Vanaja Darapaneni

Over 18+ years of experience in EDI and worked as B2B EDI Solution Analyst with extensive experience in multi divisional corporate EDI environments.

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Experienced in Manufacturing, Supply chain, Shipping, Logistics and Medical industry providing Business Process Assessment, Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Implementation and Testing. Direct the end-to-end execution of B2B/EDI architecture, successfully integrating over 500+ global trading partners to automate purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoice processing. Expertise in New Trading Partner Onboarding.

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Experienced in handling Global EDI Production Support on 24/7 basis. Have very strong analytical and problem-solving skills for the reported EDI Issues. Experienced in Data Mapping and Data Conversion using Gentran, GIS, Sterling Integrator 5.2, GXS (Global Exchange Services)-AI and Mercator 6.7 tools.

Proficient with different translation tools like SI Map editor, Gentran mapper, GXS work bench, GXS AI and Mercator map designer. Proficient working with Graphical Process Modeler for designing Business Processes in GIS & SI. Experienced in working with AS2, SFTP and FTP communication protocols.

Experienced in integrating SAP – IBM SI/GIS. Experienced in migrating data, maps, mailboxes, and exception processes while upgrading Gentran. Experienced in various testing phases like Functional, Assembly, Regression and Partner Testing.

Worked with Business Process Monitoring in WebMethods, GIS, SI, GXS, Mercator and BizTalk Frontend. Worked with Scheduling and Performance Tuning of Business processes in GIS/SI. Worked with SAP transactions like WE02, WE05, WE19, WE20, BD87, VA03,VF03,VL03N, ZMNU, VF03,XD03 and ME23N.

Created EDI customer Partner Profiles, onboarding and testing in SAP. Worked on SAP master data tables EDPAR and EDSDC. Worked on setting up output condition records for Sold To party, Ship To party and Bill to Party.

Experienced working with File Formats like ANSI X12, EDIFACT, IDOC, CSV, XML, and legacy specified application file formats. Worked with Database mapping in GIS and SI. Worked on ANSI X12 EDI transactions like 834, 835, 837,844,845,849,850, 855, 856, 810, 820, 816, 860, 864, 945, and 940, 204, 210, 404, 410 among others.

HIPPA, Healthcare HL7 standards, FHIR. Worked on EDIFACT EDI transactions like ORDERS, ORDRSP, and DESADV and INVOIC among others. Worked with IDOC Structures like ZORDERS, ZORDRSP, ZNVOICE, and ZORDCHG among others.

Coordinate work for and with other Business Analysts, coordinate Unit Testing tasks, work with Trading Partners for connectivity issues; liaison between customers and corporate staff or between IT and Business Units; perform system matrix testing. Involved in various activities present in project life cycle such as Field usage Analysis, FD walk-through, Map group analysis, Map specification preparation, Map build, Unit testing, AT, FAT, Co-ordination with Business teams about fixing defects. Extensive knowledge of workin

Sr. EDI Analyst at PepsiCo (2023-10 – 2026-08)

PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of its products.

• Lead end-to-end EDI/B2B integration initiatives across global business units and trading partners.
• Act as the primary EDI SME and technical lead for business, IT, customers, suppliers, and external EDI providers.
• Define integration solutions, standards, processes, and best practices.
• Lead technical discussions, solution design, issue-resolution meetings, and stakeholder communications.
• Mentor junior/New EDI analysts/developers and provide technical guidance.
• Lead end-to-end onboarding of new trading partners, from requirements gathering through production go-live.
• Analyze partner implementation guides and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Configure partner profiles, communication protocols, maps, routing, acknowledgments, and business processes.
• Coordinate partner testing, certification, deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Involved in sterling On-premise to cloud customer migration.
• Design, develop, analyze, and maintain ANSI X12, EDIFACT, XML, CSV, flat-file, and SAP IDoc integrations.
• Integrate EDI platforms with SAP/ERP, WMS, TMS, eCommerce, and other enterprise applications.
• Support AS2, SFTP, FTP, VAN, and other B2B communication protocols.
• Supported cloud based B2B/EDI integration initiatives.
• Provide 24/7 production support for critical EDI/B2B environments.
• Monitor transaction processing, business processes, communication channels, and partner connectivity.
• Troubleshoot mapping, translation, connectivity, application, IDoc, and data issues.
• Support SAP EDI integration using IDocs, partner profiles, output conditions, and related configurations.
• Used SAP transactions such as WE02, WE05, WE19, WE20, BD87, VA03, VL03N, VF03, SE16 tables etc. … and maintained inbound and outbound IDOC output conditions etc.
• Validate end-to-end business flows from ERP order creation through EDI transmission and invoice processing.
• Supported and tested Oracle - SAP ECC/S/4HANA EDI migration and integration initiatives.
• Execute functional, integration, assembly, regression, UAT, and trading-partner testing.
• Develop test scenarios and validate inbound/outbound EDI transactions.
• Coordinate defect resolution between business, development, ERP, infrastructure, and trading partners.
• Supported customer EDI implementations through the SPS Commerce third-party portal, including trading partner onboarding, EDI transaction testing, mapping validation, end-to-end testing, troubleshooting, and production readiness.
• Manage production deployments, change requests, release coordination, and rollback planning.
• Participate in CAB/change-management processes and ensure production changes follow governance standards.
• Coordinate migration of maps, mailboxes, partner profiles, business processes, and communication configurations.
• Identify opportunities for automation, performance improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Implemented and supported EDI transactions includes DSD and DWD EDI 820,830, 850, 855, 856, 810, 860, 894(Pre-Delivery / Post-Delivery),940, 945 and 3PL.
• Environments: Sterling Integrator 5.2. 3, TIBCO, Oracle, SQL Developer, SPS Commerce, ORTEC TMS and S4 HANA.

B2B EDI Solution Analyst at Becton and Dickinson (2021-07 – 2022-10)

• Provide technical leadership for leading design and practices related to OpenText EDI Solutions as well overall B2B solutions.
• Partner with technical, functional, and business peers to guide the solution design efforts best suited to meet business objectives. In addition to technical expertise, the role also calls for the ability to demonstrate effectiveness in execution, working with our delivery partners to ensure smooth execution.:
• Serve as a technical expert within integration solutions focused on EDI and B2B Solutions through the OpenText solution set.
• Worked on creating paper maps for Open text migration.
• Generates conceptual/logical architectures, integration design documents and risk assessments, Develops, improves, validates, and uses tools to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of integration efforts, within both the area of expertise and scope of influence.
• Define and promote processes, policies, standards, and procedures to assure compliance with corporate and regulatory SOX policies •
• Promote adoption of industry best practices for integration architecture frameworks, tools, standards and guidelines •
• Leads an

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