EDI Techno-Functional Lead

EDI Techno-Functional Lead 

Location: Remote (But " willing to come to LA, CA for initial few weeks for Knowledge acquisition.")

Duration: 6 months contract

Job Description:

Mission: Partner with Client’s in-house EDI Manager to keep high-volume document flows healthy on the Commerce platform; own day-to-day vendor support, issue triage, and light supply-chain/warehouse process support.

Must-Have Skills

• 3+ years hands-on SPS Commerce (portal, trading-partner setup, doc flow monitoring, error/resubmit, map change coordination).
• Strong ANSI X12 with focus on 810, 850, 856, 855, 860; can read segments/loops and explain to business users.
• Working knowledge of 997/999 acks and operational metrics (ack timeliness, rejects, duplicates).
• Experience supporting multi-vendor EDI at scale (thousands of docs/day).
• Ability to gather & document business requirements and produce mapping/translation specs for engineering teams.
• Practical understanding of warehouse operations / ASN receiving / carton & pallet detail so EDI changes align with real-world flows.
• Excellent spoken & written English; clear escalation & documentation habits.

Nice-to-Have

• Additional X12 sets: 846 (Inventory), 820 (Remit), 204/214 (transport), 940/945 (WMS).
• Familiarity with UCC-128 / GS1 labeling and pack hierarchy in the 856.
• Exposure to WMS / ERP systems.
• Light SQL or data-extract scripting for validation and reporting.

SoftSkill Expectation

Stakeholder facilitation, concise documentation, vendorpartner diplomacy, proactive risk management, and the tact to push back when requirements are unclear.