Associate Analyst EDI - Military Veterans

Job Summary
The EDI Analyst Associate role will play a crucial role in ensuring smooth exchange of electronic data between Medline and partner systems. This position will be responsible for providing technical expertise and support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and other Business-to-Business communications. Primary responsibilities will include onboarding business partners, conducting requirements gathering, systems design, gap analysis, development, technical specification review, testing, training, deployment, ongoing support, monitoring and functioning as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description

• Primarily responsible for providing technical expertise and support for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and other Business-to Business communications.
• Demonstrate good level of proficiency and participate in systems design, analyze and develop low to medium complexity EDI interfaces, perform quality assurance activities and support the business stakeholders.
• Work with business users to determine business requirements and translate them to appropriate solution options and system requirements with minimal dependency on lead/manager.
• Understand enough about specific process area to suggest and evaluate multiple options and recommend the best course of action based on the requirement/issue and effort required.
• Serve as an I/S point person for addressing issues and enhancements related to their specific product and functional area.
• Ability to navigate organization and get help when considering impacts to other related functions.
• Responsible for maintaining partner relationships with customers and vendors.
• Work independently on solution & support deliverables with appropriate guidance from other senior team members & managers in more complex solutions
• Duties include testing, implementing and maintaining EDI transactions, developing and maintaining trading partner definitions, maintaining translation objects utilizing translation software tools including senior/peer reviews at appropriate stage gates.
• Handling communications with trading partners for transaction set-up and ongoing maintenance; coordinating between trading partners and networks to ensure mapping compliance; testing and resolution of incoming EDI file problems.
• Establish communication links with trading partners and the testing of secure programming requirements for all new transactions.
• Use light technical skills in the appropriate toolset to analyze data and develop necessary "work arounds." that are typically used to support existing process & design.
• Resolve technical mapping variations or gaps and second level troubleshooting issues in production environment.
• Analyze production issues as necessary to determine the cause of the issue and determine the necessary course of action for resolution.
• Available as on-call support for critical issues during non-working hours as documented in team support schedule.
• Create appropriate level of documentation; business process designs (BPD) and business system designs (BSD) that meet the business needs, adhering to departmental documentation standards for low to medium complexity EDI objects.
• Actively contributes toward guidelines, checklists, procedures and training documentation.
• Adhere to departmental quality assurance and quality control standards during testing and implementation activities.
• With the guidance of senior team members, create and deliver user documentation as necessary to ensure proper use of changed and newly implemented efforts.
• Contribute to organization success by keeping management, other team members and other departmental employees aware of challenges and status changes in a timely manner.
• Present areas of expertise to team members with guidance from senior team members, lead or manager.
• Maintain a professional demeanor at all times. Interact professionally and work productively with all levels of Medline employees.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, related field or equivalent work experience with desired systems and technologies.

Work Experience

• 0 - 4 years of experience in building, maintaining and supporting EDI integrations on relevant IT platforms.
• Experience in B2B integration; familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field.
• Experience working on at least one leading EDI platform like Seeburger BIS, IBM Sterling Integrator/GIS, SAP PI/PO, Biztalk.
• Good working knowledge of the SAP Order-to-cash or Procure-to-Pay processes.
• Must have experience working with the ANSI X12 EDI standard.
• Experience integrating EDI with SAP ECC is a strong plus.
• Experience working with Seeburger BIS is a plus.
• Experience with SAP PI/XI is a plus.
• Experience with cXML and HL7 data standards is a plus.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Knowledge of the ANSI X12 standard in Order2Cash and/or Procure2Pay
• Knowledge of workings of a mainstream EDI platform like IBM SI, Seeburger BIS, Webmethods, etc
• Knowledge of SAP integration techniques with EDI platforms is a strong plus.
• Strong analytical skills to understand business goals and design appropriate solutions.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with integration partners and internal customers.
• Demonstrate collaborative skills and ability to work well within a team.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and be able to multitask and prioritize as needed.
• Ability to act and learn on their own initiative and execute objectives without day-to-day supervision.

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

The anticipated salary range for this position:
$58,240.00 - $84,240.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here . For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here .

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.