Data Taxonomist

ACCOUNTABILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develop and maintain Taxonomy Navigation paths to organize our extensive product selection for customers.
• Independently manage the taxonomies in collaboration with Director Product Operations, Director Search Excellence and VP Web Experience. Make recommendations for management changes. Establish regular interval meetings to discuss taxonomy changes with key stakeholders.
• Monitor the Electronics, Industrial Automation, and broader technology industries for emerging products, technologies, standards, and market trends. Regularly evaluate competitor, manufacturer, supplier, and industry resources to ensure taxonomy relevance and identify opportunities for improvement. Assess new product offerings and determine optimal classification and placement within the taxonomy structure.
• Analyze website metrics and customer behavior to make intelligent decisions on optimizing our taxonomy navigation hierarchy in collaboration with Director of Search Marketing and the Architect of Analytics and Syndication.
• Create procedures and guidelines to ensure the taxonomy hierarchies are relevant to the product and/or technology.
• Participate in the suggestion of data integrity rules and establish procedures and processes to maintain data quality. Analyze our data to determine what data quality rules need to create. Assist with the creation and testing of the data quality rules in collaboration with the Product Data Governance Manager. Monitor the website to ensure the data quality rules are working as intended.
• Ensures data is relevant for users that are sourcing products, in all regions worldwide while supporting and participating in the company total quality process.
• Detailed and thorough in work habits with multi-tasking ability. Analyzes impact of decisions before execution. Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication and telephone etiquette. Able to communicate with people at all levels. Establishes and maintains effective relationships with business associates and groups inside and outside the organization.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude toward self and others. Ability to set and track goals.
• Develops and maintains a productive work teams by hiring qualified personnel, training, and managing performance.
• Manages teams with integrity, ethical business practices, and in accordance with Mouser policies, procedures, and practices.
• Customarily and regularly directs the work of two or more full-time employees or their equivalent. Makes suggestions and recommendation for these employees regarding performance, including hiring, transfer, advancement, and termination.
• Manages daily operations to meet department and company objectives.
• Works with minimum supervision and makes independent judgments.
• Flexible to meet the changing needs of the business and willingness to take on new responsibilities and assignments.
• Initiates, establishes and maintains highly effective relationships with internal and external business contacts of various cultures, and at all levels.
• Extremely confidential and trustworthy.
• Demonstrates knowledge, experience and understanding of critical job function of the team and people management.
• Assists management with development of results oriented strategies.
• Regular attendance at work is an essential part of the job.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Demonstrates an ability to put the team first, offer help, write with clarity, apply functional expertise, offer practical solutions, maintain documentation, attend to multiple tasks, cope with uncertainty, strive for achievement, take action. Intermediate Excel skills preferred.
• Experience of using Product Information Management (PIM) Systems.
• Experience in reading and using Technical Data Sheets and Product Guides.
• Knowledge of suppliers and products.
• Exhibits strong analytical, problem solving, negotiation, organizational and teaching skills.
• Ability and/or experience to read, analyze and interpret scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability and/or experience to write reports, business correspondence, articles and presentations.
• PC experience in a Microsoft Windows environment, proficient with internet e-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, and other software.
• Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and good driving record

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field, or minimum of 3 years prior work experience that is relevant to the team you will manage. Including:
• Internal candidates: Minimum 2 years as a highly performing Mouser Team Lead or Supervisor.
• External candidates: Minimum 3 years as a supervisor or higher-level management position