I really appreciate everyone's input! While this may be the "season for annual reviews", it doesn't always indicate a reason to be awarded more money--maybe just to be awarded a place to continue returning everyday and earning a paycheck (for which I am extremely grateful).
I have surmised that it is indeed my own actions and attitude that will have the ultimate effect upon my supervisors' opinion of my worth and not any industry-standard job title. I would also like to think that having a job title which best describes my role within my company would help in expressing my abilities to colleagues at my trading partners with whom I work. It's sometimes nice to know that I'm "talking to the right person for a task" and assume that it is appreciated in return. There could be a difference in how an "EDI Junior Analyst" is approached versus an "EDI Administrator" or "EDI Guru" when working through an implementation request. I know that the Guru has probably been places and done things which I'll never dream of, and I wouldn't be all too surprised if they had a bewitched Easy Button or composed their mapping with a Ouija board--I dare not cross them. I think I will keep my title of EDI Coordinator, and be proud of it. As has been pointed out, not only is a lot of my job "EDI", but there is also a lot of business, traffic, supply chain, and development Coordination that I provide. The most appropriate could be the original. Thanks, again! --- In [email protected], "Craig Dunham" <craig.e.dunham@...> wrote: > > Benjamin, > > > > As you can see, this post has generated a lot of responses. > > > > When I was working for a "mid to large" size retailer (over 300 stores in 10 > western states at the time), I was in the same boat. I was the "EDI > Coordinator" and I did it all - with the exception of making changes to the > programming aspects of the i-Series - that was a job for a programmer. But > anything that revolved around EDI - it was Mine. Talking to trading > partners, working with testing, dealing with the software/application > provider, our VAN and anything else. I was a one-person EDI department. > > > > I also found that no matter what information I provided about how this > company or that company paid and/or titled the person (or people) doing My > same job - it would not have had any impact upon My pay-rate and salary. > I've connected with some of the people on this list (through the list and > also by working with them as trading partners) and have been around for a > while - even though I've been mostly quietly lurking lately. Some of them > did more than I did or did less, and pretty much all of them were paid much, > much better than I was. No matter what their title was.. > > > > It can be nice to "see" what other people are called, what they're doing and > what they're earning, but it will have little (if any) impact upon your > employer. And, given our current economic status and the less than stellar > job market (especially in some areas of the country), pushing for a larger > increase in pay because you do work equivalent with Bob over at Dunham Boots > (or Leah over at _____, Samantha at _____, whomever at wherever) may cause > problems with your current position. > > > > I had talked many times with My bosses at the company I was at and could > have gone on and on and on (at length and ad-infinitum) with them, but I > still had to deal with the realities of the employer and their own internal > pay scales, department percentages of payroll and what they think My job was > worth. For what it's worth - after I left, I found out "who" it was that > took over - and I can tell you that the pay-rate she was at was almost half > of what I was making. > > > > Listen to what Art said - Don't worry about the title. Do the best job you > can do, then improve. That's really all you can do. I found that talking > to the "internal customers" (like that one, Art) didn't do much - because > they just didn't understand what EDI was and what it did for them in their > departments (buying & accounting & warehouse & ..). It's kind of like most > people with their cars - they don't know how it works, just that having it > work is a good thing and something that they only care about and complain > about when it's not working. > > > > Just for grins & giggles - I've been called a lot of things in the EDI world > - EDI Sherpa (Todd Gould at Loren Data), EDI Evangelist, EDI Guru, EDI Guy, > EDI Analyst, EDI Whiz and so many other things - some of which may not be > fit to print. > > > > Craig Dunham > > Bear Necessities Computing > > EDI Sherpa > > Author/blogger > > <http://www.retailedi.com/> RetailEDI.com > > <http://editalk.com/> EDITalk.com > > > > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/message/29740;_ylc=X3oDMTJydnBlYTVuBF9T > Azk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxMDc2NzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDA1NTgyBG1zZ0lkAzI5NzQwBHNl > YwNkbXNnBHNsawN2bXNnBHN0aW1lAzEyOTczMjg4ODE-> <MISC> EDI-related job titles > > > Posted by: "Benjamin" > > > Wed Feb 9, 2011 12:23 pm (PST) > > > 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? > > > > [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! 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