THE BIG PICTURE
Sysco LABS is the captive innovation arm of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco is a Fortune 500 company and the global leader in selling, marketing, and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare, and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 76,000 colleagues, the company operates 334 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2024 that ended July 1, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $78.8 billion.
Operating with the agility and tenacity of a tech–startup, powered by the expertise of the industry leader, Sysco LABS is perfectly poised to transform one of the world’s largest industries.
Sysco LABS’s engineering teams based out of Colombo, Sri Lanka and Austin and Houston, TX, innovate across the entire food service journey – from the enterprise grade technology that enables Sysco’s business, to the technology that revolutionizes the way that Sysco connects with restaurants and the technology that shapes the way those restaurants connect with customers.
Sysco LABS 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.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are currently on the lookout for an energetic Associate Project Manager who can drive teams with passion to increase efficiency and deliver tangible business benefits to join our team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Managing deliveries across multiple delivery teams
Leading scrum methodologies and process improvements
Identifying any roadblocks and risks with the team and actively working to remove or eliminate both with escalation done as required
Liaising continuously with the product owner to ensure user stories are clearly defined, estimated and prioritized, and ensuring the daily status is communicated to management and other stakeholders
Working with offshore business and technical teams to ensure strict quality standards are maintained
REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s Degree in IT; a Master’s degree will be an added advantage
2 - 3 years’ experience in Agile project management and expert knowledge in SCRUM; proven experience in a dynamic and fast-paced agile environment
Professional certifications such as PMP or CSM (Certified Scrum Master) will be an added advantage
Sound knowledge of risk identification and mitigation
Business domain knowledge and a technical background will be highly advantageous
Excellent stakeholder management skills together with a commitment to all-round quality
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
