Value Offered

Experienced in Supply Chain Management Processes and Integrating EDI Transaction Sets into SAP. Project Lead on EDI Mapping and Testing, Data Validation and Testing of SAP Transaction developing test scenarios and validation processes, tracking and documentation, streamlining Business Processes for Ultimate processing, On-boarding New EDI Trading Partners onto EDI X12, VICS, UCS and EDIFact Standards and SAP Testing Trading Partner Coordination of Testing, Providing 24x7 EDI/SAP Idocsupport. Production Support, Managing the Overall EDI System Objectives and Tasks.

Key Skills

• ANSI X12 Standards 4010 5010
• VIC Standards
• VANS Value Added Networks
• EDI System Implementations Upgrades
• Strong Verbal Written Communication Presentation skills
• EDI Team Lead Management Skills

• EDIFACT Standards
• GAP Analysis
• Trading Partner OnBoarding
• XML, SAP IDocs, CSV File Structures
• SAP Analyst and Support of EDI Transactions

Trading Partner Implementations

• Nike
• Safeway Inc.
• The GAP
• KMart
• St. Mary's Hospital
• Indovis

• Wal-mart
• Target
• Bumble Bee Tuna
• Sara Lee
• Tyson Foods
• Bristol Myers

• Publix Supermarkets
• Kraft Foods
• Big Lots
• Hurley Hospital
• Delta Dental
• Nestle

Technical Summary

Experienced in EDI implementations, Technical Spec Analysis, New EDI Transactions Map Development, Application file structure layout and design, Integration and Certification Testing, EDI Standards Upgrades, Translator Upgrades and implementations, On Boarding of EDI Trading Partners, EDI Monitoring and Acknowledgement reconciliation, Create or modify configuration of Partner Profiles in SAPMaintain EDI Tables inSAP, Maintain Customer Master in SAP, SAP IDoc Trouble-shooting and support.

Technology

• MS Office Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/Project

• Gentran Server for Windows 5.0-5.2
• IBM Sterling Gentran:Server for UNIX 6.0

• Gentran Integration Suiteand Sterling Integrator
• GXS Enterprise Gateway
• SAP R/3
• SAP RQ2/SUP
• PI
• AOP

• UNIX
• Microsoft SQL

• EDI Integrations with ERP applications including: SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle
• Communications Protocols: AS2, SMPT, TCP/IP, FTP, VANS.

Experience

SAP Business Analyst:Work with business units, trading partners and other technical groups to analyze and fulfill business needs and Implement EDI Solutions to meet Business Demands.

• Analyze and/or create Technical EDI Specifications including Ansi X12, EDIFact, VICS, HL7, HIPPA Standards and requirements to determine best practices for Implementing EDI Solutions. Create Technical EDI Specifications including ANSI X12, EDIFact, VICS
• Implement and Lead EDI Projects. Provide production support of EDI daily functions. Understanding of Supply Chain Management processes and experience with Developing and Supporting EDI transaction Sets: 850, 810, 875, 880, 855, 856, 860, 864, 832, 943, 947, 945, 888, 867, 852, 820, 824 etc and theirsupporting SAP IDocs, ORDERS, OREDERSP, INVOIC, DESADV, SHPMNT , SHPORD etc
• Monitor, analyze and troubleshoot EDI or SAP IDoc Failures and related issues including EDI translation and communication failures including data communications, file transfers, document processing and translation errors, daily reconciliation of 997 functional acknowledgments.
• Develop and Test New EDI Transaction Sets and EDI map changes, test and validate data in SAP, PI and AOP. Work with all groups to obtain Business unit or Trading Partner validation of data and sign-off for Production Moves.
• Verify and complete necessary workflows for new EDI TP Set ups or changes in SAP. Maintain EDI Partner Profiles and Customer Master Data in SAP. Set up Trading Partner Profiles on EDI Translator, work with Trading Partners and VANs to establish EDI Connectivity or other data transfers methods including AS/2, FTP, SFTP.
• Lead Business Analyst for migration of Applicare and HealthLink business merge onto the Clorox System, responsible for requirements gathering, gap analysis, test scripts, documentation and communication.
• SharePoint updates and maintenance of EDI Specs and supporting EDI documentation.

