Associate Data Steward - Supply Chain

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Overview

As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.

Technology for today and tomorrow

The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 5500+ engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.

People-driven culture

At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring together different perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected.  No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.

With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.

Position Overview:

Boeing Technical Publications team is currently looking for an Associate Data Steward to join their team in Chennai, India. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Global Services (BGS) business organization. 

As a Data Steward data governance, the candidate will maintain master and reference data for the Material, Supplier, and related objects. The ability to prioritize numerous tasks at a time and clear work queues will be integral in this role.  They will also manage data process improvement efforts including data quality issue resolution, business rules development, data sensitivity analysis and access criteria definition. Job activities include processing data maintenance requests, performing analytics of existing data to identify data issues, defining business data rules in collaboration with other teams, monitoring data quality, managing and maintaining standard reference data used by the business teams, coordinating with multiple roles maintaining collaboration across functions in business and IT (including at the business unit and enterprise level), developing and implementing system readiness testing, and leveraging standard tools to publish and deploy standard data structures, reference data and vocabularies.

This role will enable the Boeing Global Services Supply Chain to attain a superior maturity of data quality, accessibility, and data responsibility. Data is necessary to conduct supply chain activities efficiently, free of error, and traceable.  Improving data enables the Supply Chain to provide services that are data dependent and data driven.

Position Responsibilities:

• Manage Data, Metadata, and Information for master data for material and supplier.
• Receive data creation, maintenance, or issue request, correct data, maintain content, test data in systems, publish information and verify information publish information, verify information, and test data in systems.
• Identify and resolve data issues.
• Partners with internal and external users to address inquires, as well as strengthen their understanding of procedures & polices related to data requests.
• Understands linkage of data to mitigate downstream system or business impacts.
• Correlate business data requirements and define data rules for ERP systems such as SAP and other data management systems such as SAP Information Steward and Informatica products.
• Define and maintain data definitions, quality requirements, rules, and valid value lists.
• Gather, analyze, interpret, and integrate large data sets and data requirements utilizing software. (National Center for O*NET Development, n.d.)
• Develop, govern, and enhance data governance dashboards and reports.
• Provide input into data standards, policies, and procedures.
• Validate standard specification and classifications of data such as UNSPSC and other aviation data.
• Analyze mastered data to identify trends or relationships among variables (National Center for O*NET Development, n.d.)
• Perform big data analytics and enrich metadata.
• Ability to communicate professionally and clearly.
• Enthusiasm to work with others.
• Innovative approach
• Understands the work and can determine priorities to reach goals.
• Self-starter and works independently with little to no supervision.
• Perform project management for projects related to data for Data Governance (SCOR, 2017, 2.6.12)

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher is required as a basic qualification.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Min 3+ years of related experience in corporate environment, preferably with supply chain Data Governance and data rich companies.
• Min 3+ years of Practical experience working with data structures, data utilization by business processes, and documentation of data business rules.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree in any specialization or related field i.e.: Data Science, Engineering with 5+ years relevant experience.
• Strong strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong background in research, analysis, and business communication
• Knowledge of design, HTML, CSS and coding will be an added advantage.

Typical Education/Experience:

• Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 5+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+4 years' related work experience).

Relocation:

This position offers relocation

Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 05, 2025

Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (India)

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

Experience Level
Individual Contributor
Contingent Upon Program Award
No, this position is not contingent upon program award

Schedule
Full time

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.