ERP Systems Analyst
Summary
ERP Systems Analyst supporting and enhancing enterprise processes across manufacturing, planning, supply chain, warehouse, logistics, and distribution. Day-to-day work spans ERP configuration, master data and MRP/DRP planning support, integrations (APIs, EDI), reporting and analytics with SQL, testing, and root-cause issue resolution.
Position Summary
We are seeking a ERP Systems Analyst to support and enhance enterprise processes across Manufacturing, Production Planning, Supply Chain, Warehouse Operations, Logistics, and Distribution. The ideal candidate combines strong manufacturing business knowledge with hands-on ERP configuration, data, reporting, integration, and problem-solving capabilities.
This role will partner with the Engineering, Production, Planning, Purchasing, Warehouse, Logistics, Customer Service, and IT teams to improve end-to-end processes from product configuration and material planning through production, inventory movement, shipping, and customer fulfillment. Experience supporting Engineer-to-Order (ETO), Configure-to-Order (CTO), MRP, DRP, production planning, warehouse operations, and manufacturing ERP systems is highly desirable. Friedman Frontier experience is desirable but not required.
Key Responsibilities
Manufacturing & Product Configuration
- ETO / CTO Processes: Support Engineer-to-Order and Configure-to-Order processes, including configurable products, product rules, customer-specific requirements, and manufacturing readiness.
- Product Structures: Partner with Engineering and Production to support item setup, configurable and multi-level bills of material, routings, work centers, planning parameters, and related master data.
- Production Execution: Support work orders, production reporting, material issue and consumption, completions, inventory movements, and other shop-floor transactions.
- Process Improvement: Analyze manufacturing workflows and identify opportunities to improve automation, system utilization, data accuracy, throughput, and operational control.
Planning & Supply Chain
- MRP / DRP & Replenishment: Configure and support material requirements planning, distribution requirements planning, replenishment, safety stock, lead times, order policies, and planning parameters.
- Production Planning: Support demand-driven and forecast-driven production planning, scheduling, capacity considerations, material availability, and exception management.
- Cross-Functional Planning: Partner with Planning, Purchasing, Production, and Operations to improve inventory levels, material availability, planning accuracy, and service performance.
Warehouse, Logistics & Distribution
- Warehouse Operations: Support receiving, inventory control, picking, staging, transfers, cycle counting, and shipping processes within the ERP environment.
- Logistics & Dispatch: Support dispatch, load planning, carrier coordination, transportation, shipment processing, and delivery visibility.
- Inventory Accuracy: Improve visibility and control across raw materials, work in process, and finished goods; investigate inventory discrepancies and recurring transaction issues.
- Order Fulfillment: Support the integration of production, warehouse, logistics, and customer fulfillment activities to improve on-time and complete delivery performance.
ERP Solutions, Data & Technical Delivery
- Business Process Analysis: Gather requirements, map current and future processes, identify gaps, and translate operational needs into ERP configuration, functional specifications, and solution designs.
- ERP Configuration & Enhancements: Configure, test, document, and support ERP functionality across Manufacturing, Planning, Warehouse, Logistics, and Distribution.
- Reporting & Analytics: Develop and enhance reports, queries, dashboards, and operational KPIs; use SQL and ERP data to analyze issues, validate results, and support business decisions.
- Systems Integrations & Automation: Lead the design, implementation, support, and continuous improvement of ERP integrations and automation solutions, including APIs, EDI, file-based interfaces, and workflow automation; collaborate with business users, developers, vendors, and partners to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.
- Technical Development: Develop or support custom reports, interfaces, scripts, data utilities, and system enhancements; programming or scripting experience with RPG, C#, .NET, PowerShell, Python, or comparable technologies is highly desirable.
- Testing & Deployment: Create test scenarios, coordinate unit and user acceptance testing, validate configuration, data, and integrations, and support controlled deployment and post-implementation stabilization.
- Issue Resolution: Perform root-cause analysis across business process, configuration, data, program, and integration layers and drive issues through sustainable resolution.
- Documentation & Training: Maintain configuration documentation, process flows, SOPs, support materials, and knowledge-transfer documentation; provide user guidance and training as needed.