Transportation EDI Integration Project Manager

Transportation EDI Integration Project Manager
Austin Texas (Onsite)
Long Term Contract

Tools & Technologies (Typical)
EDI / API
Blue Yonder TMS
Excel / Smartsheet
Collaboration tools (Teams SharePoint Confluence)

Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Carrier Integration Delivery (EDI / API) and Electronic Document Exchange
Lead onboarding for common transportation messages such as:
o Load tender (e.g. 204 / 300 / API tender)
o Shipment status and key data elements (214 / 240 / 315)
o Appointment scheduling (when applicable)
o Freight invoice (110 / 210 / 310)
o Other EDI and API messages as needed
Ensure data mapping aligns with Blue Yonder TMS structures and operational workflows.
Lead electronic document exchange integration (transmit receive and store documents in Centralized Document Repository)
Plan and coordinate unit testing end to end testing and operational validation with carriers.
Proactively escalate risks and delays with impact-based recommendations.
Logistics & Operations Alignment
Partner closely with transportation planners execution teams and freight pay/audit to confirm integrations solve real operational problems.
Ensure carriers are onboarded in a way that supports:
o Timely tendering and acceptance
o Accurate shipment visibility
o Reduced manual work and exceptions
o Clean billing and dispute reduction
Develop and execute cutover strategies that minimize disruption to daily shipping.
Governance Standards & Continuous Improvement
Work with Logistics Analytics team to develop and track onboarding metrics such as carrier compliance cycle time go live success rate and post go live defects.
Identify opportunities to standardize carrier integrations and reduce custom work.
Support future TMS enhancements carrier expansions or regional rollouts.

Required Qualifications
5 years of experience in transportation supply chain systems or logistics technology.
Direct experience working on carrier EDI and API integrations.
Strong understanding of common transportation data flows and message types.
Proven ability to manage cross functional teams and external partners without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on knowledge of transportation operations including how planners and execution teams use TMS inputs and outputs.
Experience working with or implementing Blue Yonder TMS (preferred).
Experience onboarding dozens of carriers across multiple modes domestically and internationally.
Experience supporting TMS implementations upgrades or large transportation transformations.
Experience with electronic document transmission to and receipt from Logistics providers.

Core Skills & Competencies
Execution focus: drive work to closure-not just meetings and status decks.
Operational credibility: demonstrate trust with stakeholders with proven knowledge and experience.
Structured thinking: bring order to messy carrier onboarding reality.
Clear communication: translate between IT carriers and business without noise.
Risk based decision making: know when good enough to go live is better than perfect.
Project Management Skills: develop and manage project plan; report out status and escalate as required to keep project on track.