Our client, an American retailer that owns and operates 4 brands that are well known, is looking for someone to join their team as a Change Management Consultant. This role is onsite in Pleasanton, CA.
*This is an 8-month W2 contract with benefits offered*
The team is looking for someone to drive enterprise data quality, governance standards, and process improvements across retail supply chain operations. This role partners closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure trusted data supports strategic decision-making across procurement, planning, inventory, and logistics functions.
What You Will Be Doing
- Lead data stewardship initiatives across the end-to-end retail supply chain, including procurement, planning, inventory, and logistics
- Establish and enforce enterprise data governance standards and best practices
- Drive improvements in data quality, consistency, accessibility, and usability
- Partner with business and technical stakeholders to optimize supply chain data structures and flows
- Translate complex datasets into actionable insights for business leaders
- Present recommendations and progress updates to senior executives and C-suite stakeholders
- Support implementation and adoption of governance platforms and metadata management tools
- Identify opportunities to automate governance workflows using emerging AI-enabled solutions
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives aligned with Lean or Six Sigma methodologies
Required Skills
- 15+ years of experience in data stewardship or data governance, preferably within the retail supply chain domain
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes (procurement, planning, logistics)
- Demonstrated success driving process improvement initiatives
- Highly analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex datasets and generate actionable recommendations
- Strong executive presence with experience communicating effectively at the C-suite level
- Deep expertise in: Data modeling, Metadata management, Supply chain data structures and system landscapes
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of SQL and data-profiling techniques
- Experience with data governance and data quality platforms (experience with ATLAN is a plus)
- Experience supporting or designing process-related AI agents
- Certification or hands-on experience with Lean or Six Sigma methodologies
