Responsibilities & Qualifications
The Novelis Global EDI Team is seeking an experienced EDI Architect to lead the design, development, and optimization of enterprise B2B/EDI integration solutions. This role will be responsible for architecting scalable and secure data exchange solutions across trading partners using platforms such as OpenText (GXS), Seeburger BIS, and SAP (IDoc’s).
The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of technical expertise, integration architecture skills, and business acumen, with proven experience in complex EDI ecosystem transformations and modernization initiatives.
This role will align EDI solutions with business strategies and contribute to the growth of existing capabilities in the areas of business engagement, project methodology, and industry’s best practices. The Architect will liaise with the business, other technical resources, and third-party trading partners. On projects of all sizes, the analyst will coordinate the various resources, tasks and timing, and handle direct communication to internal and external customers.
Responsibilities in Leadership Capacity
- Mentor EDI developers and analysts
- Establish best practices and reusable frameworks
- Drive modernization initiatives
- Contribute to enterprise integration strategy
Daily Responsibilities
- Works directly with customers, vendors, technical teams, and subject matter experts to identify, prioritize, align and develop EDI solutions to support business initiatives.
- Distinguishes between requests and underlying needs, identifies options and best practices which will satisfy the business requirements in consideration of both EDI and system functionality.
- Gathers and documents requirements, plans and coordinates deliverables with trading partners, developers, and business owners; performs analysis and design of the EDI solution and contributes to the technical design of the overall solution. Translates business requirements into functional specifications for EDI development including both scope of mapping/translator processes and ERP processes.
- Provides consultation on complex projects involving EDI integration inbound or outbound from Novelis systems and assumes primary responsibility for integration and EDI recommendations.
- Creates and delivers correspondence, presentations, and other materials for end user training and educates Novelis business representatives on EDI topics related to business initiatives.
- Support Novelis Global IT business engagement activities.
- Supports management in prioritizing the portfolio of business initiatives.
- Adheres to governance and protocol for IT engagements, prioritization of work, maintenance of portfolio and resource alignment.
- Adheres to established Project Management Methodology
- Participates in the Weekly Production Support Rotation