As a PIM Product Taxonomist, you will be responsible for optimizing, managing and evangelizing the hierarchical arrangement of our product taxonomy, metadata schema, data governance, and value normalization within our Product Information Management System (PIM). The PIM Product Taxonomist will be pivotal in ensuring that the product taxonomy and schema in PIM serves the needs of multiple eCommerce customer portals and is the source of truth for product data across the enterprise.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Optimize and manage PIM taxonomy and its metadata schema, ensuring consistent and accurate mapping of product data across multiple systems.

• Keep abreast of industry standards, best in class website architecture and relevant required and optional attributes that correspond with established taxonomies.

• Proactively identify data model gaps and take appropriate actions to resolve.

• Development of attributes & attribute values in accordance with best practices.

• Develop and maintain documentation related to the taxonomy and ensure it is kept up to date.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and ensure that the taxonomy aligns with business needs.

• Evangelize taxonomy best practices to teams that leverage taxonomy including Search, SEO, IT and Marketing.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years of experience in taxonomy development and management with a firm understanding of best practices.

• Thorough understanding of hierarchical product taxonomy structures, metadata schemas, data governance, and data modeling best practices.

• Master’s degree in library science or equivalent professional experience preferred.

• PIM experience desired (InRiver, Salsify, Infomatica, etc.)

• Ecommerce experience in a B2B or B2C environment

• Detail-oriented professional with a passion for data management and product information.

• Passionate researcher of diverse product categories and desire to develop best-in-class data standards.

• Able to clearly communicate with people of different experience levels and backgrounds.

• Manage multiple workstreams effectively to meet deadlines & the ability to work independently with minimal supervision

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Job Location: SRS Distribution - McKinney

7440 State Highway 121 McKinney, TX 75070-3104

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Veteran Friendly Employer. SRS Distribution believes in hiring military veterans at any level for any position. We know your service trained you in many of the areas we value, such as; leadership, teamwork, performance, integrity, and safety. If your experience matches our requirements, we want you to apply today.

• Competitive salaries for all team members paid weekly

• Private Stock Ownership

• Equity Growth Incentive Plan (after 6 months of employment)

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matching

• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, Holidays, Birthday, and Floating Holidays

• Paid Parental Leave

• Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

• Flexible and Dependent Care Spending Accounts

• Company paid Life insurance and Short-Term Disability

• Additional Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability also offered

• Safety Program with Bonuses for our Drivers

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

  SRS Distribution Inc. consists of a family of industry-leading, independent roofing distributors. SRS has grown rapidly through acquisitions and the opening of multiple new locations since the February 2008 inception. This continual growth has established SRS as one of the fastest growing building products distribution companies in the U.S. The goal of SRS is to form the strongest national network of independent roofing and building product distributors with the most talented team of people working together to deliver the industry's best products and services. In addition to our commitment to customer focus, SRS strives to become the preferred employer in the industry with highly motivated and engaged employees operating in an entrepreneurial culture where the corporate office works for the field and not the reverse. Make money, have fun and give back with us! Find out more at www.srsdistribution.com.

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