The EDI Specialist is responsible for establishing, itoring and maintaining integration SAP and external suppliers and customers, via a Cloud-based EDI solution hosted by a managed-services addition to providing world-class support to a globally diverse customer and trading partner base, the employee will independently lead initiatives to establish new connectivity and integration with applications and trading partners using a variety of EDI standards. The specialist will also have to build foundational expertise in API-led integration and AI-driven automation, by enabling real-time, scalable, and intelligent data flows with suppliers and customers.
- 8+ Years of experience In EDI areas
- itor daily integration processes across EDI protocols, SAP IDoc interfaces, and related ports, ensuring timely error resolution.
- Collaborate with internal teams and the EDI managed services partner to analyze and resolve integration issues using itoring tools and SAP. Internal teams include IT&SAP specialists, sales admin & customer service, shipping, finance, purchasing and production planning teams.
- Provide support across application-to-application and business-to-business integration technologies.
- Manage relationships with trading partner EDI coordinators to ensure smooth communication and issue resolution
- Negotiate project scope, timelines, and delivery schedules with internal teams and external partners. itor daily integration processes and resolve errors timely. Integration scope includes a multitude of EDI protocols, SAP idocs interface and related ports, and possibly other application to application and business to business integration technologies.
- Coordinate and deliver EDI change requests in alignment with business needs.
- Lead project planning sessions with customers, business analysts, and team members to define and analyze business requirements.
- Adhere to standard IT procedures and compliance practices.
- Provide guidance to the managed services partner on EDI mapping specifications.
- Prepare functional specifications, test plans, user documentation, technical integration documentation, and control plans.
- Prepare and execute integration test plans, ensuring robust test environments and accurate simulated EDI test data.
- Coordinate and execute testing activities with the managed services partner.
- Actively participate in team meetings and project reviews, contributing expertise on EDI, SAP integration, and emerging technologies.
- Provide off-hour support for critical integration issues and project implementations to ensure business continuity.
- Maintain and continuously upgrade skills in EDI, SAP integration, APIs, and AI-driven automation tools to enhance solution delivery and efficiency.
- Build basic knowledge of API technologies and propose API-based approaches for suppliers and customers to enable secure, real-time data exchange.
Key Skills and Knoweldge:
- Experience with Automotive industry standards and processes required
- Strong knowledge and experience, VDA and/or EDIFACT, X12 standards
- Strong communication skills: strong listener with exceptional facilitation skills and the ability to tell the story and connect to your audience
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
:
- Bachelor s Degree from an accredited college/university
Preferred:
- Ability to organize, design, develop and deliver projects for internal and external audiences at all levels
- Ability to collaborate effectively with subject matter experts internally and externally at all levels
- Experience working and thriving in a continuous improvement environment
- Experience with lean processes and tools such as value stream mapping, A3 project management, visual management, Pareto Analysis and fishbone diagrams
- Experience working directly with customers
- Flexible hours (some weekend/late hours be required)
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, Visio, PowerPoint & Project
- Travel on need basis
- Values a diverse and inclusive work environment
