Insights into supplier master data engineer's roles in a global company
Park, Jamie (2025)
2025
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025061623089
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025061623089
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This thesis explores the daily tasks and roles of a supplier master data engineer in a global company. The author of the thesis has been working full-time as a master data engineer for over 3 years in the domain of supplier master data and is responsible for maintaining the data quality of Wärtsilä’s supplier data. The thesis provides insights into what skills and knowledge are needed to work as a master data engineer by examining the background of the author and the company and by closely investigating what constitutes the core workload of the supplier master data engineer. This will help the master data engineers to understand their roles in the company more clearly and assist in a smoother induction process.
Reflective practice is the theoretical framework and case study method is utilized for the thesis. It uses weekly based diary observations and learnings.
The result of the thesis provided constructive insights into how master data engineers can improve their skillsets and improved understanding on what roles they are playing inside the company in a bigger picture.
Reflective practice is the theoretical framework and case study method is utilized for the thesis. It uses weekly based diary observations and learnings.
The result of the thesis provided constructive insights into how master data engineers can improve their skillsets and improved understanding on what roles they are playing inside the company in a bigger picture.