JOB DESCRIPTION

Associate Lead - Business Analysis 

The Big Picture 

Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 56th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry.   

Sysco employs over 75,000 associates, has 337 smart distribution facilities worldwide and over 14,000 IoT-enabled trucks serving 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2025 that ended June 29, 2025, the company generated sales of more than $81.4 billion.  

Sysco LABS Sri Lanka delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations.     

Sysco LABS’ enterprise technology is present in the end-to-end foodservice journey, enabling 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 and the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer. 

The Opportunity 

We are currently on the lookout for an Associate Lead - Business Analysis to join our team. 

Responsibilities: 

• Collaborating with on-site stakeholders to define, refine, and document project requirements aligned with business goals 

• Analyzing requirements and converting them to quality business solutions and effectively documenting and communicating them to project and engineering teams 

• Working closely with delivery/product heads, architects and conducting R&D based on the strategic product roadmap and elaborating on the requirements by comparing and analyzing competitor products and producing effective business solutions 

• Coordinating approval processes and clearly and confidently articulating user, business, and functional requirements to all concerned stakeholders including the senior leadership team, software engineering team, and the quality assurance team 

• Driving the resolution of open issues, supporting defect triaging, and ensuring alignment between product expectations and delivered solutions  

• Acting as the conduit between the product and delivery teams and ensuring high-level requirements are translated into the level of detail required 

• Effectively planning, managing, and delivering requirements/BA tasks and activities and meeting the required project deadlines and targets with a strong focus on the quality of the product/solution 

• Managing functional test suites and coordinating in-house training and product demos. 

Requirements:  

• A Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Management, Economics, or Finance; a Master’s Degree will be an added advantage 

• 2+ years of experience in a similar role 

• Experience working with software models; mainly Agile, RUP and waterfall models 

• Previous experience working with data engineering teams 

• Professional certifications such as CBAP/PMP/ACP will be an added advantage 

• Should possess the ability to interface with onsite staff and function as the single point of contact for requirements 

• Must have a passion for innovative product design and the ability to foresee business trends 

• Should have an excellent logical and analytical skills, with a strong eye for detail 

• Excellent communication skills, particularly written and spoken English, and proven experience in writing user stories, use cases, and detailed software requirements specifications 

• Must be curious and possess the ability to acquire domain and technical knowledge rapidly 

• Should possess excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills 

• Should have strong leadership, management, and organizational skills, including the ability to ensure schedules are met with a strong focus on quality 

Benefits: 

• US dollar-linked compensation 

• Performance-based annual bonus 

• Performance rewards and recognition 

• Agile Benefits - special allowances for Health, Wellness & Academic purposes 

• Entertainment allowance 

• 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.