EDI Specialist

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Specialist

The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Specialist is responsible for analyzing and designing required specifications for new customer set-ups/enhancements and modifications within EDI application environments.

Serving as the primary link between the business and our data-trading partners, the jobholder helps define EDI transactions and business flows, as well as creating mappings and scripts within the Sterling B2B Integrator (SI) environment.

Working independently, or in conjunction with Functional Analysts on larger B2B projects (who help define priority, scope and customer requirements) the EDI Specialist is responsible for timely delivery and successful outcomes in respect of: backlog queue reduction, through assessment and delivery (from AMER, EMEA and APAC regions) of EDI enhancement requests, including new EDI, transactions and modifications to existing set-ups); end-to-end EDI testing (with trading partners and ERP developers);

Full project lifecycle (on "fast track" modifications to existing partner set-ups, including the support of user acceptance testing events/schedules);

Implementing transactions in Client production ERP environments, including handling of warranty cases and support request routing;

Essential skills we are looking for:

• Experience of end-to-end implementations for EDI functionality using Sterling B2B Integrator and SAP.
• In-depth understanding on SAP EDI related flows and setups.
• Expertise in creating mapping in SI for transactions conforming to X12 EDI and/or EDIFACT EDI standards
• Comprehensive EDI Project development life-cycle (design, build, test, deploy) within an Agile environment, including:
• Requirements Gathering
• Solution Design
• System Configuration
• Custom Development
• Knowledge in non-EDI integration, such as XML, flat file, web services, etc.
• Knowledge of communication protocols, such as FTP, SFTP, AS2