GDB/ZF – External data management specialist (m/f/d) Full Time

• External Data Management Specialist (m/f/d) As part of our Data Products & Semantics Team, you play a key role in the management of external data at BASF. You are responsible for ensuring that high-quality external data is selected, procured, managed, and made available across the organization in a transparent and cost-efficient way. With a current portfolio of 11 major external data providers, the team streamlines data demand across Sales & Market functions, with a strong focus on pricing, company, and trade data. You will work at the intersection of data, procurement, controlling, and IT, contributing directly to the standardization at BASF.

Your responsibilities

• You take care of the external data management lifecycle, from data demand assessment, through purchasing and contract-related processes, to data delivery.
• You manage and continuously optimize the external data provider portfolio, ensuring standardization in line with business needs.
• You maintain and manage purchasing and work cycle processes in SAP in line with Procurement.
• You serve as the central point of contact for the external data portfolio, acting as the knowledge authority for subscription packages, licensing models, and permitted usage across the organization.
• You administer sub-services for external data subscriptions, including the creation, maintenance, and update of service calculations and cost models as well as general user access gatekeeping.
• You actively support the implementation of our standardization strategy, particularly by managing and evolving the charging model towards a transparent and standardized cost allocation.
• You are responsible for communication with data consumers and controlling stakeholders, including cost transparency, charging logic, supplier updates, disruptions, and invoicing-related questions.
• You collaborate closely with technical experts to ensure efficient data provisioning and management of external data as standardized data products.
• You develop a sufficient understanding of the underlying data and use cases to effectively support procurement in discussions with data providers and stakeholder related questions.
• You work cross-functionally with experts from data, IT, procurement, controlling, and business units across the organization.

Your profile

• University degree in Business Administration, Business Informatics, or a comparable field.
• Strong interest in external data management, data provisioning, or data-related procurement processes.
• Structured and analytical working style with a high level of ownership and reliability.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft tools, especially Excel and Power BI and ideally first experience in SAP.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to interact confidently with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Nice to have: Familiarity with pricing data, company data, trade data, or market intelligence data providers