JDE Manufacturing

About Birlasoft:

Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company's consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group's 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.

1. About the Job – Ability to relate the product functionality to business processes, and thus offer implementation

advice to customers on how to meet their various business scenarios.

2. Job Title – JDE Manufacturing

3. Location: Bangalore/Pune/Mumbai/Noida/Hyderabad/Chennai

4. Educational Background – BE/Btech

5. Key Responsibilities –

Key responsibilities

• 7+ years of Lead functional design and solution delivery for Planning and Manufacturing processes in JDE, covering:

o Shop Floor Management

o Distribution and Warehouse

o Requirements Planning (MRP/DRP)

o Procurement

• Own end-to-end functional support and continuous improvement, including process mapping, gap analysis, fit-gap, and solution recommendations.

• Drive third-party integration initiatives with JDE, including requirements, functional design, testing, cutover support, and hypercare.

• Configure and support JDE master data setup and core functional capabilities, ensuring data integrity and standardized ways of working.

• Leverage JDE Citizen Developer capabilities to deliver business value, including:

o Form Extensions

o Orchestrations

o Watchlists

o UDOs

o Notifications

• Support and/or coordinate implementation and troubleshooting of EDI-related flows such as:

o ASN/DESADV

o Purchase Orders (PO) via EDI

• Collaborate on solutions that include scanning applications integrated with JDE (advantage).

• Produce high-quality functional deliverables:

o Functional Specifications (FS)

o UAT strategy, scripts, test cases, and execution support

o Defect triage and resolution coordination with technical teams

• Act as a senior advisor to stakeholders, facilitating workshops, driving decisions, and ensuring traceability from requirements to delivered outcomes.

Preferred qualifications (nice to have)

• Experience with scanning applications integrated with JDE (warehouse, shop floor, receiving, inventory movements).

• Experience in global/complex manufacturing environments (multi-site, multi-company, regulated processes).

• Knowledge of standard testing practices and tools (test management/defect tracking).

Key skills and competencies

• Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.

• Analytical problem-solving with ability to translate business needs into functional solutions.

• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail.

• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and lead functional workstreams.