Lead JDE Developer

Alamo Group is hiring a Lead JDE Developer to support, enhance, and modernize our enterprise ERP and business systems environment with a strong focus on JD Edwards, manufacturing operations, and connected business platforms. In this role, you will partner with Enterprise Architecture, business stakeholders, and delivery teams to translate operational needs into scalable solutions that improve planning, execution, customer enablement, and decision‑making across the organization.

You will play a key role in developing and supporting practical capabilities across ERP, CRM, e‑commerce, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, finance, reporting, dealer/customer‑facing systems, inventory, procurement, and MRP‑related processes. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role for someone who understands JD Edwards development and the broader business systems landscape that supports a diversified equipment manufacturer.

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of JD Edwards enhancements, applications, reports, interfaces, and integrations.
• Translate business requirements across ERP, CRM, e‑commerce, manufacturing, logistics, finance, reporting, and dealer/customer‑facing systems into clear solution designs, development estimates, and maintainable deliverables.
• Support manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, inventory, finance, and MRP‑related business processes within an ERP environment.
• Develop and maintain JDE objects and customizations using appropriate JD Edwards development tools and standards.
• Create and support integrations between ERP and connected enterprise systems using APIs, web services, middleware, EDI, ETL, reporting pipelines, and other approved integration patterns.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, business analysts, functional owners, application teams, infrastructure, cybersecurity, vendors, and developers to simplify, standardize, integrate, and improve business systems that support manufacturing and operational processes.
• Support delivery teams through solution design, design reviews, implementation planning, testing, cutover readiness, deployment, production support, and post‑implementation stabilization.
• Participate in architecture governance, platform rationalization, standards development, and portfolio planning with a focus on practical execution and supportable solutions.
• Create clear technical and architecture documentation, including design specifications, system context diagrams, data flows, interface maps, process views, configuration notes, and support procedures.
• Identify opportunities to reduce complexity, improve data visibility, strengthen integrations, automate manual work, and improve ERP and business systems performance across operating companies.

• Proven experience developing, enhancing, and supporting JD Edwards in a manufacturing, distribution, or industrial environment.
• Strong ERP background with working knowledge of manufacturing operations, inventory management, procurement, supply chain, finance, CRM, e‑commerce, and MRP concepts.
• Hands‑on experience with JD Edwards development, configuration, reporting, integration, and related development tools strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with systems such as JD Edwards, Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Salesforce, Gen Alpha, RFSmart, Solid Works, Solid Works PDM, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens Solid Edge, EPM/Vena, SAP Concur, Vertex, Snap Pay, High Radius, Reports Now, supplier portals, dealer portals, or related manufacturing and business platforms.
• Experience creating technical specifications, unit test plans, deployment documentation, support documentation, interface documentation, and practical solution designs for ERP and business systems changes.
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