Jobs Available at CDW

Key responsibilities

• Financial compliance administration, coordination, and tracking:
• Partner funding, including rebate, marketing investment (MDF) and other funding schemes.
• Cost management and administration for partner certifications and marketing, from purchase order request and approval to supplier invoicing tracking and purchase invoice queries.
• Support the tax and compliance team by providing accurate reporting on marketing costs.
• Work with accounting and partner finance teams to ensure accurate cost and funding accrual for P&L reporting, ensuring balance sheet reviews to minimise any risk to receivables.
• Cash-flow - work with the finance receivables and partner finance teams to ensure partner funding invoice payments are received and reconciled in a timely manner.
• Administration, tracking and reporting of partner rewards schemes and portal management.
• Support the partner and marketing teams with leads tracking and reporting.
• Manage all merchandise stock ordering, budget, and delivery for the marketing team.
• Continuously implement, follow, or suggest ways to improve CDW processes and workflows to ensure that a high level of quality and accuracy is maintained at all times.
• Act as a subject matter expert for co-workers with less experience in partner and marketing operational processes.
• General administration and operational support as required across partner management and marketing teams, including but not limited to:
• Support the Partner Certification Coordinator with certification tracking and administration.
• Support the partner management and marketing team with partner portal administration. 
• Store documentation in Microsoft TEAMS and manage multiple team mailboxes.
• The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Qualifications , Skills and Experience

• Proficient experience in an administrative role, preferably with book-keeping or other financial experience
• Proficient with the use of Microsoft Office products, such as Outlook, Word & Excel
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Excel, with an analytical eye
• Microsoft productivity tools including O365, Teams and SharePoint
• Experience in power automate and similar tools will be beneficial.
• High level of consistency and accuracy in data keying and documentation production
• Multi-functional team player experienced in all aspects of general administration.
• Strong numerical and financial aptitude
• Multi-tasking and efficient time and resource management.

Essential Attributes

• Highly organised and deadline driven.
• Quality focused with excellent attention to detail.
• Completes work with a limited degree of supervision.
• Pro-active with a desire to make a positive impact.
• Uses Initiative and applied experience to complete tasks efficiently.
• Strong communication skills and ability to build relationship with a variety of stakeholders.
• Curious and inquisitive with an interest in continuous improvement
• Methodical & aptitude for problem solving, identifying issues and patterns from partial/conflicting data.
• Ability to work alone, but also a team-player.

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Key responsibilities

• Chasing of all overdue Purchase Orders on a daily basis
• Proactive resourcing of outstanding purchase orders
• Use of Supplier back order reports and order acknowledgments to ensure our system is updated with as much information as possible
• Managing sales and customer returns through to completion, including liaising with Suppliers to progress these, whilst maintaining department set SLAs
• Liaise with Sales Team to communicate any issues arising with their orders
• Cancel and amend orders as necessary
• Provide departmental mailbox management when required
• Take ownership of queries and follow through to completion
• Develop relationships with all key Suppliers to enable improved ETA accuracy we provide to our sellers / customers
• Provide cover for other members of the department as necessary and perform other tasks if requested

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Excellent administration skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills (e.g. formulas and pivot tables)
• Demonstrates the ability to work well under pressure
• Highly motivated with ability to work under own initiative, making decisions to benefit CDW (UK) Ltd
• Demonstrates attention to detail, time management and organizational skills
• Excellent problem solving skills

Essential Attributes

• Motivated and driven
• Ability to be proactive with proactive thinking
• Self-starter and ability to work on own initiative
• Positive, enthusiastic and supportive individual
• Ability to take ownership of and progress queries to resolution
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Ambitious to grow successful career within CDW
• Passionate, professional, with a ‘can-do’ attitude at all times

