Art, Your Holiness--Your words of wisdom are well-received. I agree that my work output and attitude is what I should be reviewed and rewarded on. I know that for those in my company above me (especially those who control my employment and compensation) don't understand much about EDI. If I could provide them with the different job descriptions, they could be convinced that they have a bargain in 'this guy'. I could equate it to getting a Mercedes for the price of a Dodge.
Dave--I will have to try that link (and others I can find) from home later. It's so strange to me that job sites would be locked down from my work computer :-P Leah, et al--While I agree that "EDI Goddess" is quite striking, commanding quite the respect in your worlds, I'm not sure I would enjoy the same amount of reverence with that one. I'm thinking I could opt for "EDI Puppeteer", "EDI Manipulator", "EDI Magician", or "EDI WhoDunIt". I will continue to look for generalized job descriptions to help me out. I agree that there is something to be said for my company's internal job titles/structure, but since I am in EDI land here on my own, I almost feel that I could break new ground on commanding the job title that best fits my duties. I had forgotten about "EDI technician" and "EDI programmer". --- In [email protected], Art Douglas <adouglasedi@...> wrote: > > 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 <bkenoyer@... <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! 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