Electronic Data Interchange Analyst

The SAP EDI Analyst will translate the EDI requirements of our business partners into technical solutions and mapping, as well as coordinate integration testing for EDI solutions. These activities may include trading partner communications, specification documentation, testing coordination, root cause determination, and SAP EDI/IDOC processing requirements. The position will require extensive collaboration with the various internal teams and may require collaboration directly with Business Partners. Duties will include IDOC creation and mapping on the SAP side. This position will also be responsible for the ongoing monitoring of IDOC errors and communication with the business to ensure errors are addressed in a timely fashion. Scope of responsibility is primarily the EU region but will also act as a back-up for the Americas Analyst as needed.

Role & responsibilities

The EDI Analyst performs a few other tasks, some of which are given below:

• Assist in establishing EDI governances, along with implementing these governances.
• Write functional, technical and data specifications and documentation
• Coordinate with SAP functional and development resources on EDI projects
• Perform and coordinate testing
• Lead mapping solutions by gathering business requirements, proposing effective remedies, developing and deploying scalable, well-coordinated solutions to business requirements
• Working knowledge of business concepts and processes (SAP Sales order processing, Distribution, Invoicing and Purchasing.
• Manage EDI specific master data and cross references
• Provide communication, documentation and training as necessary to the business users and trading partners who will be impacted by EDI and Integration projects
• Monitoring all Inbound and Outbound EDI, ensuring all EDI transactions are processed accurately and on schedule
• Provide daily technical and administrative support for all EDI activity, including failed EDI transmissions and transactions
• Identify and recommend enhancements to EDI processes or configuration to improve reliability and performance

Key Skills:

• 5+ years of experience with EDI document standards (ANSI X12, EDIFACT)
• 5+ years of experience in SAP ERP MM, SD, FI, ABAP, IDocs - in the areas of implementation, enhancement and/or production support of EDI
• Good understanding of EDI and Integration concepts of collecting, transforming, exchanging & consuming data
• Strong technical knowledge of EDI technologies and standards including Intermediate Documents (IDOC), EDI, Application Link Enabling (ALE), SAP functional expertise; EDI system configuration and support
• Strong functional and technical knowledge of SAP, especially in the SD module; ability to navigate throughout the system, data dictionary, and the related table structures
• Support of IDOC, RFC, File, Proxy, SOAP, HTTP, REST, SFTP adapters