Commercial Data Excellence Manager (Raleigh, NC)

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Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Contract: Permanent Contact: TA Lead Expert, Luis da Silva

Commercial Data Excellence Manager

Position: The Commercial Data Excellence Manager ensures commercial data is accurate, consistent, trusted, and ready for business use across Sales & Marketing functions, Business Applications (CRM, MicroStrategy, Power BI) and related reporting processes.

This role leads day-to-day data-quality routines, master-data coordination, vendor data checks, issue resolution, and business alignment with D&IT. The manager works closely with SD&I leaders and cross-functional partners to strengthen data governance and improve confidence in commercial reporting and decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Commercial master data management

  • Define and maintain clear standards, ownership routines, and controls for commercial master data.
  • Manage key data areas such as customers, outlets, products, territories, contracts, reporting hierarchies, and reference data.
  • Help keep master data aligned across source systems, reporting tools, and related business processes.

• Data quality and issue resolution

  • Set practical data-quality expectations for accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and usability.
  • Create simple monitoring routines and issue tracking so data concerns are visible and addressed quickly.
  • Lead follow-up on recurring or high-impact issues, including root-cause reviews, action plans, and closure.

• 1st and 3rd party data stewardship

  • Oversee routines for commercial data created internally and data received from external partners or vendors.
  • Coordinate onboarding, validation, refresh checks, and change management for third-party data sources.
  • Work with vendors, D&IT, Finance, and Sales & Marketing functions to resolve data issues and support reliable business use.

• Data governance and metadata operations

  • Operationalize the commercial data-governance framework established by the SD&I Lead Manager.
  • Maintain clear ownership, business definitions, key data elements, and regular governance routines.
  • Coordinate data access, retention, and usage expectations with D&IT, Legal, Corporate Affairs, People & Culture, and business stakeholders.

• Data change support and D&IT coordination

  • Review system, vendor, program, and reporting changes to understand potential data impacts.
  • Support business validation and readiness checks for new data feeds, system changes, and major updates.
  • Coordinate with D&IT, SD&I managers, and business owners so data changes are understood, tested, and ready before implementation.

• Cross-functional collaboration

  • Partner with the core team to resolve Synergy/CRM source-system issues that affect field execution, program setup, customer data, or downstream reporting.
  • Partner with stakeholders to ensure MicroStrategy and Power BI users have access to reliable, well-defined, and trusted commercial data.
  • Partner with the Strategic Insights function to confirm that third-party data sources, market definitions, and commercial datasets are sufficiently governed to support category, consumer, and strategic insight work.
  • Work with Finance, Sales & Marketing functions, D&IT, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and People & Culture to align data standards with business processes, compliance expectations, and enterprise governance requirements.

Requirements:

• BA degree is preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered;

• Experience in FMCG, CPG, tobacco/nicotine, retail, or another route-to-market commercial environment preferred.

• Experience managing commercial data, data quality, data governance, reporting data, or related business operations.

• Strong understanding of how commercial data supports customers, outlets, products, territories, contracts, programs, reporting, and business decisions.

• Ability to turn business needs into practical data standards, validation routines, and issue-management processes.

• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to lead root-cause analysis across business and technical teams.

• Working knowledge of reporting, CRM, and data platforms such as MicroStrategy, Power BI, Synergy/CRM, databases, or data integration tools.

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to partner across Sales & Marketing functions, Finance, Strategic Insights, D&IT, Legal, and external vendors.

What We Offer:

At JTI Liggett, we are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer and awarded the Global Equality Standards certificate, continuing our commitment to equal pay and equal opportunities. Our culture is what makes JTI Liggett a fun and exciting environment to work in. We value integrity, trust, empowerment, and freedom – freedom of choice, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, and freedom to be yourself. We ask for accountability, ownership, results, and collaboration.

• Annual Performance-based Bonus

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Personal Development Programs

• Medical, Dental & Vision Plan for employees & family members

• Life Insurance

• Matching 401(K)

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Paid Family Leave (20 weeks)

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Education/Tuition Assistance

• Volunteering Activities

• Employee Assistance Program (counseling services for employees & family member

What are the next steps – Recruitment process: CBI Interview with Talent Attraction + Hiring Manager Interview.

Thank you very much for your interest in the role. We welcome you to apply.

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After applying, if selected, please anticipate the following within 1-3 weeks of the job posting closure: Phone screening with Talent Advisor > Assessment tests > Interviews > Offer. Each step is eliminatory and may vary by role type.

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