2025 Next Gen Information Technology Program

Who we are looking for: Seeking December 2024 and May 2025 graduating students. Our next Program begins Summer 2025.

Position Location: Miramar, FL or Dallas, TX

What You Need to Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with roots that go back to 1933 . To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies - and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity. In 2024, Southern Glazer’s was recognized as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for New Grads.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with a salary of $70000 / year plus bonus. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

About the Program

The SGWS Next Gen Information Technology Program (NGTP) is a 12-month program sponsored by Ann Dozier, CIO of SGWS. The program is designed to build future talent for the IT department, known as ETP (Enterprise Technology Partners).

You will be hired as a program Associate with the opportunity to rotate through various teams within ETP during the first few months of the program. Following the team rotations, associates will spend time working in a dedicated functional area based on departmental availability, becoming familiar with the core technology drivers of the company, ETP Operations, Project Planning, Information Security, Infrastructure and Solutions Development to name a few. You will also receive comprehensive training in all areas in which you will be rotating. All the while, you will gain exposure to the C-suite, key decision makers at SGWS, and gain unparalleled cross-departmental knowledge that will position you for an accelerated career path in ETP.

Rotational Areas

Business Solution Delivery - Associates will gain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s business technology solutions and how to configure a platform to deliver on business objectives.

Through the rotation, the associate will learn the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) and data management concepts that are applied to deliver business value. Finally, through the work assigned, the associate will gain an understanding of the SGWS software landscape and technical languages used at SGWS and how to best leverage these to create business solutions.

Infrastructure and Information Security - The associate will complete activities in support of our software and hardware environments as part of our Operations Control Center and desk side teams will allow an understanding of how our technical teams support the applications that are used by business operations. The associates will also have an opportunity to be part of the Security Operations team and gain an understanding of what it means to respond to a security breach. Knowing how to secure data, information and other IT assets will be a part of the learnings to begin to understand how to avoid a breach from happening. Finally, exposure to the internal control environment through audits focusing on: reliability/integrity of financial and operational information, effectiveness and efficiency of operations, safeguarding of assets, compliance with laws, and regulations and contracts.

Architecture & IT Governance - In this rotation, the associate will have the opportunity to interact with our Vendor Management, Finance and IT Asset Management Teams within ETP and outside of ETP to learn what it means to negotiate an IT contract and measure the value of our strategic vendor partnerships. Exposure to our complex systems environment will be achieved by sitting with our technical architects to dig into the SGWS systems architecture components. Working side by side with our Project Management Office (PMO) and Finance team, you will develop a project budget and estimate required resources, software, hardware, and recurring costs depending on 2 different delivery methodologies: Project Management Institute (PMI) and Safe Agile Delivery. Finally, you will be part of creating the monthly ETP Scorecard for an understanding of the key measurement and how ETP defines success.

Dedicated Focus Area - The associate will have the opportunity to assume the responsibilities of a role on a team and have an immersive experience in the Domain/ Department/ Role they are passionate about pursuing.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduating senior (December 2024 or May 2025), pursuing a degree in: Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) and/or comparable from an accredited university
• Strong team player with ability to demonstrate Agile delivery values working both within a team and working independently
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to identify, analyze, understand, and prioritize activities by business value and urgency
• Budget and risk management capabilities
• Ability to develop a team environment
• Ability to gather, interpret, and analyze data, as well as define, track and monitor KPIs
• Strategic thinker - can develop a plan to meet a long-term objective
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail to process large numbers of invoices
• Excellent planning and organizational skills to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
• Proficient oral and written communication skills, and ability to influence outcomes
• Knowledge in application and software development
• Familiarity in coding fundamentals: Includes any programming languages (e.g., Python, Java), data structures, algorithms, OOP concepts, version control (e.g., Git), web development basics (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), databases (SQL), and testing/debugging.
• Knowledge of software design and programming principles
• Strong analytical, mathematic, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships and collaboration across different departments, sometimes virtually

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training

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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is the world’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol, building brands for moments that matter. The multi-generational, family-owned company has operations in 45 U.S. states and Canada, as well as brokerage operations through its WEBB Banks division in the Caribbean, Central and South America. At Southern Glazer’s, we strive to be more than a company that distributes wine and spirits. We are committed to our communities, to innovating the way we operate, and continuing to build on our rich history.

With over 23,000 employees, Southern Glazer’s is one of the country’s largest privately held companies, has been recognized on the Forbes list of America’s Best Employers for New Grads 2024, and named by Newsweek as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and Women. We offer internships, rotational programs, and early career opportunities in Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, IT, Finance, and more across the United States.