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Manager, Product Data Operations

e.l.f. Beauty· Operations – Sustainability & Transformation
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Hybrid (Los Angeles, CA), Hybrid (Oakland, CA)$40/hr - $52.5/hrContractPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Contract position with goal of conversion to full-time. Lead onboarding of new products and SKUs, govern master data and PLM processes across cosmetics/consumer products portfolio. Manage a small team and partner with R&D, Supply Chain, Regulatory, and Commercial teams to define standards and ensure data quality and system integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end onboarding of new products, formulas, packaging, and SKUs — managing the full process from intake through launch, ensuring items are set up accurately, on time, and to standard across our systems.
  • Define and maintain master data standards, hierarchies, attributes, and naming conventions across materials, formulas, packaging, suppliers, and trade items.
  • Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into clean, governed data structures in SAP/NetSuite and adjacent systems.
  • Build and operationalize onboarding playbooks, checklists, and SLAs so that new item setup is fast, accurate, and repeatable.
  • Identify and resolve data quality issues at the source; establish metrics and reporting to monitor data health.
  • Lead the day-to-day operation and continuous improvement of our PLM platform (Centric and/or Specright), including spec management, formulation, packaging, and regulatory data flows.
  • Drive PLM process design — from concept/ideation through commercialization — ensuring PLM is the single source of truth for product specifications.
  • Manage integrations and data handoffs between PLM and SAP/ERP, ensuring data consistency across the product lifecycle.
  • Act as the business owner for PLM configuration changes, enhancements, and user enablement in partnership with IT.
  • Manage a team of 1–2 master data / PLM analysts; set goals, coach, and develop talent.
  • Set the team's roadmap and priorities in alignment with business cycles (launch calendars, seasonality, ERP migrations).
  • Build credibility as a player-coach — willing to execute directly when needed while building scalable process for the team to run.
  • Thrive in undefined space: when a process doesn't exist, you create it. When it exists but is broken, you fix it.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across R&D, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality, Commercial, and IT to remove blockers and move work forward.
  • Communicate clearly upward and outward — translating data and system complexity into decisions executives and partners can act on.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in master data management and/or application onboarding in a cosmetics, CPG, or related consumer products environment.
  • Hands-on experience with a PLM system — Centric and/or Specright strongly preferred.
  • Working knowledge of ERP/master data systems (e.g., SAP or NetSuite) to support product setup and ongoing item maintenance — including creating and updating product records, BOMs, and related data across our systems.
  • Advanced Excel skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive process definition and standardization in a cross-functional setting.
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and leading through change, including periods of organizational or systems transition.
  • Leadership experience or clear readiness to step into people management — mentoring, coaching, or formally managing others.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence without authority.
  • Strongly preferred: Experience scaling master data from early/immature state to a governed, auditable operation.
  • Exposure to product commercialization lifecycles in cosmetics or regulated CPG (formulas, claims, regulatory specs).
  • Familiarity with data governance frameworks and master data quality metrics.
  • Experience partnering with IT on system implementations, enhancements, or integrations.

Skills

Required:Master data managementPLM systems (Centric and/or Specright)ERP systems (SAP or NetSuite)Excel

Benefits

  • : medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • retirement savings plan
  • gender neutral parental leave
  • unlimited paid time off
  • Total compensation includes base salary, annual bonus and equity
  • Flexible time off and a hybrid in-office 3 days/week schedule (2 days at home)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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