CAREERS

Job Description:

We are seeking a new or experienced Web Developer to work on the creation of new, enterprise level applications as well as the maintenance of existing applications. We are looking for a high energy, self-starter who loves to create usable applications in an individual or team environment.

Requirements:

• A passion for web technology
• 1-2+ years of web development experience
• JavaScript fluency (beyond jQuery)
• SQL skills
• Code samples to document your involvement in significant prior projects

Bonus Points for:

• ExtJS / Sencha JavaScript frameworks
• SVN / Git
• Auto-testing (unit testing, selenium, mocha, jUnit, etc)
• Apache / Nginx
• Linux devops
• IBM iSeries / DB2
• PHP frameworks like Laravel or Zend
• Working with big data and writing high performance, scalable applications
• Ability to prioritize, multitask, manage work and report status in order to meet critical timelines

Web Architecture you'll be working with:

• Roughly 50/50 backend and frontend work
• Lots of JavaScript MVC with Sencha ExtJS
• Some PHP with Zend Framework
• Java web services with Spring Framework
• Terabytes of data in IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL & MS SQL Server
• Apache & Tomcat servers

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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Job Description:

We are seeking a Distributor Data Manager to join our SRS Team.  Our Supplier Services business is focused on moving data between distributors and suppliers in the beverage industry. This data is a driving force in marketing and supply chain planning and is vital to the business practices of our customers. This non-technical entry-level position is well-suited to an inquisitive self-starter willing to ask questions and work with little direct supervision. The Distributor Manager is responsible for monitoring a set of assigned distributor accounts to ensure the prompt and accurate reporting of data based on supplier guidelines.

Requirements:

• History of solid employment
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills to assess and implement information from multiple resources
• Clear communication skills
• Self-organization to meet daily, weekly and monthly responsibilities, both to the company and the customer
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of working with spreadsheets (Excel)
• College preferred but not required

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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Job Description:

The ideal candidate will be innovative, customer focused, self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision. VIP Software Developers work with our existing suite of software applications. Developers are responsible for creating new programs, enhancing existing programs by adding features, coding interfaces and fixing software bugs.

The successful candidate will have practical programming experience in RPG, knowledge of programming best practices, and have the ability to work in a high energy environment. As a Software Developer you work with a team of programmers who improve the features and stability of existing applications. You are assigned programming changes as a unit of work. Changes are identified by our customers and are related to minor enhancements, fixes to bugs, customization of software or interface (data extracts).

• Review request and clarify requirements with customer or service team
• Estimate coding effort and approximate due date
• Identify best programming language and code to satisfy requirements
• Make coding changes in appropriate source controlled environments
• Document programming changes and outline of testing protocol
• Release code to QC for creation of distribution
• Be available to support the coding changes as a Tier 3 resource to Customer Support

Requirements: 

• RPG programming experience
• Experience in the creation and maintenance of computer programs and control of languages
• Strong customer focus
• Effective oral & written communication
• Experience with financial applications, business applications, or data extracts
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to remain on task in a kinetic environment
• Desire to learn our customer’s business
• Willing to be on-call support for applications
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; 5+ years related experience, or equivalent combination of education & experience. 

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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Job Description:

The role of Data Quality Analyst is an integral role in our rapidly growing company. This is an excellent opportunity for intelligent, outgoing, and self-motivated persons seeking rapid professional development and acquisition of new business skills. Your primary responsibilities will be working closely with internal and external users to maintain the quality of VIP’s master retailer database and aligning customer sales data to that retailer universe. As this data is central to the operation of our clients’ businesses, you will need to bring a high level of attention to detail and willingness to find solutions to problems in a systematic and efficient way. Ideal candidates will understand the importance of building and maintaining relationships with our customers. Successful candidates must also work well both individually as well as part of a team to accomplish shared goals.

Requirements: 

• History of solid employment
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills to assess and implement information from multiple resources
• Clear communication skills
• Self-organization to meet daily, weekly and monthly responsibilities, both to the company and the customer
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of working with spreadsheets (Excel)
• College preferred but not required

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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Job Description:

The Item Catalog Data Specialist plays a critical role in the ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive catalog of packages and brands that VIP has created for the Beverage Industry. This entry-level position is responsible for monitoring a group of assigned accounts (beverage suppliers & distributors), and assist them in adding content to the Item Catalog that meets a set of data quality rules.

• Validate and ensure data quality and accuracy on an ongoing basis
• Populate and maintain individual items, brands, and their attributes within the item catalog based on a set of established business rules
• Monitor incoming data requests and assist customers in uploading and downloading data from the catalog
• Assist in documenting data creation and maintenance procedures

Job Requirements:

• High level of attention to detail and ability to prioritize work
• Speed and proficiency on a standard keyboard
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and others inside the company to solve problems
• Ability to work independently
• Exposure to Excel and related business applications
• Ability to learn and become proficient with unfamiliar systems
• College preferred but not required

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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VIP is seeking a Software Implementation Specialist to join the Installation Team. You’ll have hands-on project management, direct relationships with existing and new customers, and the ability to enhance our growing software packages.

