Director – Digital, Product Data & Catalog

Company Background :

Genuine Parts Company ( GPC or the Company ), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services.

The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees.

The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.

K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.

Position Purpose :

Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is looking to hire a Director of Product Data & Catalog and be a key leader in our Digital team.

Complete, accurate and comprehensive catalog data (Product & Vehicle), is critical to the success of several functions at GPC, including Digital Experience, Technology, Finance, Category Management, Merchandising, and others.

Working alongside key business functions, the Director of Product Data & Catalog will own every component of Product and Vehicle data, including daily operations, while helping implement future tools, processes, and technologies, to ensure that GPCs data is best-in-class.

The Director, Product Data & Catalog will call on their expertise in master data management, data governance, data quality & people leadership, to effectively manage and improve the data elements and operations of a complex product & vehicle catalog, including translating business’s strategic goals into future-state data management, governance, engineering, and data science solutions.

This includes delivery from strategy to execution, roadmaps to implementation, and on-going operations.

Responsibilities :

• Be the Catalog leader for GPC, and as part of that, lead, manage and evolve the Catalog operations, governance, and related teams
• As part of ongoing catalog operations, lead the teams to manage product data onboarding, management, optimization, and related efforts, working closely with supplier partners, merchants, and others.
• The leader will lead and guide a cross functional team, helping define the vision and roadmap for BIC Product & Vehicle data.
• As part of the leadership team, they will work closely with partners in product management, engineering, suppliers, and others, to realize the future state of data onboarding, management, governance, and optimization.
• Ultimately, they are responsible for ensuring, that GPC has the most comprehensive, accurate & rich offering of products, data & vehicle coverage in the automotive aftermarket.
• The leader, will bring his expertise in large data management, governance and related, with a willingness to roll up his sleeves and dive in.

This includes helping define and ensure definition of data elements, structuring data, defining needed attributes, etc., that that deliver the best customer experience.

The leader will help define, implement, and maintain team OKRs, KPIs, data policies, standards, and processes to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.

Using these, they will have plans to continuously improve the quality of the end-to-end process, including data governance, quality audits and process reviews.

• The leader will be a coach & mentor to their team, helping lift their performance, and ensuring that the team is the best in the automotive industry.
• Other duties as assigned.

Location :

• GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.
• We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.

Desired Qualifications & Experiences :

• Bachelor’s degree in data management, computer information systems, computer science, related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12 years of experience in data management and / or governance; preferably in Automotive, aftermarket parts, repair parts, or similar industries (such as industrial parts, MRO, etc.).
• Skilled in data platforms, MDM solutions, and related technologies and solutions (exposure to STIBO / STEP, Innerworks, and other B2B MDM is a plus).

Knowledge of BI reporting with PowerBI, Metadata Management, Data Governance, Master Data Management, and Data Catalog.

• Experience in data architecture, data quality management, data operations, and data process improvement, with ability to document, communicate, implement, and operationalize complex architectures and processes.
• Ability to both operate at a strategic level and dive deep into the complexity communicating your strategy to partners, product managers, engineers, and designers.
• Experience leading teams to successful outcomes; skilled in prioritization, delegation, & resource management.
• Experience tying business strategy to data requirements and developing organized execution plans.
• In-depth specialty area knowledge with a solid grasp of industry standards and practices
• Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills
30+ days ago