EDI Business Analyst: Responsible for migrating TP's from FTP to SFTP, AS2, AS3, HTTP, HTTP/s protocols. Managing the TP Relationship and, onboarding new partners, development and QA testing, monitoring business processes and troubleshooting failed processes.

• SAP/ EDI implementation with SterlingIntegrator 5.0 and Sterling Managed File Transfer Training in BPML design, data translation, and transformation mapping, Business workflows using Business Process Modeling Language BPML within Sterling Commerce. Daily responsibilities includes creating translation objects maps using Sterling Commerce Integration Suite versions 5.0 Map Editor which includes EDI to XML EDI to Application File Application File to Application File, EDI to/from Database, XML to/from Database, and rules utilizing User Exits.
• Test EDI mapping changes, test and validate data in SAP, obtain user approvals and sign-offs. Work with all responsible groups to ensure workflows were completed for New EDI TP Set ups or Changes in SAP and Maintain EDI Partner Profilerelationships on the EDI Translator.
• Implement New EDI Trading Partnerships, and EDI Transaction sets, provide testing support for EDI mapping changes and new implementations. EDI / SAP day to day monitoring.

EDI Programmer Analyst:Responsibilities included Designing Gap Analyst , Create Data map identifying segments and elements for mapping, Development Test new 832 Sale Catalog and 846 Inventory Inquiry/AdviceEDI maps used for moving data between different Nike Divisions. Unit and Functional testing of maps worked with Business Analyst to validate all segments populate in SAP. Business Process Development and Map Development in an SAP environment usingSterling Integrator version 5.0. Worked on SAP upgrade to update existing maps for new system test and move to production. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Business Analyst:Document and perform Technical, Business, and Trading Partner Analysis on implementations, fixes and enhancements. Define problems solutions at Country/Region, Trading Partner, and Global levels. Initiate prioritization process and obtain Business support for changes. Track prioritization on cross-functional changes with other functional teams. Create Maintain standard project deliverables, including but not limited to Functional Specs, Mapping Documents, Information Sheets, EDI Guidelines, Context Process Flow Diagrams, Work Instructions, Edit Rules, and Contact Lists. Created data map for an 832 PriceSales Catalog along with artifacts. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Programmer Analyst: Responsibilities included Designing Gap Analyst document using Excel, developing and testing 150 new maps to support Nestles' purchase of the Kraft Frozen Pizza business. Developed New 875/880 UCS and 810/850 X12 documents, created trading partners set ups inGentran Unix EDI Software, set-up AS2 communications and VAN Interconnects, VI editor to create run test data on using Unix Scripts. Tested internally with Oracle and other backend systems, followed up with sending and receiving test invoice purchase orders from the trading partners and processing them in the test system. Validated the orders and invoices with Business Analyst. Documented all testing and filed to the SharePoint in compliance with SOX. Worked with Change Management for Approvals to move to Productions. Assisted with moving changes to production. Worked with large retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Safeway, Kroger, Publix, Costco, Smart Final , Whole Foods, Kmart, Food Lion, Albertson, Meijer's and many others. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Consultant: Provided onsite EDI Support to clients of Sterling Commerce Managed Services Division as a third party provider. This position required 80 travel, 20 Remote Mapping and client Support. Responsible for implementing Healthcare EDI Projects and providing EDI support using Gentran-Server for Unix, Gentran-Server for Windows and GentranIntegrator, Server, Sterling Integrator SI , Translation Software. Process client data files according to business standards, Trouble-shoot and correct communication problems, and reconcile errors develop, Create monthly reports, write and implement EDI support documentation. 834 Benefit Enrollment, 835 Payment/Advice, 837 Health Care Claims, 270 Benefit Inquiry, 271 Benefit Info, 275 Patience Information. Perform required testing, and revisions as required.

