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 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
The designing and development of large data processing solutions for one of the world's largest corporations involved in the 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
Must possess 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
