THE BIG PICTURE
Sysco LABS is the captive innovation center for Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), a Fortune 100 company and the world’s largest foodservice provider with 71,000+ associates, 330+ distribution centers and over 725,000 customers in 90 countries. For fiscal 2023 that ended July 1, 2023, Sysco generated over $76 billion in sales.
Sysco LABS powers Sysco’s farm-to-fork operations and our technology is present in the sourcing of food products, merchandising, storage and warehouse operations, order placement and pricing algorithms, the delivery of food and supplies to Sysco’s global network, the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer and much more.
Our technology ecosystem spans 600+ applications, monitoring and incident management across 10,000+ servers, multi-cloud – multi-platform event streaming and microservices architecture, and enterprise-grade systems that power a catalog of over 1.4 million products, 330+ distribution centers and a fleet of 14,000 IoT-enabled delivery trucks, and more.
Everything we do at Sysco LABS supports Sysco’s Purpose of ‘Connecting the world to share food and care for one another’, and our technology directly impacts millions of food consumers in a trillion-dollar, global industry.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are currently on the lookout for a talented Engineer - Data Engineering - Tableau to join our team. The right candidate will function as a Report Developer focusing on building advanced analytics in the form of user-consumable online dashboards and reports. Working in a relatively new area, you will aid in developing new and exciting analytics to replace many of our existing-Excel based reports and provide guidance and advice on developing new more creative solutions to existing questions.
You will be fully immersed in Tableau Desktop daily, operating as a resident expert on all things Tableau while playing a pivotal role in the modernization of our analytics. You will receive business data guidance and support from our team allowing you to utilize your creativity and visualizations within developed dashboards.
At times you will wear other hats to support the team; including developing other reports in Cognos, writing queries and code, liaising with business users and our Tableau Server team, troubleshooting and answering data inquiries and sharing your Tableau knowledge through training sessions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Developing Tableau Desktop visualizations; Using existing legacy reports as examples, develop Tableau vizzes to replace them
- Fulfilling new solution requests, where no reporting currently exists
- Helping manage the library of existing vizzes
- Continuous learning & development using Tableau
- Supporting the team that provides full-stack analytic solutions
- Providing guidance and getting involved in data governance and data source development
- Providing backup support and development in existing BI solutions (Cognos, Excel)
- Conducting other duties and coverage as required by the team
- Supporting overall business migration to Tableau; Administering user security and access requests
- Providing training sessions to other Tableau users
- Running viz demos to end users
- Investigating data issues and answering user questions
- Liaising with the Tableau Server team
REQUIREMENTS
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Expert proficiency in using Tableau Desktop; Must have means of demonstrating skills and abilities (e.g., Tableau Public portfolio)
- Expert proficiency in writing SQL SELECT statements
- Strong technical, analytical, and data visualization skills and an understanding of visualization best practices
- Must be an independent thinker and able to suggest new ways of looking at old problems
- The ability to effectively communicate, in both written and verbal formats, to any level of the company and serve as an “analytic translator”
- The ability to facilitate training and coaching of others to improve their ability to use data and analytical tools
- A proven productivity track record while working remotely, with minimal supervision
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools, advanced Excel skills
- The ability to adhere to strict deadlines and manage time effectively
- Must be detail-oriented and possess the ability to handle multiple tasks/assignments
BENEFITS
- US dollar-linked compensation
- Performance-based annual bonus
- Performance rewards and recognition
- Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes
- Paid birthday leave
- Team engagement allowance
- Comprehensive Health & Life Insurance Cover - extendable to parents and in-laws
- Overseas travel opportunities and exposure to client environments
- Hybrid work arrangement
Sysco LABS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
