What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP EDI & Integration Architect position at BDI?
Bearing Distributors Inc. (BDI) is the leading and fastest growing privately held global supplier of industrial products and services to companies throughout the world. Our commitment to customer service and technical expertise have been the trademark of our success and global expansion.
BDI’s Brand is Success Made Easier. This is our promise to our Customers, our Team Members, our Suppliers, and our Shareholders. Everything we do focuses on delivering Success to each group.
BDI Team Members can expect industry leading benefits including competitive pay, exceptional variable compensation programs, health benefits, 401(k) and profit-sharing program, maternal and paternal leave programs, tuition reimbursement, referral bonuses, and many more. All in an exciting and everchanging entrepreneurial environment.
Job Definition:
The SAP EDI & Integration Architect 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 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
*BDI reserves the right to change job duties at any time. The job description is not designed to cover every requirement of the job.
