Stibo STEP Platform Lead
Primary Function
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Master Data Management as part of Vallen's EDGE program, the Stibo STEP Technical Lead is responsible for the technical leadership, architecture, and operational reliability of the Stibo STEP Master Data Management platform. The role supports enterprise initiatives including Product Information Management (PIM), operational MDM used to manage core master data records, and analytical MDM used to support reporting and analytics.
The Platform Lead provides technical leadership for the Stibo STEP platform, ensuring it is scalable, well-governed, and reliably delivered while aligning platform capabilities with enterprise data architecture and governance standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the technical architecture, roadmap, and operational integrity of the Stibo STEP platform
- Define and enforce STEP data model, hierarchy, and attribute standards across product, vendor, customer, and related master data domains
- Lead development delivery including backlog prioritization, sprint planning, release governance, and quality assurance practices
- Review and approve technical implementations including business actions, event processors, matching configurations, and integrations
- Establish development standards, documentation expectations, and testing practices for STEP platform development
- Oversee integrations between STEP environments, ERPs, and downstream systems, ensuring consistent data synchronization across multiple systems and domains
- Partner with MDM leadership and data governance teams to ensure platform capabilities support stewardship workflows and data governance policies
- Monitor platform performance and system health, proactively addressing architectural risks, technical debt, or scalability constraints
- Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and communicate delivery risks or architectural considerations to leadership
Required Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of experience configuring, developing, and administering the Stibo STEP platform
- Strong expertise in STEP data modeling including product structures, entities, hierarchies, attributes, references, and inheritance
- Experience implementing STEP business logic including Business Actions, Event Processors, workflows, and matching configurations
- Experience integrating STEP with enterprise systems using APIs or common data exchange technologies (REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, or ETL tools)
- Proficiency in JavaScript/Java and SQL used for STEP development and troubleshooting
- Experience supporting data governance and stewardship processes within an MDM or PIM platform
- Strong understanding of platform operations including performance monitoring, environment management, and release or upgrade processes
- Demonstrated experience leading technical delivery and mentoring development resources
Preferred Qualifications
- Postsecondary degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline
- Stibo STEP certification(s)
- Experience designing large-scale product data models or high-volume product catalog environments
- Experience supporting multi-domain MDM environments (product, vendor, customer, or similar)
- Experience with cloud or integration platforms such as Azure
- Experience leading Agile, Waterfall, or other development management processes
What We Do
Vallen is a leading provider of indirect industrial supplies—all those materials that are not part of the products our customers manufacture. From earplugs to specialty tools, to abrasives and cutting tools, we cover the vast majority of our customers’ maintenance, repair, operations and production-related needs. Vallen is also a leader in safety services with offerings that include equipment inspection, maintenance, certification and solution design. Many of our customers look to us for integrated supply solutions and vendor-managed inventory, with Vallen associates on-site, bringing local knowledge and expertise to the specific needs of individual facilities.
