EDI Specialist
East Kilbride – Hybrid (3 days onsite)
£45,000 – £50,000 Permanent
The EDI Specialist will work with internal and external stakeholders to design, maintain and monitor our various, complex EDI connections. Working with the Business to design and enable new external connections whilst working closely with ERP developers to ensure changes or additions to process align with EDI requirements. Owning and future proofing the data models behind our various master data objects.
Technical Criteria
- Day-to-day review of any file transfer errors that have occurred and to determine the cause of the error – e.g. service outage, data error, etc. Correct and re-send as required; or highlight error to relevant person/department.
- First contact for any issues with orders or invoices coming into or going out from Enterprise Foods.
- Updating AS2 certificates (using ArcESB)
- Adding new AS2 connections (via ArcESB)
- Setting up new SFTP and FTP connections as required
- Adding new TGMS VAN trading relationships
- Liaising with customers and suppliers regarding EDI file transfers
- Liaising with customers and suppliers regarding EDI projects
- Developing and testing new mappings for any new customer or supplier projects using Altova Mapforce
- Scheduling mapping jobs to be executed using Altova FlowForce
- Reviewing any errors occurred during FlowForce operations, and correct re-sending the file as required; or highlight error to relevant person/department.
- Documenting EDI processing.
About You
- You hold a formal technology qualification gained from further or higher education
- You will have demonstrable experience in a similar role that involved a significant amount of EDI work
- No knowledge of ArcESB or Altova packages required; training will be provided
- Intermediate knowledge of SQL or T-SQL would be beneficial
Culture Fit
- You can be relied upon to deliver a wide range of tasks and take ownership for solving problems that you identify. You communicate effectively with others whose work you rely on to get things done.
- You actively share your thoughts and are prepared to challenge others in a positive way, offering different perspectives or new ideas in a timely manner
- You are aware of the business context in which you operate and use information from several sources to make decisions. You regularly review your goals with your line manager to ensure you are focused on the right things.
- You are open minded and try new ways of doing things, making them simpler where possible. You take the learnings when things don’t work out and use them to iterate and improve.
- You are adaptable and respond positively when circumstances change. You support those around you to do the same.
- You are curious about the business beyond your immediate role and ask questions to learn more.
- You seek feedback from those you work with and understand your strengths and development areas. You regularly provide fair and accurate feedback to others.
- You ask questions to understand where others are coming from. You show care and respect for how others are feeling and provide support to those around you, playing your part in creating an inclusive environment.
- You listen and ask questions about the needs and motivations of others to build effective relationships within the wider business.
- You regularly gather stakeholder feedback and use this insight to continuously improve the customer experience
