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Job Description: Senior Product Manager, Prophet 21 (ERP)聽
About the role聽
Safeware is hiring a Senior Product Manager to own Epicor Prophet 21 (P21) as the system that runs our business. This person must know P21 end to end and apply it to our distribution operations.聽
You will own the P21 roadmap, configuration standards and enhancement backlog for P21 Web/Cloud. You will be responsible for integration throughout the entire P21 implementation from lead conversion, order placement, fulfillment, accounting, product, catalogs, pricing and more. This is a senior individual-contributor role with no direct reports. You will report to CDTO as part of the IT team and work closely with business owners, Epicor, and our implementation partners.聽
What makes this role different: we are not looking for a general product manager who has used an ERP. We want someone who has configured, troubleshot and optimized P21 in a distribution company. You should be able to explain why P21 behaves the way it does, not just where to click.聽
Location: On-site preferred in Lanham, MD
Type: Full-time, exempt 路
Reports to: CDTO聽
Key responsibilities聽
Own the P21 product roadmap. Maintain a prioritized backlog of enhancements, fixes and process improvements tied to measurable business outcomes such as fill rate, margin, order cycle time and DSO.聽
Act as the internal P21 authority. Be the go-to expert for how P21 should be configured and used in order entry, pricing, purchasing, inventory, warehouse, accounting and contracts.聽
Design and configure solutions. Write requirements and configure P21 yourself, including system settings, pricing and contract structures, DynaChange screens, Business Rules, portals and workflows. Escalate to developers or Epicor only when needed.聽
Run government and contract compliance in P21. Make sure GSA Schedule, federal and state contract pricing, country-of-origin (TAA) tracking and customer-specific item restrictions are modeled correctly and can be audited.聽
Own integrations from the P21 side. Partner on punchout (cXML/OCI), EDI (850/855/856/810), tax (Avalara), shipping, CRM, CXP, and BI integrations. Use the P21 API and middleware where appropriate.聽
Manage P21 Cloud releases. Review Epicor release notes, test updates in a sandbox, coordinate regression testing and communicate changes to users.聽
Improve data and reporting. Set standards for product, customer, supplier, order and pricing master data. Facilitate BI integration with P21.聽
Train and support users. Create SOPs and training. Triage complex tickets and find the root cause in system behavior.聽
Manage vendors. Be the primary contact for Epicor support, account management and third-party P21 partners. Scope statements of work and hold partners to what they deliver.聽
Required Prophet 21 expertise聽
Candidates should show deep, hands-on command of every area below.聽聽聽
P21 area聽 | What we expect you to know聽 |
Order management & sales聽 | 聽Order entry, quotes, backorders and allocation, direct ship, RMAs, credit holds,聽 聽customer and ship-to setup, job/contract orders, CRM activities聽 |
Pricing & contracts聽 | 聽Pricing service, pricing libraries and pages, customer part numbers, contract pricing,聽 聽vendor rebates and cost contracts, price/cost updates, margin protection聽 |
Purchasing & suppliers聽 | 聽PO entry and approvals, the Purchase Order Requisition (POR) process, supplier聽 聽setup, landed cost, vendor receipt, drop ship, supplier price files聽 |
Inventory & replenishment聽 | 聽Item master, locations, replenishment methods (min/max, EOQ, forecast), demand聽 聽history, ABC classes, transfers, cycle counting, lot and serial tracking, kitting and聽 聽assembly聽 |
Warehouse & fulfillment聽 | 聽WWMS/RF, bins and zones, pick/pack/ship, wave or batch picking, shipping carrier聽 聽integrations, freight charges聽 |
Financials聽 | 聽AR, AP, GL, cash receipts, credit and collections, period and year-end close,聽 聽commissions, sales tax聽 |
Government & compliance聽 | 聽GSA and government customer setup, contract pricing and item restrictions聽 |
eCommerce & integrations聽 | 聽Punchout (cXML/OCI), EDI transactions, P21 API, Avalara, shipping, CRM and BI聽 聽connectors, middleware聽 |
Configuration & customization聽 | 聽System settings, DynaChange screens and rules, Business Rules (.NET), portals,聽 聽workflows, security roles聽 |
Reporting & data聽 | 聽P21 data model, data import and cleanup, relevant KPIs聽 |
P21 Cloud administration聽 | 聽Release and upgrade management, sandbox testing, regression testing, performance,聽 聽user administration聽 |
Distribution expertise for Safeware's business聽
The ideal candidate has used P21 in a distribution setting and understands the problems it creates.聽
Qualifications聽
Required聽
7+ years of hands-on Prophet 21 experience, including at least one full implementation, upgrade or migration to P21 Web/Cloud聽
5+ years in wholesale distribution: industrial, MRO or a similar field聽
Advanced configuration skills: P21 pricing, DynaChange, Business Rules, portals and system settings聽
Strong SQL skills and working knowledge of the P21 database schema聽
Experience with EDI, eCommerce or API integrations to P21聽
A proven ability to turn business problems into clear requirements, test plans and adopted solutions聽
Clear written and verbal communication with executives, warehouse staff and developers alike聽
Preferred聽
Experience supporting government sales, including GSA Schedule, TAA compliance and contract pricing聽
eCommerce integration or punchout catalog administration聽
Power BI or similar BI tools聽
Experience with .NET/C# for Business Rules, or with middleware such as Boomi or SPS Commerce聽
Product management, CSCP, APICS or PMP certification聽
Active participation in the Epicor user community (EUG/Insights)聽
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