EATON

TMS Data Governance Lead

EATON$113K — $165K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Data Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Transportation, or Logistics
  • 7+ years of experience in a supply chain role
  • Experience in IT projects related to logistics technology
  • Strong expertise in transportation and freight operations
  • Proficiency in SAP, TMS, and MDM tools, including knowledge of ERP/WMS/TMS integration concepts
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills in a multi-cultural environment
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and self-motivate

Responsibilities

  • Own and govern transportation-related master data such as carriers and shipping points
  • Define data standards and validation rules for data quality
  • Coordinate ongoing data quality controls and remediation plans
  • Liaise with cross-functional teams to align on data governance policies
  • Support data extraction, transformation, and validation for TMS
  • Establish ownership model for post-go-live data maintenance
  • Drive continuous improvement in data quality for future TMS deployments

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cross-functional teams on strategic supply chain projects
  • Engagement with global teams to improve data governance processes
  • Involvement in technology platform deployments that enhance logistics operations
  • Participation in ongoing professional development and training opportunities
  • Flexible working arrangements within the local area
Full Job Description
The TMS Data Governance Lead is responsible for overseeing the governance, quality, integration, and lifecycle management of data consumed from multiple business domains including Logistics, Customer Master, Location Master and Item Master which are required to successfully deploy and maintain the Transportation Management System at Eaton. This role ensures that critical data elements driving TMS processes and performance are accurate, consistent, and aligned with operational and strategic objectives across the supply chain.

The TMS Data Governance Lead collaborates with cross-functional teams including logistics operations, IT, Master data owners, and business stakeholders to manage master data, define data standards, and support system implementations or enhancements. The role also involves monitoring data integrity, troubleshooting data-related issues, and driving continuous improvement in transportation data processes.

Key responsibilities include managing transportation master data (carriers, lanes, rates, locations, and shipment attributes), supporting TMS (Transportation Management System) configuration and integration with ERP/WMS systems, and ensuring compliance with data governance policies. The TMS Data Governance Lead plays a critical role in enabling accurate planning, optimization, reporting, and analytics within the transportation network.

What you'll do:

1. Master Data Ownership & Governance
• Own transportation-related master data (carriers, lanes, shipping points, weights/dimensions, etc.)
• Define data standards and validation rules
• Coordinate ongoing data quality controls

2. Data Readiness for TMS Design & Configuration
• Identify required data attributes to support operating and project scope
• Assess current data quality and define remediation plans
• Partner with IT and business teams to close gaps before configuration

3. Coordination of data governance across multiple business domains
• Liaison with data governance leads across domains to agree data quality rules
• Setting policies, monitoring execution, working with data stewards across domains to drive improvement actions
• Partnering with IT teams to ensure data pipelines run successfully to the application
• Alignment with Logistics technology team to ensure functional requirements are met

4. Upstream / Downstream Data Alignment
• Align with SAP and other source systems on trigger points and data flows
• Ensure changes to shipping conditions, dates, or fulfillment logic are reflected accurately in master data structures

5. Data Migration & Change Impact Support
• Support data extraction, transformation, and validation activities
• Assess process impacts tied to data structure changes

6. Ongoing Data Stewardship
• Establish ownership model for post-go-live data maintenance
• Support governance forums related to transportation data changes
• Execute the Data Governance playbook for TMS data domain elements, driving continuous improvement in data quality

7. Future Project Deployments
• Conduct data readiness assessments for the next wave of Eaton businesses to deploy TMS
• Drive data quality improvement actions for businesses to ensure readiness for TMS Deployments
• Act as data governance owner within the project teams for future TMS Deployments

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree in Business or Data Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Transportation, or Logistics from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a supply chain role
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience participating in IT projects involving the deployment of technology platforms that support logistics processes
• Strong expertise in:
• Transportation and freight operations
• Data governance
• Leading cross-functional initiatives across global teams

Technical Knowledge:
• Experience using SAP, TMS, and MDM tools, with knowledge of Incoterms and ERP/WMS/TMS integration concepts.

Soft Skills
• Excellent communication skills and teamwork abilities in a complex, multi-cultural environment, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, stay self-motivated, drive results, and bring international experience and multi-language capabilities.

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates' privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

About EATON

Eaton Corporation plc is a multinational power management company with 2020 sales of $17.9 billion, founded in the US. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic, and mechanical power more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. Eaton operates through three main business segments: Electrical Products, Electrical Systems and Services, and Hydraulics. The Electrical Products segment designs, manufactures, markets, and sells electrical components, such as circuit breakers, switches, and electrical protection and control devices. The Electrical Systems and Services segment offers electrical power distribution and assemblies, as well as engineering services and automation and control solutions. The Hydraulics segment provides products such as pumps, motors, valves, cylinders, and filtration products. Eaton has a global presence with operations in North America, Europe, Asia, and other regions.
Learn more about EATON
Size
85,947 employees
Market Cap
$62.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.4 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
-0.1%
Revenue
$17.8 billion
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