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Simmons Foods · 1 day ago

EDI Analyst

Rogers, AR

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Simmons Foods is seeking an EDI Analyst responsible for supporting, maintaining, and improving the company’s Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems and processes. The role involves ensuring accurate document exchange, collaborating with internal teams and external customers, and coordinating the onboarding of new trading partners.

Food and BeverageManufacturingNutrition

Responsibilities

Monitor daily EDI transmissions to ensure successful and accurate document exchange (e.g., 850,855,856,810)

Investigate and resolve EDI errors, transmission failures, and work with SPS Commerce on any mapping issues

Coordinate setup and onboarding of new trading partners, including testing and validation of EDI transactions

Work with IT, customer service, logistics and finance teams and resolve operational issues that pertain to EDI

Work closely with external customers, EDI specialists as well as customer service of EDI Partners

Create and maintain detailed EDI documentation, mapping specifications, and communication logs

Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and contractors to ensure comprehensive testing and high-quality results

Support software updates, configuration changes, and integration projects related to ERP and EDI planforms

Provide technical assistance and training to business users and other IT specialists as needed

Participates as a member of the Team

Participates in the ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs, and policies; coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members

Attend appropriate team meetings

Fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues, e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc

Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforce actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization

Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies, LEAN); understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas

This position description is intended to guide the activities of the person in this position and is not intended to limit the thinking and creativity of the person as to the work of this function nor is it intended that this describe all the work that may be required of the person in this position

Enters and locates information on a computer

Visually verifies information, often in small print

Communicates with Customers, Vendors, or Employees via telephone, in person, and/or electronic mail

May present information to small or large groups

Move about in an office environment and surrounding property daily

Qualification

EDI systems experienceANSI X12 standardsSPS CommerceOracle EDI toolsManufacturing experienceTechnical assistanceProcess improvementTeam collaborationDocumentation skills