Job Description

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

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