The most money I made on a long-term job in EDI my title was EDI Mapper. All I did was write maps, test maps, fix maps, setup the environment so maps would run, etc. I didn’t talk to Trading Partners, I didn’t decide what document we would trade, I didn’t negotiate with VANs, etc. When I became EDI Manager, I took about a 30% cut. Now I am an EDI Analyst, and make half the base pay when I was just a mapper.
Don’t worry about the title. Do the best job you can do, then improve. Communicate with those in your company – the internal customers, and communicate with your non-EDI manager. Let them know what you are doing. Let them know how much each new thing you implement is saving the company in terms of time, effort, and money if applicable. Titles only impress your HR group. Impress with your attitude, and your output. Art EDI Guru From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ashlie Jeter Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI-related job titles EDI Analyst EDI Specialist EDI Programmer/Analyst B2B Analyst Integration Analyst There are many many more but I like Leah's favorite title....hehehehehehe ----- Original Message ----- From: Leah Halpin To: Benjamin ; [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI-related job titles I've always preferred EDI Goddess. Actually, my favorite was "EDI Technical Manager" which meant I got to do all the fun techie stuff and the "EDI Division Manager" got to deal with all the personnel "issues". Really, this is going to be company specific, unless you think you can get your company to make up a new title for you. Check out your own company's hierarchy of titles and descriptions and then fit yourself in. I will probably get some flack for this, as division of duties is greatly dependent on industry and size of your company, but server administration (especially hardware) is not generally an EDI responsibility. So you could argue for 80% of a Network/Server administrator's pay on top of what you're making. Leah ________________________________ From: Benjamin <[email protected] <mailto:bkenoyer%40scvl.com> > To: [email protected] <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 3:23:27 PM Subject: [EDI-L] <MISC> EDI-related job titles As the season of annual reviews is just around the corner, I was wondering if anyone knows of a good resource that would list EDI-related job titles and their descriptions. Obviously, I know what my job title is and I know what my job duties are, but I'm not 100% sure that my job title is appropriate for all the duties I am responsible for. My thought (crazy hope) is that if I can argue that my job duties warrant a more accurate [higher] job description, I might be able to argue a better pay rate, too :-) My current job title is "EDI Coordinator" and I work in an EDI department of one (albeit not without some help), in a medium-sized retail company. I handle just about all aspects of the EDI process for my company, including any map changes, development projects, trading partner testing, and data issue troubleshooting/resolution. I am about 80% responsible for all server administration over our hardware. I have heard the following job titles used to describe colleagues working in this industry, but I'm not sure what the hierarchy is: analyst, coordinator, manager, specialist, administrator. I'm guessing there are also others. I've always felt that a "manager" manages "people" and not "things", so I wouldn't consider myself an "EDI Manager". I also wouldn't feel that I'm an "EDI Administrator" until I am 100% responsible for every EDI aspect in my company. Of the remaining (and also unknown) job titles, I'm not sure which is "more advanced" than the others. I have checked a few websites for job descriptions, but without being able to find one that has all job titles listed, it is difficult to see how they rank amongst one another. Is there an agency or site that would have such information? __________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