Responsibilities

• Learn how to install, use and set-up the various components of VIP Solution Packages and Software
• Successfully understand VIP Software with the knowledge to install and train at VIP customer sites
• Installation Includes:  Preparatory data conversion and hardware set-up
• Training Includes:  On-site support and customer service to existing customers to include trouble shooting  issues, emphasizing training components, managing on-site software upgrades, and communicating with the Software Support Team as well as providing feedback to Development Teams

Requirements:

• Must be highly organized and detail-oriented
• Effective communication skills, both written and orally
• Provide effective teaching and training in a resourceful way
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as a team player
• Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects and customers
• A desire to learn new technologies and provide innovative ideas in the implementation team
• Knowledge of beverage distribution is a plus!
• 30% - 50% travel within the U.S

All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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We are seeking an experienced data integration specialist to work on the creation of a new enterprise level ETL architecture. We are looking for a high energy, self-starter who loves to create reliable and efficient ETL workloads in an individual or team environment.

Requirements: 

• 2+ years experience with data integration concepts
• Experience with popular DBMS systems such as DB2, MS SQL, Postgresql, Oracle, Snowflake
• Understanding of data modeling and data warehousing concepts
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational data stores
• Continuously broaden and deepen your skill set to solve new technical challenges
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Desired Skills: 

• Experience with Atlassian project management tools
• 2+ years’ experience with IBM InfoSphere DataStage
• Experience with Active Directory and LDAP
• Knowledge of development and deployment tools; Git, Visual Studio, Jenkins, Swagger

All full-time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

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VIP is seeking a Warehouse Management Software Implementation Specialist to join the Installation Team. You’ll have hands-on project management, direct relationships with existing and new customers, and the ability to enhance our growing software packages.

Responsibilities

• Learn how to install, use and set-up the various components of VIP Solution Packages and Software
• Successfully understand VIP Software with relationship to Warehouse Management
• Installation includes: Preparatory data conversion, hardware set-up with process improvement focus
• Training includes: on-site support during installation, as well as post-installation support with process improvement focus
• Provide excellent support and customer service to existing customers to include trouble-shooting issues, emphasizing training components, managing on-site software upgrades, and communicating with Customer Support, as well as providing feedback to Development Teams

Requirements

• Warehousing and Logistics experience preferred
• Operational improvement experience and focus
• Knowledge of beverage distribution or food distribution is a plus!
• Experience and understanding in inventory control, distribution and routing
• Effective communication skills, both written and orally
• Provide effective teaching and training in a resourceful way
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as a team player
• 30-50% travel within the U.S.

 All full time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

 LOCAL APPLICANTS ONLY

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our iOS development team to help create and maintain our suite of iOS applications, which complement our industry-leading software platforms. VIP's iOS applications are indispensable tools used by thousands of beverage industry employees everyday. If you have enjoyed a beer, soft drink, wine, or spirit lately there's a good chance one of our iOS applications was used in the journey from the supplier to your glass.

As an iOS developer at VIP you will develop mission-critical iOS applications for the beverage industry using the latest Apple technologies and frameworks. Our native iOS applications are written in a combination of Swift and Objective-C and are built using the latest iOS SDK.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of relevant industry experience in software development.
• Highly motivated to learn about the industry VIP builds its software around.
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
• Experience building iOS applications using Swift or Objective-C.
• Excellent object-oriented programming skills using one or more multi-paradigm languages including but not limited to: Objective-C, Swift, C/C++, C#, Java, Python, or Ruby.
• Experience using Git VCS.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant industry experience; preferably in iOS application development using Swift or Objective-C.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Deep technical knowledge of iOS application development and frameworks including UIKit, CoreData, Auto-layout, & CoreLocation.
• Proficient in MVC & MVVM application design.

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All full-time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Database Engineering team as a Database Administrator. Database Administrators are responsible for the support, maintenance, and development of VIP’s enterprise database systems.   A successful candidate will possess the ability to learn about the industry VIP builds its software around and be able to work with multiple application development teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 1 year of relevant industry experience in database technologies
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience building ETLs using SQL or other ETL development technologies
• Experience with conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug complex ETL, OLAP, and OLTP workloads
• Experience with database monitoring, analysis, and optimization
• Proficiency with index and statistics strategy and management
• Metadata management and usage
• Experience using Git VCS

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant industry experience; preferably with multiple RDBMS such as DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, Netezza, Snowflake, MySQL
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Understanding of database replication, clustering, backup, and high availability
• Knowledge of data partitioning concepts, strategies, and implementations

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All full-time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening. 

The VIP Accounting Department has an immediate opening for a Billing Coordinator. The desired applicant will be highly organized and has the ability to learn quickly and work independently. The Billing Coordinator must have the ability to communicate effectively with customers, and fellow employees.

Responsibilities:

• Keying all major billing for the distributor side of the business
• Strong communication skills with the installment team
• Responsible for various monthly reconciliations
• Maintain inventory of customer hardware trade-ins and loaned equipment
• Distribute sales letters received from the sales department
• Additional accounting/administrative tasks as assigned

Requirements:

• Accounting / Administrative Background
• Highly Organized
• Learns Quickly
• Works Well Independently
• Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office Suites
• Proficient Keyboarding Skills
• Strong Communication Skills

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All full-time job offers are contingent upon passing a pre-employment drug screening.