Technical Data Technician

About the Position

Technical Data Technician

As a Technical Data Technician at SOMFY, you will play a crucial role in managing and maintaining industrial technical data across key systems, ensuring data integrity and supporting digitalization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as data process leader for product creation activities, ensuring accurate creation and maintenance of data in PLM, ERP, and MES systems.
• Support line creation and line transfer projects by coordinating the required data flows across PLM, ERP, MES, and CMMS.
• Analyze logistics flow modifications, such as new customers, AGV projects, or new internal flows, assessing the impact on SAP, data structures, and operational processes.
• Prepare and follow up SAP change orders related to product, logistics, line, or process data changes.
• Test and validate new flows in SAP and related systems before operational deployment.
• Act as digital coordinator for the plant, supporting operational teams in the setup and use of new digital tools such as Fabriq.
• Participate in SAP ECC or S/4HANA implementation activities in collaboration with functional, technical, and operational teams.
• Analyze, map, create, migrate, and validate master data, including materials, customers, vendors, and technical references.
• Ensure data quality through cleansing, normalization, consistency checks, and validation processes.
• Develop and maintain technical and functional documentation related to data processes, digital tools, and system changes.
• Identify opportunities to automate and digitalize operational processes, creating added value and supporting continuous improvement.
• Work with ETL tools and data integration solutions when required.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand data requirements and ensure proper implementation.
• Monitor, analyze, and resolve data-related issues during and after SAP go-live or system/process changes.
• Support end-user training and awareness regarding data management, system usage, and data quality principles.
• Contribute to the creation and update of routings, operating instructions, and production standards.
• Support the analysis and improvement of production and internal logistics flows.
• Participate in production-line changes, transfers, and new product introduction projects.
• Contribute to workstation, layout, line-balancing, and packaging improvement activities.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in cooperation with Production, Logistics, Quality, Methods, and Industrialization teams.

Requirements

• Essential Requirements

  • Higher education or technical background in Industrial Engineering, Production, Logistics, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related field.
  • Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
  • Good understanding of product data, material master data, routings, bills of materials, logistics flows, or manufacturing processes.
  • Ability to analyze, validate, and maintain large sets of operational or technical data with accuracy.
  • Good documentation skills and ability to describe processes clearly.
  • Strong collaboration skills with operational, technical, and IT stakeholders.
  • Fluent written and spoken English.

• Valued Skills and Experience

  • Knowledge of PLM, MES, CMMS, or other industrial information systems.
  • Experience in SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA implementation, migration, or stabilization projects.
  • Experience with data cleansing, data migration, data mapping, or ETL tools.
  • Knowledge of digital manufacturing tools, shopfloor digitalization, or continuous improvement platforms such as Fabriq.
  • Understanding of industrial change management, including new product introduction, line transfer, or logistics flow modification.
  • Rigor, curiosity, analytical mindset, autonomy, and problem-solving orientation.
  • Basic knowledge of industrial methods and manufacturing processes.
  • Understanding of bills of materials, routings, and production flows.
  • Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
  • Experience with work instructions or production standards.

We Offer

• The chance to be part of a high-impact global transformation journey.
• International exposure through collaboration with diverse teams and stakeholders worldwide.
• A supportive environment that fosters professional growth, knowledge sharing, and innovation.
• Long-term career opportunities within a global leader committed to excellence and sustainable growth.

About the Company

SOMFY is a trusted partner in the automation of openings and closings for homes and buildings, committed to inspiring new ways of living for everyone. A French, family-owned, and independent group, we have been continuously growing since our founding. For more than 50 years, we have been the global leader in home automation and a pioneer in smart living solutions. Innovation drives our daily operations and ensures the excellence of our products and services.

We are present in 59 countries, supported by a global industrial and logistics network, and operate 17 R&D centers worldwide. Deeply committed to the well-being of our approximately 6,000 employees, we invest in their long-term employability through internal mobility and skills development. We actively promote diversity and inclusion, supported by a strong corporate culture.

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