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Data Specialist

Vacancy number: A2500064
Unilever Nederland B.V. - Rotterdam (Nederland)

For our client, Unilever Nederland B.V., we are looking for a Data Specialist.

Keywords

Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
Experience with PIM systems, data integration, and governance
Familiarity with global data standards (GS1 GDSN) and regulatory requirements
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to lead change and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Profile

As a Product Data Specialist within Customer Operations Europe, you will play a pivotal role in developing and managing End-to-End European Product Data Management (EPDM). EPDM ensures the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of product data across our entire portfolio. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams—including Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, and IT—to optimize product data systems and maintain high standards of data governance.
This position offers the unique opportunity to rotate across three areas of expertise within the EPDM team:

Material Data Specialist;
End-to-End Data Specialist;
Data Flow Specialist.

As an End-to-End Specialist, you will manage the complete data flow from source to customer, ensuring data integrity and timely availability. Your work will directly impact the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of product data throughout its lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure data accuracy and quality across all systems;
Integrate and synchronize product data with global standards (e.g., GS1 GDSN);
Manage Product Information Management (PIM) systems for centralized data storage and distribution;
Guarantee regulatory compliance for product data across regions;
Establish and maintain data governance policies to ensure integrity and availability;
Drive continuous improvement and implement best practices for data management;
Oversee Master Data Management (MDM) processes, including creation and maintenance;
Standardize and cleanse data regularly to maintain quality;
Monitor innovations and trends in data management.

Who we're looking for

A highly skilled professional with strong expertise in data management and process optimization, demonstrating proficiency in English and exceptional attention to detail. Experienced in data integration and Product Information Management (PIM), ensuring accurate and centralized product data across systems. Adept at implementing data governance policies and collaborating cross-functionally to meet organizational data needs.
Possesses strong analytical abilities to identify and optimize process patterns, combined with effective stakeholder management skills to drive adoption of standards. Proven capability in change management, leading initiatives that enhance efficiency and support continuous improvement. Excellent communicator, able to clearly convey process requirements and influence teams toward shared goals.

Department

The Customer Operations team consist of various roles and teams that make Excellent Execution a success. The Customer Operations teams focus on less time spent on ‘Running the Business’ to reinvest in ‘Growing the Business’ whilst improving Customer and Employee Satisfaction. Operations brings Sales, Supply Chain and Marketing within Unilever together in realizing excellent execution. The 4 principles driving Customer Operations are: end 2 end ownership, maximized automation, one version of the truth and continuous improvement. Team members within Customer Operations embrace the vision and their daily work practice reflects the 4 principles of Operations. Operations effectively works in a cross-country setting, embracing cultural diversity and working in virtual teams.

Competencies key to make Customer Operations a success, are:

Practical creativity;
Enterprising behavior;
Ability to learn.

Company profile

The mission of Unilever is to add vitality to life. They meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene, and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.
With 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products, no other company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways.
Their brand portfolio has made them leaders in every field in which they work. It ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave.
They are constantly enhancing their brands to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. They invest €1 billion every year in cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop their products.
Today Unilever employs 223.000 people in 100 countries world-wide, and supports the jobs of many thousands of distributors, contractors and suppliers.

Bij Unilever voorzien ze in de dagelijkse behoeften met merken die mensen helpen zich goed te voelen, er goed uit te zien en meer uit het leven te halen. Ze verkopen meer dan 400 merken in 190 landen over de hele wereld. Hun merken dragen op een positieve manier bij aan de wereld en gezamenlijk dragen zij bij aan hun doel: duurzaam leven tot gemeengoed maken.

Additional vacancy information

Reference	:	A2500064
Contract	:	Temporary contract with CLS Services
Education	:	HBO/BSc. WO/MSc.
Arbeidsvoorwaarden	:	Salary: 3750-5000 EURO Days of leave: 25 13 ADV days. See here our other employment terms for this vacancy
Publication date	:	23-12-2025
Location	:	View location with Google Maps
Contactperson	:	René Kemps
		+31 (0)88 22 77 555

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