Associate Business Systems Analyst - EDI

Associate Business Systems Analyst – EDI

John Boos & Co. is seeking a highly capable Associate Business Systems Analyst – EDI to support the coordination, delivery, administration, and continuous improvement of the company's Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) capabilities. This position will work 100% onsite at our offices in Effingham, Illinois, and under the guidance of senior IT personnel, will support and progressively assume responsibility for EDI projects across trading-partner onboarding, platform transitions, integrations, transaction flows, testing, issue resolution, and ongoing optimization.

• Manage EDI projects from planning through implementation, stabilization, and support.
• Coordinate trading partner onboarding, migrations, enhancements, and integrations.
• Develop project plans, timelines, risk assessments, and readiness criteria.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, ERP resources, vendors, and trading partners.
• Monitor project progress, communicate status, and escalate risks or resource constraints as needed.

• Coordinate onboarding, connectivity, mapping, testing, certification, and go-live activities.
• Gather and document partner requirements, transaction specifications, and dependencies.
• Ensure integrations align with enterprise standards and maintain visibility into onboarding progress and issues.

• Support and administer EDI platforms within established governance practices.
• Monitor transaction processing, acknowledgments, exceptions, and system performance.
• Troubleshoot and coordinate resolution of mapping, data, connectivity, and integration issues.
• Manage platform releases, configuration changes, and testing activities.
• Recommend process improvements, platform enhancements, and corrective actions.

• Partner with business leaders to translate operational needs into technology solutions.
• Analyze EDI-enabled processes such as order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, shipping, and invoicing.
• Gather and validate requirements, facilitate stakeholder discussions, and identify automation and standardization opportunities.

• Develop and coordinate test plans, certification activities, and go-live readiness assessments.
• Validate transaction accuracy, ERP processing, and business outcomes.
• Analyze data-related issues, support master data quality, and document data mappings and dependencies.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for integrations, mappings, testing, support procedures, and project records.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, cybersecurity, integration, and data governance standards.
• Capture institutional knowledge, document undocumented processes, and support cross-training efforts to strengthen organizational capabilities.

• Serve as an IT point of contact for assigned EDI initiatives and operational issues.
• Provide training, guidance, documentation, and support for EDI-enabled processes.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, trading partners, and vendors through effective communication and reliable support.

• May independently manage assigned EDI projects, onboarding efforts, testing, documentation, and routine issue resolution.
• May recommend EDI solutions, integration approaches, and process improvements.
• Does not own EDI strategy, portfolio prioritization, enterprise standards, platform selection, or major cross-functional business decisions.
• Operates under the guidance of senior IT personnel while developing toward broader EDI ownership and Business Systems Analyst responsibilities.

Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience supporting EDI, enterprise applications, systems integration, business analysis, or related technology initiatives in a manufacturing, distribution, supply-chain, or similar environment; relevant internship, co-op, project, or applied systems experience may be considered.
• Experience supporting or coordinating technology projects involving multiple business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience gathering requirements, documenting business processes, coordinating testing, supporting implementations, and resolving production issues.
• Understanding of EDI concepts, transaction flows, trading-partner relationships, system integrations, and business processes preferred.
• Experience working with ERP systems, EDI platforms, APIs, file-based integrations, or other B2B integration technologies preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to learn complex technical and business environments and convert institutional knowledge into durable documentation and repeatable processes.

• Strong project-management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple EDI projects, trading-partner implementations, and operational priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to translate between business requirements and technical solutions.
• Ability to build effective relationships with business stakeholders, technical…