Master Data Integration Lead

Mediq is the UK’s leading value-added distributor of medical products, providing healthcare professionals and institutions with essential supplies, expert knowledge, and tailored solutions to enhance patient care.

Mediq is an international healthcare company with leading market positions in 13 countries. Headquartered just outside Utrecht, the Netherlands, we employ more than 2,500 people, all dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes and making care more accessible and affordable.  As a critical growth and investment market for the Mediq Group, Mediq UK plays a key role in the company’s long-term expansion strategy.

Due to continued growth, Mediq UK is now recruiting for a Master Data Integration Lead to drive the successful integration of master data across acquisitions and system transformations. This role requires a strong leader with a deep understanding of Data Governance frameworks and functional data processes, combined with robust technical expertise in data migration and ERP environments.

Salary - £65,000

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all master data integration activities for business acquisitions, from pre-acquisition data assessment through to post-integration stabilisation, ensuring data readiness supports operational continuity and value realisation.
• Own Day 1 and Day 100 master data readiness, ensuring critical data (customers, suppliers, products, pricing, contracts, and finance) is cleansed, mapped, validated, and loaded to agreed standards to enable trading, billing, and reporting from Day 1.
• Work with the ERP implementation Manager to enable migrations (e.g. SAP, IFS), ensuring accurate and timely data conversion from legacy systems into Mediq core platforms.
• Define and execute data migration strategies for acquisitions, including data profiling, gap analysis, mapping rules, cutover planning, rehearsal cycles, and post-go-live remediation.
• Manage and direct internal master data teams and third-party integration partners to deliver against acquisition timelines, integration milestones, and service level agreements, holding teams accountable for speed, quality, and compliance.
• Establish and enforce master data governance and standards during acquisitions, preventing data debt and ensuring acquired entities align to Mediq-wide data models, controls, and policies.
• Partner closely with Integration, IT, Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Operations leaders to ensure master data enables seamless system integration, ERP functionality, and end-to-end process continuity.
• Identify and proactively mitigate data-related integration risks that could impact trading, customer service, financial close, regulatory compliance, or synergy delivery.
• Oversee data quality monitoring and issue resolution post-acquisition, including root cause analysis, prioritisation of high-impact defects, and escalation management.
• Support the design, testing, and deployment of data validation rules, controls, and reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy and auditability through ERP and system transitions.
• Responsible for managing the Master Data team to enforce Mediq wide data standards as directed by functional representatives
• Responsible to drive and deliver both on performance Master Data and SLA targets: speed (on-time and fast-track), quality (high-impact incidents and audit control), service (reach cost targets, professional standards) and simplification; and hold team members accountable for targets
• Collaborate with relevant cross-functional stakeholders to achieve end-to-end Master Data process standardization and increased quality. Work closely with functional representatives and external service providers to ensure the implementation of these improvements
• Provide input to the development of technical specifications for Master Data tools/applications in conjunction with functional and technology experts

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a credible leader who combines strong functional expertise in Data Governance and business data processes with hands-on experience of data migration and ERP integrations.

The successful candidate will be able to operate at both a strategic and operational level, influencing senior stakeholders while ensuring high-quality execution through their teams.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience leading master data or data integration teams within complex, multi-entity environments (M&A experience highly desirable)
• Strong functional knowledge of Data Governance frameworks, data ownership models, and data quality controls
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams, including internal resources and third-party partners
• Experience working across business functions, translating functional requirements into effective data structures and governance
• Strong technical understanding of data migration processes and ERP environments (SAP, IFS, SAGE)
• Ability to balance technical delivery with governance, process, and stakeholder engagement
• Excellent business partnering and communication skills

It’ll be great if you also have:

• 5+ years’ experience in Master Data, Data Integration, or Data Governance roles
• Experience working in acquisition-led or transformation environments
• Exposure to tools such as Cognos BI, Cognos Controller, PIM, Power BI
• Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Track record of driving continuous improvement and performance excellence
• High attention to quality and ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 4x Life Assurance
• Pension scheme
• Sick Pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive and additional duties may be assigned as needed.