EDI Lead

J&J Snack Foods • La Vergne, TN

4d

About The Position

As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.

Position Summary:
Under the direction of the Director of Enterprise Systems, the EDI Lead is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing EDI solutions, including creating maps, configuring communication profiles, and testing integrations. The EDI Lead will work collaboratively with vendors, customers, IT, Finance, Operations, and other business teams to ensure that EDI implementations and support are addressed quickly with a high sense of urgency and customer service. Additionally, the EDI Lead will also be responsible for partnering with customers, internal business resources and EDI Developers to implement EDI transactions and enhancements.

Requirements

• Familiarity with common EDI standards and document types (e.g., 850, 852, 855, 810, 820, 856, 940, 943,944, 945).
• Expertise in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, EDI technologies, and related protocols.
• Ability to analyze issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with other developers, business analysts, and stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of an organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and high level of personal integrity
• Working knowledge of how to create transaction specification documents
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office
• SQL (Microsoft SQL Server)
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum four (4) years of EDI System experience with a focus on Distribution documents (EG 850, 855, 856, 810, 867,943,944,945)
• Strong Communication Skills.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience with IBM Sterling B2B Integrator application.
• Experience with sFTP, FTP and AS2.
• Experience with BPML, Python, XML.

Nice To Haves

• Distribution Experience
• Experience with JD Edwards preferred.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining EDI maps for various formats such as X12, EDIFACT, and XML.
• Setting up and managing communication profiles for trading partners, including protocols like FTP, SFTP, and AS2.
• Designing and implementing new business processes within Sterling B2B Integrator, including error handling and notifications.
• Configuring adapters to connect to various systems, such as databases (JDBC), JD Edwards, and file systems (SFTP, FTP).
• Performing unit, integration, and system testing to ensure EDI integrations function correctly and troubleshooting any issues.
• Lead the onboarding of new trading partners into the EDI environment.
• Mentor and Train EDI Developers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior