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POSITION OVERVIEW
John Boos & Co. is seeking a highly capable Associate Business Systems Analyst – EDI to support the coordination, delivery, administration, and continuous improvement of the company's Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities. This position will work 100% onsite at our offices in Effingham, Illinois, and under the guidance of senior IT personnel, will support and progressively assume responsibility for EDI projects across trading-partner onboarding, platform transitions, integrations, transaction flows, testing, issue resolution, and ongoing optimization.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Project & EDI Integration Management
- Manage EDI projects from planning through implementation, stabilization, and support.
- Coordinate trading partner onboarding, migrations, enhancements, and integrations.
- Develop project plans, timelines, risk assessments, and readiness criteria.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, ERP resources, vendors, and trading partners.
- Monitor project progress, communicate status, and escalate risks or resource constraints as needed.
Trading Partner Onboarding & Support
- Coordinate onboarding, connectivity, mapping, testing, certification, and go-live activities.
- Gather and document partner requirements, transaction specifications, and dependencies.
- Ensure integrations align with enterprise standards and maintain visibility into onboarding progress and issues.
EDI Platform Administration & Operations
- Support and administer EDI platforms within established governance practices.
- Monitor transaction processing, acknowledgments, exceptions, and system performance.
- Troubleshoot and coordinate resolution of mapping, data, connectivity, and integration issues.
- Manage platform releases, configuration changes, and testing activities.
- Recommend process improvements, platform enhancements, and corrective actions.
Business Analysis & Process Improvement
- Partner with business leaders to translate operational needs into technology solutions.
- Analyze EDI-enabled processes such as order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, shipping, and invoicing.
- Gather and validate requirements, facilitate stakeholder discussions, and identify automation and standardization opportunities.
Testing, Quality & Data Management
- Develop and coordinate test plans, certification activities, and go-live readiness assessments.
- Validate transaction accuracy, ERP processing, and business outcomes.
- Analyze data-related issues, support master data quality, and document data mappings and dependencies.
Documentation, Governance & Knowledge Transfer
- Maintain comprehensive documentation for integrations, mappings, testing, support procedures, and project records.
- Ensure compliance with architecture, cybersecurity, integration, and data governance standards.
- Capture institutional knowledge, document undocumented processes, and support cross-training efforts to strengthen organizational capabilities.
Business & Operational Support
- Serve as an IT point of contact for assigned EDI initiatives and operational issues.
- Provide training, guidance, documentation, and support for EDI-enabled processes.
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, trading partners, and vendors through effective communication and reliable support.
Authority & Scope
- May independently manage assigned EDI projects, onboarding efforts, testing, documentation, and routine issue resolution.
- May recommend EDI solutions, integration approaches, and process improvements.
- Does not own EDI strategy, portfolio prioritization, enterprise standards, platform selection, or major cross-functional business decisions.
- Operates under the guidance of senior IT personnel while developing toward broader EDI ownership and Business Systems Analyst responsibilities.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
- Experience supporting EDI, enterprise applications, systems integration, business analysis, or related technology initiatives in a manufacturing, distribution, supply-chain, or similar environment; relevant internship, co-op, project, or applied systems experience may be considered.
- Experience supporting or coordinating technology projects involving multiple business and technical stakeholders.
- Experience gathering requirements, documenting business processes, coordinating testing, supporting implementations, and resolving production issues.
- Understanding of EDI concepts, transaction flows, trading-partner relationships, system integrations, and business processes preferred.
- Experience working with ERP systems, EDI platforms, APIs, file-based integrations, or other B2B integration technologies preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to learn complex technical and business environments and convert institutional knowledge into durable documentation and repeatable processes.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Strong project-management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple EDI projects, trading-partner implementations, and operational priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to translate between business requirements and technical solutions.
- Ability to build effective relationships with business stakeholders, technical personnel, vendors, and external trading partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail, data accuracy, documentation, and operational reliability.
- Ability to learn complex integrations, transaction flows, business rules, and technical dependencies.
- Ability to work independently while escalating architectural, business-process, security, and cross-functional decisions appropriately.
- Ability to work 100% onsite in Effingham, Illinois
BENEFITS
- Paid Vacation
- Paid PTO
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Health Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Supplemental Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Variable Pay Bonuses
- Company Discount
- Gym Membership Discount
- Flexible Schedules
John Boos & Co. maintains a drug-free workplace.
John Boos& Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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