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Functional Analyst - B2B

Sysco Corp

  • Houston, TX
  • 3 days ago
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    Skills

    • ActionScriptunmatched
    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Business Skillsunmatched
    • Business-to-Business (B2B)unmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Communications Protocolsunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration Commerce and Transport)unmatched
    • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)unmatched
    • FTP (File Transfer Protocol)unmatched
    • Functional Analysisunmatched
    • HTTPS (HyperText Transport Protocol Secure)unmatched
    • Healthcareunmatched
    • IBM Product Familyunmatched
    • Identify Issuesunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Kanbanunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Manufacturingunmatched
    • Mergers and Acquisitionsunmatched
    • Microsoft Excelunmatched
    • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
    • Microsoft Wordunmatched
    • Middlewareunmatched
    • Onboardingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Production Supportunmatched
    • Quality Metricsunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • Retailunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
    • Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
    • Secure/SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)unmatched
    • Software Configuration Managementunmatched
    • Software Distributionunmatched
    • Sprint Retrospectiveunmatched
    • Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
    • Standup Meetingsunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • System Integration (SI)unmatched
    • Systems Maintainabilityunmatched
    • TIBCO Product familyunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched

    Description

    This is a hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3 to 4 days per week. Please note that the number of days on-site can increase based on business needs

    NO SPONSORSHIP (H1B or OPT )

    Summary:

    The Functional Analyst collaborates with Product Owner/Platform Owner and team to deliver user stories focused on configuring package software or performing other technical tasks in a timely manner and as per set quality standards.

    Responsibilities:

    • Collaborates effectively with the agile team to configure package software when applicable

    Supports the team in executing highly technical tasks according to the specific needs of stories during each iteration

    • Ensures design and development standards are being followed to minimize rework; promotes only quality-tested code and does it regularly

    • Participates in the daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to update progress, highlight and resolve impediments

    • Gather and document business requirements for new trading partner onboarding and B2B integration projects

    • Configure EDI transactions sets (850, 855, 856, 810, 820, 997, etc.)

    • Serve as functional lead on middleware platforms (SEEBURGER) for configuration, testing, and issue resolution

    • Support root-cause analysis of EDI/B2B transaction errors and drive resolution with internal and external stakeholders

    • Draft and maintain trading partner onboarding documentation, including partner profiles, mapping specifications, and communication protocol setups (AS2, sFTP, HTTPS)

    • Maintain documentation of integration architecture, partner configurations, and standard operating procedures

    • Define potential improvement changes to resolve errors, prevent the recurrence of problems or improve system maintainability and stability

    • Translate business requirements into functional specifications for developers and integration engineers

    • Coordinate with trading partners to validate mapping specs, troubleshoot transaction failures, and support go-live testing

    • Provide functional analysis for the domain/software related to Mergers & Acquisitions

    • Provide SME around product(s) function and works with Product Owner and Business Partners to refine requirements/functionality

    • Provide production support during non-business hours (team rotating schedule)

    • Ability to adapt to a fast-paced working environment.

    Education

    • Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

    Mandatory Experience:

    • 2-4 years of experience.

    • Basic knowledge of continuous integration / continuous delivery practice

    Preferred Experience :

    • 3+ years of hands-on experience with EDI standards (X12 and/or EDIFACT) and B2B integration processes

    • Working knowledge of trading partner communication protocols (AS2, sFTP, FTP/S, HTTPS)

    • Experience with one or more B2B/EDI middleware platforms (IBM Sterling, SEEBURGER, TIBCO, Axway, or similar)

    • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate business needs into functional and technical specifications

    • Experience writing clear onboarding documentation, mapping guides, and process runbooks

    • Excellent communication skills - comfortable working directly with external trading partners and internal cross-functional teams

    Competencies:

    • Demonstrated "agile-development" mindset with strong customer-focus & results-orientation

    • Effective interpersonal, teamwork and collaboration skills

    • Strong analytical and business problem solving skills

    • Strong communication and documentation skills

    • Experience in supply chain, retail, healthcare, or manufacturing verticals

    • Familiarity with SQL for troubleshooting transaction data

    • Proficient use of Excel, MS Word, and PowerPoint

    • Basic understanding of Scrum, Kanban, and other agile development techniques

    • Prior experience leading partner onboarding for large enterprise implementations

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    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, TX
    IndustryManufacturing - Other
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1970
    Websitehttps://careers.sysco.com/

    About Company

    Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 72,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 725,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, the company generated sales of more than $76 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2023 Sustainability Report and 2023 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.

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