Job Overview

Ensure that any master data which has been entered into the PLM and ERP systems by the job holder or other teams is complete and accurate.
Ensure requests to update or review are managed within the SLA of the function.
Ensure data is consistent across applications and report issues or resolve as appropriate.
Place purchase orders as requested by the Purchase team to maintain the flow of shoes to our consumers.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining accurate and consistent article data to SLA within our PLM and ERP applications.
• Ensure data changes are managed correctly and rejected where applicable but ensuring consistency across applications.
• Ensure the Business Unit and other consumers of data understand the implications of not maintaining data correctly and advise on the time required to complete data requests accurately.
• Supporting new team members and other colleagues to ensure thorough training across all applications and adherence to best practice.
• Maintain training material particularly when master data changes are implemented, or processes are changed.
• Supporting the wider Operations function particularly Purchasing in placing purchase orders on 3rd party suppliers.

Qualifications

Able to work across functions the key stakeholders include:

• Managers within the Article Data team
• Purchasing managers within the wider Supply Chain
• Product Line Managers
• Product Development
• Suppliers
• Sourcing Teams
• Customer services
• Commercial teams – Digital and Wholesale
• IT operations

Skills required:

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Experience of PLM and transactional business applications Centric 8 and SAP would be preferable
• Team player
• Organized and accurate working practices
• Willing to learn new skills, processes and applications

About Clarks
Two brothers, a small town, and shoes that changed the world. Based in Somerset, England, Clarks has redefined shoemaking since its foundation in 1825, when James and Cyrus Clark made a slipper from sheepskin off-cuts and forever transformed the future of footwear.
Sparking revolutions and defining generations, our archive of over 25,000 shoes includes the inimitable Clarks Desert Boot™ and Clarks Wallabee™. And every pair we design today uses the same ground-breaking combination of invention and craftsmanship that started it all.
Progress is woven into our DNA. Whether we’re pioneering cutting-edge comfort technologies, championing social change, or working on trailblazing collaborations with cultural icons and KOLs, we’re always striding forward.
Join us in 2025 as we celebrate 200 years of giving people the freedom to move comfortably, proudly commemorating our legacy of craft, innovation, and impact – and looking boldly ahead, too.