VP - Data Strategy & Governance

Job Description

As the VP of Data Strategy & Governance, you will lead the organization's data governance initiatives, ensuring data is central to business decisions, processes, and long-term transformation. You will oversee enterprise-wide data quality, governance frameworks, and product assortment strategies to ensure competitiveness, profitability, and alignment with customer needs. You will collaborate extensively with business leaders, Finance, Supplier Relations and Category Management, E-Commerce, IT and data teams to ensure all data is trusted, well-governed, and audit ready.

Responsibilities :

• Develop and execute a comprehensive data governance strategy for business data at the customer, supplier and product level, leveraging the EDGE data governance methodology and aligning with organizational goals, omnichannel business needs, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices
• Define, implement, and maintain data governance policies, standards and procedures, drive compliance and sponsorship to data governance efforts
• Partner with commercial teams to facilitate product assortment strategies and implement those strategies across digital platforms
• Define assortment architecture and quality standards with each business unit, category, channel, and catalog to align with customer needs and company growth objectives.
• Facilitate long-range planning for product lifecycle management, including new product introductions, SKU rationalization, and end-of-life decisions; Partner with analytics teams to enable business monitoring of SKU productivity, profitability, and customer adoption metrics.
• Ensure product data integrity, standardization, and enrichment across all sales channels to support digital discoverability and operational efficiency
• Oversee business ownership and data quality management by developing and enforcing policies, tools, and processes that ensure accuracy, integrity, and continuous improvement of product, supplier, and customer data across all systems, supported by clear metrics and KPIs
• Collaborate with IT, data, and cross-functional business teams including enterprise systems, omnichannel, category management, supplier relations, product, inventory, and pricing to resolve data inconsistencies and ensure alignment of data strategy, objectives, and priorities with customer needs
• Translate complex data strategies into clear, actionable outcomes that resonate with non-technical leaders
• Build and lead a high-performing, product assortment, diverse data governance strategy and governance team, ensuring that team members have the skills and tools necessary to execute the data governance strategy effectively

Ensure that the data governance function is adequately resourced, ensuring the right people, processes, and technologies are in place to maintain governance standards across the organization

Qualifications :

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About Us

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For eligible positions, compensation may include participation in a bonus or sales incentive plan, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan documents. For certain sales roles, Wesco also offers a commission structure that provides additional compensation based on sales results, as defined by the applicable commission plan. Depending on the role, equity and other forms of compensation may also be provided as part of the total compensation package.

In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.

About the Team

At Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on.

Our Company's greatest asset is our people. Wesco is committed to fostering a workplace where every individual is respected, valued, and empowered to succeed. We promote a culture that is grounded in teamwork and respect. With a workforce of over 20,000 people worldwide, we embrace the unique perspectives each person brings. Through comprehensive benefits and active community engagement, we create an environment where every team member has the opportunity to thrive.

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