Analyst EDI

Analyst EDI

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, related field or equivalent work experience with desired systems and technologies.
• 0 – 4 years of experience in building, maintaining and supporting EDI integrations on relevant IT platforms.
• Experience in B2B integration; familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field.
• Experience working on at least one leading EDI platform like Seeburger BIS, IBM Sterling Integrator/GIS, SAP PI/PO, Biztalk.
• Good working knowledge of the SAP Order-to-cash or Procure-to-Pay processes.
• Must have experience working with the ANSI X12 EDI standard.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and other Business-to Business communications.
• Analyze and develop low to medium complexity EDI interfaces, perform quality assurance activities and support the business stakeholders.
• Work with business users to determine business requirements and translate them to appropriate solution options and system requirements with minimal dependency on lead/manager.
• Serve as an I/S point person for addressing issues and enhancements related to their specific product and functional area.
• Responsible for maintaining partner relationships with customers and vendors.
• Work independently on solution & support deliverables with appropriate guidance from other senior team members & managers in more complex solutions.
• Duties include testing, implementing and maintaining EDI transactions, developing and maintaining trading partner definitions, maintaining translation objects utilizing translation software tools including senior/peer reviews at appropriate stage gates.
• Handle communications with trading partners for transaction set-up and ongoing maintenance; coordinate between trading partners and networks to ensure mapping compliance; test and resolve incoming EDI file problems.
• Establish communication links with trading partners and the testing of secure programming requirements for all new transactions.
• Use light technical skills in the appropriate toolset to analyze data and develop necessary “work arounds.” that are typically used to support existing process & design.
• Resolve technical mapping variations or gaps and second level troubleshooting issues in production environment.
• Analyze production issues as necessary to determine the cause of the issue and determine the necessary course of action for resolution.
• Available as on-call support for critical issues during non-working hours as documented in team support schedule.
• Create appropriate level of documentation; business process designs (BPD) and business system designs (BSD) that meet the business needs, adhering to departmental documentation standards for low to medium complexity EDI objects.
• Actively contribute toward guidelines, checklists, procedures and training documentation.
• Adhere to departmental quality assurance and quality control standards during testing and implementation activities.
• With the guidance of senior team members, create and deliver user documentation as necessary to ensure proper use of changed and newly implemented efforts.
• Contribute to organization success by keeping management, other team members and other departmental employees aware of challenges and status changes in a timely manner.
• Present areas of expertise to team members with guidance from senior team members, lead or manager.
• Maintain a professional demeanor at all times. Interact professionally and work productively with all levels of Medline employees.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating EDI with SAP ECC is a strong plus.
• Experience working with Seeburger BIS is a plus.
• Experience with SAP PI/XI is a plus.
• Experience with cXML and HL7 data standards is a plus.