Master Data Administrator in Leek

Location: Ornua Foods UK, Leek

Hours: 30 hours per week (Flexible times to be discussed as part of the recruitment process)

Contract: This is a temporary contract to cover maternity

Benefits: Company pension scheme, Generous annual leave entitlement, Onsite Physio, Subsidised Staff Canteen, Company shop offering discounts on Ornua products, Sports & Social Club, Staff Lottery, Discount on Bikes & Tech Scheme, Confidential Employee Assist Programme, Free onsite parking and more.

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years. Are you an analytical administrator looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success? Do you love working with numbers, data and Excel? Ornua is actively seeking a Master Data Administrator to join our finance department as we continue our growth trajectory.

Our Local Master Data team is responsible for all aspects of local item data management within Ornua Foods, including product structures, standard costing, and change control process. As our Master Data Administrator you will be the first point of contact across the business for Master Data queries, processing of requests and working alongside the Master Data Lead, to ensure data accuracy at all times and to continuously improve our processes and ways of working.

Why Ornua? Ornua operates as a commercial organisation from 10 business units worldwide, including 12 production facilities located in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The commercial organisation is responsible for the marketing and sales of Ornua’s consumer brands including Ireland’s most successful food export: Kerrygold. It also manages the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products, the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufacturing and foodservice customers globally, and the implementation of de-risking and trading strategies to manage market volatility. Our co‑operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values‑led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families. Our values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together. Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working. We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities. Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.

Why This Role Is Valuable:

• The key point of contact within the business for all day‑to‑day Local Master Data queries.
• Responsible for data integrity and accuracy through regular data housekeeping and routine checks.
• Resolve technical or system related issues with support of Master Data Lead.
• Processing of new item requests through to Global Master Data team.
• Responsible for set up of new products into M3 ERP system.
• New component set up and standard cost input within M3 ERP system.
• Bill of Material/Product Change Requests, being responsible for the timely and accurate entry of product changes and resolving queries where needed.
• Input of Sales Prices, being timely and accurate.
• Maintaining a collaborative working relationship with the Global Master Data team and key stakeholders across the business.
• Assist in the processing of quarterly standard cost updates.
• Support in the process of updating Distribution Order pricing.
• Maintenance of process and training notes to ensure these are kept up to date.
• Using these to train others as required.
• Support to Master Data Lead with Master Data projects or ad hoc requirements.
• Undertakes Personal development that is relevant to the role and ongoing skills development.

What You Bring To The Role:

• Experience working in a similar administrative role (Data environments and systems).
• Numerate with high level of attention to detail.
• Takes ownership of checking own work to ensure accuracy at all times.
• Competent IT & system skills (Excel & Microsoft Office tools).
• Adaptable to learning new systems.
• Ability to plan and prioritise own work effectively to meet service level agreements.
• Excellent communicator with customer service mindset.

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face‑to‑face interview that will build upon the first stage and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working. Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward‑looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua. Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com. Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Ornua is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. We will make every effort to provide for any reasonable accessibility needs you may have during your employment with us. If you require accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process or in your role, please let us know — we’re here to support you.