EDI Programmer Analyst: Responsible for supported Texas Division Stores following buy out of Randall Foods and Tom Thumb Stores which were on a different EDI system than Safeway. Lead the effort to migrate New Business into the Safeway EDI System.

EDI Programmer Analyst:Responsible for the daily production support and on-going development of the EDI business process systems for client of EDI Consulting Services.

• This position required 80 travel, 20 Remote Mapping and client Support. Responsibilities included insuring timely and flawless operation of EDI transactions, the implementation and support of EDI mappings, maintaining and supporting EDI software, and proactively driving communication with internal and external customers for problem resolution and enhancements. Monitored daily EDI activity ensuring that the business ran appropriately. Collaborated with functional area business representatives to evaluate required EDI changes, test changes, and troubleshoot issues, communicated EDI issues in a timely and effective fashion to keep affected parties informed, Troubleshoot EDI issues and logged them using Tivoli, identified, and implemented corrective measures.
• Engaged EDI technical representatives for Trading Partners to communicate and troubleshoot issues, evaluate changes to requirements, and test changes, participated in the planning and testing of EDI systems, recommended and developed improvements to EDI processes for maximum processing benefits, Collaborated with SAP, Sterling Commerce and Business teams to facilitate EDI changes. Worked with 810 invoices, 850 purchase orders, 860 PO Change req. , using GIS software 4.3 in a Unix environment. Provided Support for AS2 and TCP/IP connectivity. Defined all test cases to satisfy each business requirement for the application being tested, combined test cases into test scenarios. Write and executed test plans, ran load testing and recorded results. Queried data to validated results. Tracked and resolved issues identified in testing. Documented and updated and organized all testing materials according to defined procedures. Produced high quality documentation. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Developer:Provided technical expertise and support for EDI communications. Monitored and coordinated daily activities of EDI transactions. Reconciled daily EDI rejections and resubmit transactions as appropriate. Recognized and tracked trends in mapping and processing errors. Made recommendations for improvement to various departments. Developed EDI transaction maps and work flows. Analyzed, designed, and develop specifications for enhancements and extensions to electronic data interchange application interfaces and maps. Tested, implemented and maintained EDI transactions. Assisted in the troubleshooting of EDI transactions and work flows. Created, tested and Implemented the 856 Ship Notice manifest. Certification tested and on boarded 164 trading partners with the 856 transaction set using Gentran Client-Server UNIX. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Developer:Support the effort to convert the legacy system to SAP and upgrade the translation software to Gentran Server Unix from NT. Migrate to new ERP system. Performed gap analyst between legacy system and SAP. Created 220 new maps on Gentran Server Unix platform, coordinated with the trading partner community to test and re-certify all converted EDI transaction sets on the new system which included the following message types 850, 855, 856, 810 using Gentran-UNIX software with TCP/IP connectivity. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Analyst:Conversion from legacy system to SAP. The following transaction sets were developed, certification tested, 810 Invoices, 850 Purchases Orders, 856 Ship Notices. Joined the project during the testing and implementation phase. Successfully completed testing and move to production, responsible for monitoring and error reporting to senior EDI Coordinator. Provided 24/7 support as needed.

EDI Technical Support Supervisor and Technical Lead:Responsible team of 25 EDI analysts which Provided 24/7 support of the QRS EDI 832 Product Sales Catalog and IBM Advantis Global Services for the Retail Industry. Provided support of EDI implementation and VANconnectivity, EDI education and training, EDI software training, and mapping guidance, Leased Lines, TCP/IP Connectivity, Modem Support. Implementation Connectivity support. Provided mapping services, Verified automatic processes for all inbound and outbound EDI transaction sets several times a day and via Mainframe TSO BATCH Jobs. Corrected any transaction sets that rejected with syntax errors or referred them to the trading partner for corrections.