The Helpful Smiles Technology Global Center (HST Global) in Bangalore is a division of the Hy-Vee IT team named as the Helpful Smiles Technology Center based in the US. It supports Hy-Vee’s business growth and modernization needs by accelerating the adoption of technology across enterprise operations. It offers tech talent the unique opportunity to transform retail technology at Hy-Vee and understand different markets and cultural dynamics, as well as the opportunity to work locally and remotely on IT challenges. The Hy-Vee IT team is looking to expand its capabilities in software development and delivery with roles such as Agile and full stack and data analysts based out of Bangalore. HST Global will serve the entire IT organization across roles and functions.
About Hy-Vee
Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned chain of supermarkets with a revenue for more than $14 Billion dollars annually. Hy-Vee ranks among the top 5 most trusted brands and has been named one of America’s top 3 favourite grocery stores. Its more than 330 stores are in nine Midwestern states: Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Indiana and Wisconsin. Distribution centres are in Chariton, Iowa, and Cherokee, Iowa, with a third perishable operation in Ankeny, Iowa. Hy-Vee’s corporate office is in West Des Moines, Iowa.
The largest Hy-Vee stores are full-service supermarkets with bakeries, delicatessens, floral departments, dine-in and carryout food service, wine and spirits, pharmacies, health clinics, health markets, and full- service restaurants at some of its properties.
About HST Global
The Helpful Smiles Technology Global Center (HST Global) in Bangalore is a division of the Hy-Vee IT team named as the Helpful Smiles Technology Centre based in the US. It supports Hy-Vee’s business growth and modernization needs by accelerating the adoption of technology across enterprise operations. It offers tech talent the unique opportunity to transform retail technology at Hy-Vee and understand different markets and cultural dynamics, as well as the opportunity to work locally and remotely on IT challenges. The Hy-Vee team is looking to expand its capabilities in Bangalore. HST Global will serve the entire IT organization across roles and functions.
About the Data Team
The data team at HST Global encompasses Data Integration, Data Platform and Data Analytics. This team is tasked with managing the entire lifecycle of data from collection to analysis from various sources like sales transactions and customer interactions. They design and implement effective data storage, processing and retrieval solutions for databases and build data pipelines, optimize database designs and work closely with data scientists, architects, and analysts to ensure data quality and accessibility.
Primary responsibilities and frequency:
Help execute the vision and strategy for the product implementation and integration with other systems in the Hy-Vee product eco-system.
Should have knowledge on writing SQL queries involving joins across multiple facts and dimension tables, applying different functions, aggregations and time-analysis on data.
Should be able to understand data models and come up with areas to report and analyze the data in multiple dimensions to generate meaningful insights.
Interface with key people from our business team and management to capture requirements.
Experience in working with large data stores, data interpretation and analysis.
Work with the organization to distill large initiatives into a deliverable roadmap.
Curate the product backlog.
Multiple years of experience working directly with Data Engineers and BI Engineers.
Work with the technical members of the team to ensure that production vision and technical execution are in harmony.
Be organized and detail oriented.
Secondary Responsibilities:
Attends and is prepared to participate in department, company and industry meetings.
Provides assistance to Support Service personnel.
Performs other job-related duties and special projects as required.
Skills and abilities to perform job:
Effective and patient communicator that can translate technical and non-technical issues to various team members
Proven ability to guide the definition and refinement of product vision and strategy
Cross functional leadership skills to execute product strategy
Multiple years of hands-on experience as a Product Owner
Experience working within an environment with a Continuous Discovery/Delivery mindset
Ability to learn new domains quickly
Desire to grow as an individual through continuously learning new techniques
Must have the ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages
Must possess the ability to compose original correspondence; follow technical manuals; evaluate technical data; and counsel or advise people
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering, Business Administration or Management, Information Technology, Marketing or Retail Management
6 to 8 years of similar or related work experience.