term management of a very attractive business with significant long-term growth potential. These strategic growth initiatives include:

• Increasing market share in core products, particularly in geographies where we are under-penetrated;
• Growing select complementary products outside of core products to diversify and profitably expand our product offering;
• Expanding the geographic platform through accretive acquisition and greenfield opportunities and;
• Leveraging our scale and employing technology and best practices to deliver a best-in-class customer experience, as well as increased productivity and further profit improvement.

GMS KEY FACTS

• Headquarters: Tucker, Georgia (20 min. from downtown Atlanta)
• Employees: Nearly 6,000 people who embrace a strong entrepreneurial culture
• 2020 Revenues: $3.2 billion
• NYSE: GMS (IPO in 2016)

GMS' STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE POISED FOR CONTINUED GROWTH

• Market-leading distributor of interior building products with significant scale and local expertise
• Differentiated service model drives market leadership
• Multiple levers to drive growth: organic, greenfields, M&A, operating leverage
• Capitalizing on growth in large, diverse end markets
• Entrepreneurial culture with dedicated employees and experienced leadership driving superior execution

VISSION, MISSION AND VALUES

Vision: We will be the premier distributor in every market we serve through embracing our unique culture and professional humility.

Mission: We create opportunities, build significant relationships and deliver solutions.

Values: At GMS –

• Our people have the independence and authority to make a difference.
• We invest in relationships, and every person is important.
• Our highest priority is serving others.
• We passionately pursue a safe work environment along with a relentless focus on operational excellence.
• We believe you can never go wrong doing the right thing.

VIDEO: Who We Are: the GMS Story

VIDEO: What We Do: the Customer Experience at GMS

VIDEO: How We Work: the GMS Difference

For more information, visit www.gms.com.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Master Data Analyst with Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc. is a strategic business facing role that will work with cross functional teams across all of GMS to help implement a framework for data governance and standardization. This role will engage with business functions in our HQ location as well as our field leadership teams to understand business goals and define data and process requirements to achieve those goals. Working with internal technology teams to establish standards and automation, where possible, to maintain data integrity and one version of the truth across the enterprise.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Help develop and implement the master data governance framework, with a focus on improving data quality through modifications to behaviors, business processes, policies, standards, and metrics.
• Assist in cleansing data records that do not comply with established standards to ensure quality of master data.
• Be responsible for troubleshooting data issues and determining causes/solutions.
• Proactively monitor and report on processes critical to MDM data integrity in order to facilitate accountability.
• Partner with business and IT teams to coordinate cross-functional data needs and translate them into master data designs.
• Assist in building management and executive support for required changes to achieve MDM goals and requirements.
• Participate in M&A activities to assess the impact of master data standards on the integration process for specified domain.
• Maintain ongoing data stewardship across end-to-end processes after the initial implementation of data governance process and systems.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, business or equivalent experience
• 5 years of experience in Data cleansing, Data standardization, Data Governance, and Business Process Analysis
• Strong foundation SQL, Digital Catalog, and MDM processes
• Demonstrate functional understanding of key processes creating or consuming data within all governed domains and the ability to determine the interrelationships and usage across the enterprise.
• Ability to work with vendors to facilitate cooperation of data feeds to achieve MDM goals.
• Strong leadership, communication and collaboration skillsets.
• Ability to think strategically while operating tactically to implement global data standards and global technical/process solutions
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally in a matrix structure and influencing peers and stakeholders
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues while addressing root cause issues and preventing repeated issues.
• Experience with ERP implementations, data mapping, cleansing, and migration management
• Strong communication skills and ability to deliver a common message tailored to the specific audience.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to remain in stationary position 70%
• Occasionally, will move about inside the office to access files, office machinery, etc.
• Must be able to operate basic office machinery
• Must be able to communicate with team and management and be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Constantly working in office environment

Mental Demands:

• Must be able to problem solve and prioritize tasks
• Must be able to manage stress depending on tasks
• Must be able to multitask
• Must be able to receive and analyze information
• Must be able to quickly communicate solutions if problems occur
• Must be able to demonstrate a high degree of sound judgement

Company Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays & vacation days

This job description is subject to change at any time.

Launch your career with a national building materials distributor and discover opportunities for growth and advancement. Our people have the independence and authority to make a difference. We invest in relationships, and every person is important. Our highest priority is serving others. We passionately pursue a safe work environment along with a relentless focus on operational excellence. We believe you can never go wrong doing the right thing.

Equal Opportunity Employer