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Key responsibilities

• Ingest data from various sources, including on premise SQL databases, REST API’s, Apache Kafka streams, etc.
• Define and apply cleansing rules to the data to ensure meets quality expectations.
• Define and model data into single source of truth Kimball datasets, e.g. dimensions and facts.
• DevOps approach to software; create high quality code using traditional software practices, such as building, linting, unit and integration testing, repositories, CI/CD, peer reviews, etc.
• DevOps approach to support; monitor pipelines to ensure businesscritical data pipelines are processed meeting time constraint and data quality expectations (including implementing reactive changes where applicable).
• Drives and Integrates into the data team’s WOW, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives, including translation of user requirements into technical requirements including complexity estimation, implement into sprint cycles, collaboration into process improvement, etc.
• Based on requirements, perform ad-hoc analysis of structured and unstructured data across multiple data sources to inform solution design.
• Document datasets in data catalogue, including ownership, stewardship, dictionaries, glossaries, lineage, sensitivity, etc.
• Ownership of Work Items and works with data owners / stewards to ensure high quality, aligned deliveries, and compliance with legislation, such as GDPR, e.g. PII vs non-PII, data retention, etc.
• Document solution design in wiki.
• The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Must Have:

• Architecture, modelling and leadership skills
• Strong Azure data skills, including:
• Azure Data Factory V2
• Azure Data Lake Storage V2
• Azure Databricks
• Azure Function Apps& Logic Apps
• Azure Stream Analytics o Azure Resource Manager skills (Terraform, Azure Portal, Az CLI and Az PowerShell)
• Strong PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity CatLog and Python skills. o Includes ability to write unit and integration tests in Python with unittest, pytest, etc.
• Strong understanding of software development practices, such as SOLID principals, structuring code, testing, IOC, etc.
• Strong repositories, CI/CD skills.
• Strong knowledge of Kimball data modelling, such as star schema, snowflake, etc.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A minimum of 2 years of experience as an Architect.
• A demonstrable track record of getting stuff done whilst managing competing pressures and deadlines and retaining an eye for detail and quality.
• A passion for technology and its ability to have a positive impact on business.

Nice To Have:

• Azure DevOps (git, multistage YAML, etc.)
• Other languages, such as C#, PowerShell
• IaC, e.g. Terraform, ARM, Bicep, etc.
• Test driven development (TDD)
• Streaming technologies, such as Azure Stream Analytics, Spark Structured Streaming, etc.
• Power BI Engineering experience
• Certified SCRUM Developer (CSD)
• Machine learning and Artificial intelligence

Essential Attributes

• Be a leader who can manage, inspire, and live by the CDW code.
• Highly motivated self-starter with ability to work with executives, managers, and individual contributors at all levels.
• Passionate about what they do and making a difference.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and be able to multitask and manage multiple work streams and problems simultaneously.
• The ability to prioritise tasks through organisation and delegation is essential.
• To demonstrate a positive, proactive, results driven team approach.
• A highly energetic individual with a passion to lead, develop and contribute.
• Able to demonstrate adaptability in response to changing needs and priorities.
• Reliable, tolerant, and dependable under pressure
• Able to work to deadlines.
• Has a professional ‘can do’ attitude and approach

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KEY DUTIES

• CDW is undergoing a roll out of our data platform, and we are looking for a highly skilled Analytics Tester with expertise in Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), Power BI, Dataset Generation, Automation, Scrum and Agile methodologies, and testing reports and dashboards. As an Analytics Tester, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and accuracy of our data analytics solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including data analysts, developers, and business stakeholders, to drive effective testing strategies and deliver high-quality insights.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts to validate data analytics solutions, with a specific focus on reports and dashboards.
• Utilize Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) methodologies to define test scenarios and acceptance criteria in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Design and generate realistic and representative datasets to validate the accuracy, integrity, and performance of analytics solutions.
• Conduct end-to-end testing of Power BI reports, dashboards, and visualizations to ensure their functionality, usability, and adherence to business requirements.
• Collaborate with data analysts and developers to identify, isolate, and troubleshoot issues, defects, or anomalies in data analytics workflows.
• Participate in Agile development methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban, by actively contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to understand and validate requirements, ensuring that reports and dashboards meet business needs
• Mentor and provide guidance to team members, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. Contribute to the development and enhancement of the overall analytics testing strategy, frameworks, and tools.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience as an Analytics Tester or similar role, with a focus on data analytics testing, specifically reports and dashboards.
• Strong proficiency in Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) techniques, tools (e.g., Cucumber, SpecFlow), and frameworks.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Power BI testing, including report validation, data validation, and dashboard testing.
• Proficiency in dataset generation techniques, SQL querying, and data manipulation.
• Experience working in Agile development methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban, with a strong understanding of the testing lifecycle in Agile projects.
• Ability to effectively test, validate, and verify reports and dashboards against business requirements.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to identify data inconsistencies, anomalies, and discrepancies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively interact with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset, with a passion for continuous learning and staying abreast of the latest trends and advancements in analytics testing.

