eProcurement integration specialist

Integration Specialist (eProcurement) 

Corby / London  

Hybrid Working

We’ve got a lot going on in eProcurement at the moment, as we’re implementing new systems, and digital remains the fastest growing sales channel!  So, we have an opening on our team for an xml experienced Integration Specialist to help set up customers with eProcurement capabilities. 

The Integration Specialist will be responsible for working with our largest customers globally, to support in the setup and migration of new and existing eProcurement relationships with RS Components. This would allow the customer to access our product offer via a Punchout catalogue or static content file, to place an eOrder and to receive an eInvoice working with multiple databases and areas of the business to complete this integration. 

What you will be doing: 

• Manage the technical implementation projects of new eProcurement customers including planning, prioritisation, and execution (setup, test, go-live). 

• Plan, manage and distribute regular refreshes of content files for our existing customer base, in accordance with the agreement RS has with the customer 

• Use Continuous Improvement techniques to accelerate the eProcurement process and to prevent issues occurring during the implementation period 

• Manage technical implementations of other solutions including Punchout, eOrdering & eInvoicing capabilities. 

• Facilitate the technical journey to go live which includes set up of customer data in various systems e.g. SAP, SHAPE. 

• Manage simultaneous customer integrations to agreed time scales and to a high standard. 

• Ensure customer satisfaction, project timelines, accuracy, and efficiency in project completion 

• Build strong relationships with our external and internal customers across the group and any supporting third parties / marketplaces. 

• Work with third party providers to streamline our integration processes. 

• Manage the eProcurement team’s shared mailbox and act as appropriate. 

• Develop and maintain operational knowledge of eProcurement standards and ensure RS is well positioned to support them. 

• Provide support where needed to the eProcurement Application Support Analysts or Wipro in incident resolutions and service request management. 

Skills required to be successful in this role: 

• Exposure to eProcurement – e.g. Punchout, Content and eOrdering 

• Experience of XML, XSLT, SQL 

• Experience of internet protocols – HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP 

• Experience of using an Oracle database 

• Experience of Microsoft CRM 

• Experience of SAP 

• Experience using Excel and SQL Servers 

• Knowledge of FTP 

RS…who are we?

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues, and communities – to solve problems. 

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible, and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do.

Come and join us and over 2000 colleagues here in the UK – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.

Rewards

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma.
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members.
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support through to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause.
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?

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