JDE E1 Functional Analyst-Supplychain Management/Procurement/Inventory

Key Responsibilities

• Own the JDE E1 functional domain for MRP, DRP and Supply Planning.
• Support MRP generation, demand/supply balancing, planned purchase, manufacturing and transfer recommendations.
• Manage planning messages, exceptions, lead times, safety stock, order policies, planning horizons/time fences and branch/plant parameters.
• Ensure sales demand, forecasts, inventory, POs, manufacturing orders and transfer orders are accurately represented in planning logic.
• Support multi-site planning across warehouses, manufacturing locations, suppliers and intercompany supply flows.
• Provide functional expertise in JDE E1 Purchasing and Procurement, including requisitions, POs, approvals, supplier/item purchasing information, blanket/contract orders, receipts, returns and PO reconciliation.
• Improve purchasing efficiency, PO accuracy, supplier performance and exception management.
• Support inventory processes including availability, commitments, transfers, adjustments, lot/status control, cycle counts and physical inventory.
• Govern item master, item branch/plant, supplier/item relationships, lead times, safety stock, order policies, UOM and planning parameters.
• Provide functional expertise across warehouse and distribution processes including receiving, putaway, replenishment, picking, stock movement, transfers, dispatch and shipment confirmation.
• Manage functional effectiveness of JDE E1 integrations with 3PL/WMS, suppliers, EDI, middleware and external procurement/logistics applications.
• Support transaction flows including POs, acknowledgements, ASNs, receipts, inventory balances, transfers, fulfillment instructions and shipment confirmations.
• Investigate failed, delayed, missing, duplicate or mismatched transactions and coordinate resolution.
• Drive process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement across Planning, Procurement, Inventory, Distribution and Warehouse.
• Prepare functional requirements, specifications, process flows, test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate requirements, design, configuration, testing, UAT, deployment, training and post-go-live stabilization.
• Work with Australian and New Zealand stakeholders and provide appropriate ANZ time-zone overlap/support from India.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of hands-on Oracle JDE E1 functional experience.
• Strong JDE E1 experience in Purchasing/Procurement, Planning/MRP, Inventory and Distribution/Warehouse.
• Strong knowledge of JDE E1 MRP/DRP and Supply Planning.
• Experience with MRP generation, supply/demand balancing, planning messages, lead times, safety stock and planning parameters.
• Strong JDE E1 Purchasing/Procurement knowledge.
• Strong JDE E1 Inventory Management knowledge.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end Demand/Forecast MRP/DRP Supply Recommendation Procurement/Transfer/Manufacturing Receipt Inventory Warehouse/Distribution process.
• Practical knowledge of warehouse operations including receiving, putaway, replenishment, picking, stock movement, transfers and shipment confirmation.
• Experience with 3PL/WMS, EDI, middleware and supplier integrations.
• Knowledge of EDI transactions such as 850, 855, 830, 856, 860 and 861, or equivalent EDIFACT transactions.
• Strong understanding of integration mapping, validation, business rules, error handling, transaction controls, monitoring and reconciliation.
• Strong functional requirements, testing, UAT and ERP enhancement experience.
• Experience working across global/multi-site organisations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Knowledge of workflow, automation, analytics and AI capabilities for supply-chain operations is desirable.