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 and Power BI) to join our team. The ideal candidate will function as a Report Developer focused on building advanced analytics in the form of user-consumable online dashboards and reports. As a relatively new area, you will aid in developing new and exciting analytics to replace many of our existing Excel-based reports, as well as provide guidance and advice on developing new, more creative solutions to existing questions. You will be fully immersed in Tableau and Power BI Desktop daily, being a resident expert on all things Tableau and Power BI, and play 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 in support of our team, including developing other reporting in Cognos, writing queries and code, liaising with business users and our Tableau and Power BI Server teams, troubleshooting and answering data inquiries, and sharing your Tableau and Power BI knowledge through training sessions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop Tableau and Power BI Desktop visualizations (90%)
- Using existing legacy reports as examples; developing Tableau and Power BI visualizations to replace them
- Fulfilling new solution requests where no reporting currently exists
- Helping manage library of existing vizzes
- Continuous learning and development using Tableau and Power BI
Support the team that provides full-stack analytic solutions (5%)
- Providing guidance and getting involved in data governance and data source development
- Providing backup support and development in existing BI solutions (Cognos, Excel)
- Undertaking other duties and coverage as required by the team
Support overall business migration to Tableau and Power BI (5%)
- Administering user security and accessing requests
- Providing training sessions to other Tableau and Power BI users
- Running viz demos to End Users
- Investigating data issues; answering user questions
- Liaising with the Tableau and Power BI Server team
REQUIREMENTS
A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, and 1-2 years of experience
Expert proficiency using Tableau and Power BI Desktop
Must have means of demonstrating skills and abilities (e.g. Tableau and Power BI Public portfolio)
Expert proficiency writing SQL SELECT statements
Very strong technical, analytical, and data visualization skills and an understanding of visualization best practices
Must be an independent thinker able to suggest new ways of looking at old problems
The ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbal, to any level of the company and can serve as an “analytic translator”
The ability to facilitate training and coaching of others to improve their ability to use data and analytical tools
Must have a proven productivity track record while working remotely with minimal supervision
Should be comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools, advanced Excel skills
Should possess the ability to adhere to strict deadlines and manage time effectively
Must be detail-oriented and able to handle multiple tasks/assignments
BENEFITS
US dollar-linked compensation
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
