Vanguard Logistics North America · 8 hours ago
Electronic Data Interchange Manager
Cypress, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expVanguard Logistics is a leading NVOCC in the logistics industry, and they are seeking an experienced EDI & API Integration Manager to support their operations. The role involves managing EDI integrations, partner onboarding, and API development, while leading cross-functional teams to deliver transformative integration projects.
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Hiring Manager
Juana Gonzalez
Responsibilities
Develop and own the global EDI strategy and roadmap aligned with corporate digital transformation goals
Define and maintain the product roadmap for our integration capabilities, including both EDI and APIs, ensuring alignment with business priorities, partner needs, and technology standards
Identify and sponsor modernization opportunities (e.g., API-first approaches, API gateway adoption, cloud-enabled integrations) to improve speed, reliability, and scalability
Shape the strategy for onboarding, enablement, and governance of the global partner ecosystem; manage strategic vendor relationships (e.g., IBM Sterling) including performance oversight and contractual considerations
Stay current on EDI technologies, API and integration trends, and ocean freight/logistics industry practices to propose and implement process and system enhancements
Oversee governance and escalation frameworks for partner support, ensuring strategic alignment and accountability
Manage the EDI and integration program portfolio, budgets and prioritization. Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and business objectives
Communicate program strategy, ROI, risk, and key milestones to senior leadership
Provide reporting and oversight for partner SLAs, system performance metrics, and project status to leadership
Lead and coordinate multiple cross-functional teams across regions to deliver EDI integration projects, ensuring clear communication, accountability, and adherence to timelines
Liaise with internal teams (IT, Operations, and Commercial) to align integration strategies with business needs and deliver EDI solutions that enhance efficiency and data accuracy
Ensure that integration designs (EDI and API) are scalable, reliable, secure, and aligned with agreed business and technical standards
Serve as the product owner for business-facing and partner-facing APIs, defining use cases, requirements, and priorities in collaboration with stakeholders
Provide leadership and mentorship to project teams, foster collaboration and driving best practices in EDI implementation
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in EDI program management or equivalent roles in a logistics, freight forwarding, or NVOCC environment
Proven experience in leading distributed teams across multiple geographies and managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects
Strong working knowledge of industry EDI standards, especially in logistics: ANSI X12, EDIFACT, XML
Familiarity with core ocean freight EDI transaction sets (e.g., ANSI 310, 315) and freight-specific integrations
Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical tasks and vice versa
Experience collaborating with ERP and TMS platforms and integrating them via EDI or API connections
Proven ability to manage multiple partners, timelines, and projects without sacrificing attention to detail
Exceptional leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills to manage diverse teams and stakeholders
Preferred
Experience working with IBM Sterling platform (Integrator or B2B/API Gateway)
Exposure to custom integration solutions involving RESTful, XML-based, or JSON-based APIs, and/or middleware platforms
Experience influencing or defining API standards and best practices, including security, versioning, documentation, and lifecycle management
Experience with API gateways and cloud-based integration patterns
Familiarity with freight and shipment lifecycle processes and documentation
Experience driving process automation, digital transformation initiatives, or cloud-based integration projects
Company
Vanguard Logistics North America
We are Vanguard ‘For more than 40 years, we’ve lived up to our name by staying at the forefront of the industry’ Making it fit to ship When you choose LCL, you choose efficiencies that go well beyond a single shipment.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase