Title: SAP EDI and Integration Analyst
Location: Cleveland, OH - 3 days onsite/week
Type: Direct Hire, FTE
Our client, is the leading and fastest growing privately held global supplier of industrial products and services to companies throughout the world. Their commitment to customer service and technical expertise have been the trademark of their success and global expansion.
The SAP EDI & Integration Analyst is responsible for managing and optimizing the EDI and cXML business processes from end-to-end, and connections to managed vendor portals like Ariba. Working with our client's partners, they will lead the SAP EDI & Integration implementation projects, projects to extend and optimize communications, ensure continuous and accurate flow of information within their domain, and provide ongoing support for existing electronic communication.
Responsibilities: - Communicate, design, build in conjunction with our EDI partner, test, and implement EDI messages between customers, vendors, banks, and other 3rd parties.
- Provide ongoing support of existing ongoing electronic communication processes.
- Work with business users to optimize EDI processes, utilizing IDOCs, cXML, EDI X12, and other interchange protocols.
- Demonstrate very strong expertise of SAP orders, delivery, shipments, invoices, payments, chargebacks, and rebate functionality.
- Interface with SAP functional team, EDI Partner, SAP Integration Suite Analyst, offshore SAP developers, and business process Super Users to deliver end to end electronic communication functionality.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize electronic communication process improvement initiatives.
- Design and implement electronic communication process solutions, working with business and SAP functional teammates.
- Validate that the application requirements meet overall business process needs, are within the project scope, and are internally consistent.
- Follow BDI best practices methodology to ensure electronic communication optimization.
Qualifications: - Minimum of high school degree or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years' experience in SAP EDI inbound and outbound interface functionality, and developing and supporting interfaces for different business processes, especially in SD & LE, AR & AP Finance areas.
- In depth experience with SAP and EDI error handling best practices
- Working knowledge of cXML
- Ability to define and communicate the "big picture" in terms of the overall integration solutions
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills both verbal and written, as well as professionalism working with business partners.
- Ability to demonstrate strong team working abilities and commitment.
- Self-motivated, detail oriented, and highly organized
Preferred Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in business administration or related
- Experience with SAP Integration Suite strongly preferred