EDI Analyst - EMEA

Who We Are:

At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.

Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.

Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:

•Runner First

We act in the best interest of the runner

•Word is Bond 

We do what we say we’ll do

•Champion Heart

We give our all in everything we do

•There is no “I” in Run

We stay generous with our humanity

•Keep Moving

We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!

We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.

As the EDI Analyst for EMEA you will contribute to growing Brooks’ business with key accounts across Europe by providing business leadership and influencing across teams to ensure successful implementation of integrations for our EDI program. Your focus will be onboarding retailers and ensuring Brooks compliance with all retailer requirements, from order receipt through shipping and invoicing. You will also be responsible for managing our EDI production and the relationship with our Brooks outsourced EDI partner.

Your Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the Sales, Customer service, Logistics and Finance team, develop relationships with retailers to enable successful EDI onboarding projects.
• Document EDI and other vendor compliance requirements by consulting with the retailer and with Brooks EDI integrator, leveraging available vendor manuals. Ensure retailer readiness to participate in onboarding.
• Collaborate with the retailer, Customer Service, and Logistics to define processes vital to the retailer’s EDI integration requirements. Identify if internal business process changes are required to support integrations with the retailer and gain alignment across impacted teams.
• Build and maintain business process documentation and EDI mapping documentation to be handed over to internal developers’ team 
• Lead EDI implementations including planning and communication with all internal and external stakeholders following agile way of working
• Serve as a liaison between IT, external EDI partner, and retailers to set up new retailers and maintain existing and new integrations. 
• Document business requirements to set up retailers with EDI partner to ensure information and documents flow smoothly and accurately to and from the systems; ensure ongoing maintenance of any changes.
• Plan, execute (SIT – system integration testing) and coordinate testing of any upgrades, new partners, and changes with EDI partner.
• Provide first level EDI production support as issues arise. Review reports and log files daily. 
• Prioritize, research, supervise and resolve EDI related issues from retailers, integrator, or business.
• Monitor daily transmissions and act on any related issues
• Analyze EDI usage and recommend process improvement to management to improve efficiency and ensure the ongoing integrity of EDI processes.
• Partner and foster collaboration with the wider Global IT team based in Seattle 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field preferred; or equivalent, relevant experience.
• 3+ years’ experience working with EDI software solutions, preferably as an EDI Analyst in a consumer goods industry.
• 3+ years’ experience with EDIFACT standards including the PRICAT, ORDERS, ORDRSP, DESADV, INVOIC, INVRPT, and SLSRPT document types, as well as other interchange formats such as CSV, XML, Json etc.
• Ability to query data via SQL, is a plus.
• Computer proficiency: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, ERP systems (Infor M3)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English that encourage and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company.
• Keen attention to detail in planning, organization, and execution of tasks, while still seeing the big picture and understanding how all the pieces fit together and affect one another. 
• Demonstration of innovation and initiative – always looking at improving our products and processes while also displaying a willingness to dive into the details and help wherever necessary. 
• Passionate participation in Brooks’ sports activities a plus, overridden by the ability to understand and empathize with the runner in order to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the Brooks community.

By submitting this application, you expressly make the following representations and warranties and give your consents as described below:

Brooks Sports, Inc. collects your personal data for the purposes of managing Brooks Sports, Inc.'s recruitment related activities as well as for organizational planning purposes globally. Consequently, Brooks Sports, Inc. may use your personal data in relation to the evaluation and selection of applicants including for example setting up and conducting interviews and tests, evaluating and assessing the results thereto and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment processes including the final recruitment. 

Brooks Sports, Inc. does not disclose your personal data to unauthorized third parties. However, as a global corporation consisting of multiple affiliated companies in various countries, Brooks Sports, Inc. has international sites and Brooks Sports, Inc. uses resources located throughout the world. Brooks Sports, Inc. may from time to time also use third parties to act on Brooks Sports, Inc.'s behalf. You agree to the fact that to the extent necessary your personal data may be transferred and/or disclosed to any company within Brooks Sports, Inc. group of companies as well as to third parties acting on Brooks Sports, Inc.'s behalf, including also transfers to servers and databases outside the country where you provided Brooks Sports, Inc. with your personal data. Such transfers may include for example transfers and/or disclosures outside the European Economic Area and in the United States of America.

At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), honorable discharge or military status, protected citizen status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained guide dog by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.