Item Data Manager

Description

About the Role

The Item Data Manager will oversee item data across our ERP, customer portals, and the GDSN. This role ensures that every piece of product information (including photography) is accurate, consistent, and easy to access across systems. You’ll work closely with departments across the company to design scalable, repeatable methods for organizing and maintaining product data.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and maintain accurate product and item data across ERP, customer platforms, and the GDSN.
• Develop and document standardized processes for entering, updating, and validating product data.
• Create a structure for how product content (specs, images, descriptions, etc.) is stored and shared internally and externally.
• Audit data regularly to identify and correct inconsistencies across systems.
• Collaborate with teams in Sales, Marketing, Purchasing, and Operations to ensure their information needs are met in a way that benefits the whole organization.
• Manage digital assets (images, packaging specs, lifestyle shots) to ensure consistent storage locations, naming conventions, and formats.
• Coordinate with IT or software partners to improve integrations and data flow between systems.
• Help develop and train best practices for maintaining clean, organized, and accessible data.  

Why Join Us

This is an opportunity to build something new. To create structure and clarity in how product information is managed across a growing business. You’ll have the autonomy to design systems that make our operations more efficient, support our partners better, and help the company scale successfully. 

Requirements

 Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in product data management, item setup, or master data coordination (preferably in a manufacturing, wholesale, or consumer goods environment).
• Experience working with ERP systems and customer data portals (knowledge of GDSN or GS1 standards is a strong plus).
• Familiarity with digital asset management (DAM) practices and file organization standards.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable developing new systems and processes from scratch.
• Strong communication and documentation skills; able to collaborate across departments.
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel or data analysis tools.