Senior Digital (ePro) Integration Analyst

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we’re dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we’re looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Position Details:

As a Sr. Digital (ePro) Integration Analyst you will be responsible for working closely with trading partners (customers, suppliers, vendors) and internal stakeholders to support in the setup, migration, and issue resolution of new and existing eProcurement relationships. You will design and map technology solutions that implement standards, performance, and security requirements to maximize reliability, functionality, and integrity while minimizing costs and cycle time.

You Will:

• Participate in scope definition and developing business requirements.
• Identify a desired future state that addresses a business problem.
• Provide business systems analysis and process redesign expertise, interacting with business partners to clearly define and document business requirements.
• Present business needs as a story and visualize requirements.
• Participate in and/or drive the system configuration which meets security, architecture, and support requirements, all while satisfying business needs.
• Develop ITX typetrees, maps and systems related to the mapping specification.
• Participate in system emergency or crisis situations to define/implement workaround processes, corrective action, communication, and system cleanup activities.
• Participate and/or coordinate required testing/validation of system enhancements and fixes, creating and/or executing the test cases including problem determination and resolution.
• Coordinate with development and operation teams for resolution of defects or production issues.
• Produce detailed and comprehensive documentation, such as requirements specifications, design documents, and change logs.
• Educate other analysts in adopting new tools and mentor junior team members.

You Have:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience utilizing IBM Sterling Transformation Extender (ITX) and Gentran Integration Suite.
• Proficient in data translation standards such as cXML, ANSI X12, EDIFACT, JSON, and flat file positional formats, with expertise in the data mapping process and utilization of B2B translation software.
• Demonstrated knowledge and practical experience with leading eProcurement platforms like Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, SAP, etc.
• Familiarity with Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) and Application Programming Interface (API) for data transmission.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is required.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, coupled with effective communication skills suitable for diverse audiences, including internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-directed with a proven track record of making informed business decisions, demonstrating excellent time-management and multitasking capabilities.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills with a consistently professional demeanor.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience across the entire Power Platform (e.g., PowerApps, Power Automate, Power BI) would be a plus.

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health, and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger!

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• Paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
• Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
• Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
• A comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical, and social wellbeing programs

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment.  With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.