Remote EDI Lead: Onboarding & Process Optimization

The Legacy Companies; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Legacy Companies is seeking an experienced EDI Manager to lead the EDI function, improve onboarding timelines, and establish robust processes. This hands-on leader will manage two analysts, coordinate with ERP consultants and EDI VAN providers, and drive a company-wide initiative to document all EDI processes for every trading partner.

The role requires strong leadership, deep EDI expertise (X12 and transaction sets), and a track record of building scalable documentation and procedures.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of EDI experience with 2+ years in a leadership over EDI analysts or teams.
• Strong working knowledge of EDI standards (X12) and common transaction sets (850, 810, 856, 855, 997).
• Experience managing trading partner onboarding from kickoff through go-live.
• Experience working with EDI VANs/networks; SPS Commerce experience preferred.
• Infor M3 experience strongly preferred (or comparable ERP EDI backend/MEC mapping).
• Proven ability to build and improve processes, documentation, and team communication practices from a less mature starting point.

Responsibilities

• Take direct management of two EDI Analysts, establishing clear roles and priorities.
• Assess and stabilize communication between the internal EDI team, the ERP/Infor M3 mapping consultant, our EDI VAN provider, and relevant business leaders.
• Cultivate a reputation for the EDI team as a proactive, solutions-oriented partner to the business, not a source of delays.
• Identify root causes behind extended onboarding timelines and build a plan to shorten them significantly.
• Establish visibility into open onboarding projects and EDI issues for IT leadership.
• Triage and resolve backlog of open EDI issues/tickets.
• Lead full documentation of all EDI processes for each trading partner from onboarding through steady-state support.
• Build repeatable onboarding procedures to reduce time-to-live for new trading partners.
• Establish SOPs for ongoing EDI support and escalation.
• Recommend longer-term structure/staffing needs for the EDI function.

Skills

EDI experience

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Vendor management

X12 standards

Tools

Infor M3

SPS Commerce

MEC mapping tools

EDI mapping

Job description

The Legacy Companies is seeking an experienced EDI Manager to lead the EDI function, improve onboarding timelines, and establish robust processes. This hands-on leader will manage two analysts, coordinate with ERP consultants and EDI VAN providers, and drive a company-wide initiative to document all EDI processes for every trading partner.

The role requires strong leadership, deep EDI expertise (X12 and transaction sets), and a track record of building scalable documentation and procedures.