EDI Coordinator Profile: Qualification Requirements, General And Specific Responsibilities
EDI Coordinator is the person that is chiefly responsible for ensuring that the company’s EDI system is performing as expected and without errors. Below you will find basic qualifications requirements description, general responsibilities, specific responsibilities and activities applicable to EDI Coordinator.
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EDI Coordinator Qualifications
- Four to six years of project management experience
- Direct experience with users and/or customer service
- Knowledge of IT concepts and capabilities and control functions related to above applications
- Solid understanding of EDI and its business applicability
- Strong project administration skills
- Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills
EDI Coordinator General Responsibilities
- Ensures, coordinates and manages the successful implementation of EDI
- Works with the other members of the corporate EDI groups to plan and coordinate the implementation of EDI
- Provides liaison function between corporate EDI team and any other EDI groups within the company
- Represents his/her company at various standards organizations
- Responsible for internal EDI training and education
- Responsible for holding EDI seminars for trading partners
EDI Coordinator Specific Responsibilities and Activities
- Prepares and conducts trading partner surveys
- Participates in standards development organizations
- Participates in VAN, ISP and translation software user groups
- Monitors daily tasks and implementation progress
- Manages the rollout of EDI to additional trading partners after completion of the pilot project
- Meets regularly with EDI manager to review progress on EDI implementation and benefits achieved
- Conducts EDI status meetings with representatives from user departments
- Coordinates customer service, marketing and IT department activities to achieve EDI goals and objectives
- Manages the day-to-day operation of the EDI capability through other departments
- Manages internal and external EDI education and training
- Initiates requests to IT to make system and/or program changes
- Obtains, reviews and exchanges trading partner agreements and routes to corporate counsel
- Obtains, reviews and exchanges EDI implementation guides with trading partners.