Advantageous Skills / Experience

• Azure DevOps with Test Plan Experience employing automation tools and frameworks to streamline testing processes and increase efficiency, particularly for regression testing.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Self-driven, doesn’t require micromanagement.
• Organised and structured
• Comfortable in fast-paced environments with shifting & ambiguous requirements.
• Passionate about both process and technology and the impact they can have on business and our customers.
• Articulate and credible
• Quality and detail orientated.
• Positive attitude and influence on others
• Fast learner and able to adapt to new technology and keep abreast of current industry trends and practice.
• Excellent communicator in all forms to key stakeholders
• Excellent organisation and time management skills

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Key responsibilities

• Ingest data from various sources, including on premise SQL databases, REST API’s, Apache Kafka streams, etc.
• Define and apply cleansing rules to the data to ensure meets quality expectations.
• Define and model data into single source of truth Kimball datasets, e.g. dimensions and facts.
• DevOps approach to software; create high quality code using traditional software practices, such as building, linting, unit and integration testing, repositories, CI/CD, peer reviews, etc.
• DevOps approach to support; monitor pipelines to ensure business critical data pipelines are processed meeting time constraint and data quality expectations (including implementing reactive changes where applicable).
• Drives and Integrates into the data team’s WOW, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives, including translation of user requirements into technical requirements including complexity estimation, implement into sprint cycles, collaboration into process improvement, etc.
• Based on requirements, perform ad-hoc analysis of structured and unstructured data across multiple data sources to inform solution design.
• Document datasets in data catalogue, including ownership, stewardship, dictionaries, glossaries, lineage, sensitivity, etc.
• Ownership of Work Items and works with data owners / stewards to ensure high quality, aligned deliveries, and compliance with legislation, such as GDPR, e.g. PII vs non-PII, data retention, etc
• Document solution design in wiki.
• The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Must Have:

• Architecture, modelling, and leadership skills
• Strong Azure data skills, including:
• Azure Data Factory V2
• Azure Data Lake Storage V2
• Azure Databricks o Azure Function Apps& Logic Apps
• Azure Stream Analytics
• Azure Resource Manager skills (Terraform, Azure Portal, Az CLI and Az PowerShell)
• Strong PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog and Python skills.
• Includes ability to write unit and integration tests in Python with unittest, pytest, etc.
• Strong understanding of software development practices, such as SOLID principals, structuring code, testing, IOC, etc.
• Strong repositories, CI/CD skills.
• Strong knowledge of Kimball data modelling, such as star schema, snowflake, etc.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A minimum of 2 years of experience as an Architect
• A demonstrable track record of getting stuff done whilst managing competing pressures and deadlines and retaining an eye for detail and quality.
• A passion for technology and its ability to have a positive impact on business.

Nice To Have:

• Azure DevOps (git, multistage YAML, etc.)
• Other languages, such as C#, PowerShell
• IaC, e.g. Terraform, ARM, Bicep, etc.
• Test driven development (TDD)
• Streaming technologies, such as Azure Stream Analytics, Spark Structured Streaming, etc.
• Power BI Engineering experience
• Certified SCRUM Developer (CSD)
• Machine learning and Artificial intelligence