Lead JDE Developer

Alamo Group Inc. • New Braunfels, TX

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Alamo Group is currently accepting applications to fill a Lead JDE Developer position at its Corporate Headquarters in New Braunfels, TX. The person in this role will support the Director of Enterprise Architecture and related IT leadership in delivering ERP and business systems solutions that strengthen manufacturing, supply chain, inventory, procurement, finance, CRM, e-commerce, reporting, and MRP-related processes across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Proven experience developing, enhancing, and supporting JD Edwards in a manufacturing, distribution, or industrial environment.
• Strong ERP background with working knowledge of manufacturing operations, inventory management, procurement, supply chain, finance, CRM, e-commerce, and MRP concepts.
• Hands-on experience with JD Edwards development, configuration, reporting, integration, and related development tools strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with systems such as JD Edwards, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Salesforce, GenAlpha, RFSmart, SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens Solid Edge, EPM/Vena, SAP Concur, Vertex, SnapPay, HighRadius, ReportsNow, supplier portals, dealer portals, or related manufacturing and business platforms.
• Experience creating technical specifications, unit test plans, deployment documentation, support documentation, interface documentation, and practical solution designs for ERP and business systems changes.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, data structures, business views, batch jobs, reporting, cloud, integration, and ERP integration patterns.
• Familiarity with APIs, web services, EDI, ETL, middleware, reporting pipelines, or other enterprise integration technologies.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across application, data, process, integration, reporting, and user-experience layers.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with business users, technical teams, plant teams, vendors, and leadership.
• Ability to manage priorities, support production needs, and contribute to projects in a structured change-management environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field required; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of ERP development, application support, business systems delivery, solution design, or related experience, including significant hands-on experience with JD Edwards.
• Manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, inventory, procurement, finance, CRM, e-commerce, reporting, or MRP experience strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Experience serving as a technical lead or senior developer for JD Edwards projects, upgrades, retrofits, managed services, production support, or business systems improvement initiatives.
• Practical understanding of MRP, production scheduling, shop-floor execution, inventory optimization, purchasing, work orders, bills of material, routings, standard costing, quality, warranty, and aftermarket parts processes.
• Experience supporting ERP standardization, process improvement, application rationalization, documentation discipline, and governance in a multi-site manufacturing organization.
• Ability to think like an architect while still producing practical designs that development, application, and support teams can build, deploy, and maintain.
• Comfort working across business process discussions, application architecture, integration patterns, data flows, reporting needs, operational support considerations, and delivery constraints.
• Interest in growing beyond traditional JDE development into broader ERP platforms, CRM, e-commerce, integration, data, analytics, automation, and future enterprise technology capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of JD Edwards enhancements, applications, reports, interfaces, and integrations.
• Translate business requirements across ERP, CRM, e-commerce, manufacturing, logistics, finance, reporting, and dealer/customer-facing systems into clear solution designs, development estimates, and maintainable deliverables.
• Support manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, inventory, finance, and MRP-related business processes within an ERP environment.
• Develop and maintain JDE objects and customizations using appropriate JD Edwards development tools and standards.
• Create and support integrations between ERP and connected enterprise systems using APIs, web services, middleware, EDI, ETL, reporting pipelines, and other approved integration patterns.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, business analysts, functional owners, application teams, infrastructure, cybersecurity, vendors, and developers to simplify, standardize, integrate, and improve business systems that support manufacturing and operational processes.
• Support delivery teams through solution design, design reviews, implementation planning, testing, cutover readiness, deployment, production support, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Participate in architecture governance, platform rationalization, standards development, and portfolio planning with a focus on practical execution and supportable solutions.
• Create clear technical and architecture documentation, including design specifications, system context diagrams, data flows, interface maps, process views, configuration notes, and support procedures.
• Identify opportunities to reduce complexity, improve data visibility, strengthen integrations, automate manual work, and improve ERP and business systems performance across operating companies.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage (eligible for coverage on day-1 of employment)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Program with a Company Match
• Paid Vacation, Sick Leave, and Holidays
• Company Paid Short and Long-Term Disability Programs
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Training and Development Programs through the Alamo Group Learning & Development Academy
• Employee Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

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