EDI Coordinator

JAKKS Pacific, Inc., a leading designer and marketer of toys and consumer products, with a wide range of products that feature some of the most popular brands and children's toy licenses in the world, currently seeks an experienced, energetic, self-starter for the role of EDI Coordinator for our headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. The ideal candidate is responsible for resolving issues with data transmission and receipt in addition to working with multiple departments to ensure the accuracy of data transmitted. 

Responsibilities include:

• Liaison between trading partners and JAKKS business units.
• Manage and prioritize EDI setups with new trading partners and new or changed documents for existing trading partners.
• Interact and communicate effectively with team members at all levels and departments within the organization.
• Works on assignments that are highly complex in nature where a strong degree of independent judgment, initiative and technical knowledge are required to resolve problems. 
• Manage daily processes responsible for generating EDI documents and troubleshooting errors resulting from those processes.   

Skills & Experience required:

• Minimum 2 years of EDI order processing experience
• Experience in EDI transaction set mapping, trading partner setup, testing, and implementation. 
• Experience with IBM Sterling GENTRAN and CLEO Lexicom Communication Software.
• Experience with multiple EDI standards: ANSI X12, Edifacts, Tradacoms
• Knowledge of the purpose and implementation of our most common documents: 810, 820, 830, 850, 855, 856, 860, 864, 977 
• SQL experience a big plus. 
• Any coding experience in general purpose programming languages a big plus

Our Benefits:

• Health and Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, disability, life & accident insurance and employee assistance program
• Savings: 401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs
• Compensation: JAKKS Pacific offers a competitive salary. Compensation for this role commensurate with experience, qualifications, location, and education and typically ranges from $70,000-$75,000.

Company Overview

A leading designer and marketer of children’s toys and consumer products, JAKKS Pacific® is always on the lookout for talented, bright and creative individuals to join our ever-growing team.

Best known for our toy and entertainment products, JAKKS produces impressive and innovative products across multiple categories spanning from action figures, collectibles, and dolls, to high performance activity toys and vehicles, and let’s not forget our deep portfolios of beloved licensed characters. In other words, we work hard to make play more fun, and we believe it has paid off.

Included in Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies for four years in a row, and Forbes’ 100 Best Small Companies for three years, JAKKS is an aggressive and passionate company, with a commitment to customers and a dedication to growing our business. 

Our goal is to continuously cultivate a talented and diverse workforce while providing a safe and productive work environment and an excellent career growth opportunity while working with a dynamic team who loves what they do and for a Company that ultimately makes children smile, play and succeed!

Jakks Pacific, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

No Recruiters Please. NO RELOCATION associated with this position.