Company Description
METRO is a leading international food wholesaler which specialises in serving the needs of hotels, restaurants, and caterers (HoReCa) as well as independent merchants (Traders). Around the world, METRO has approx. 15 million customers who benefit from the wholesale company’s unique multichannel mix: customers can purchase their goods in one of the large stores in their area as well as by delivery (Food Service Distribution, FSD) – all digitally supported and connected. In parallel, METRO MARKETS is being developed as an international online marketplace for the needs of professional customers which has been growing and expanding continuously since 2019. Acting sustainably is one of the company principles of METRO which has been listed in various sustainability indices and rankings, including MSCI, Sustainalytics and CDP. METRO operates in more than 30 countries and employs over 85,000 people worldwide. In financial year 2023/24, METRO generated sales of €31 billion.
At METRO, we have set ourselves ambitious goals with our “sCore” growth strategy which is closely accompanied by our Fundamentals. These shared values provide us with rules of conduct that are binding for everyone at METRO, in all countries and companies. Our commitment to wholesale is at the forefront of our mission, and we are constantly striving to improve. With our ONE METRO spirit, everyone stands together, bringing curiosity, determination, courage, drive, commitment, and trust. Find out more about METRO at careers.metroag.de.
Job Description
METRO Corporate Controlling and Finance - Business Intelligence (BI) team is actively shaping METRO AG's Business Intelligence solution. This job offers you the opportunity to be part of a dynamic work environment and to experience the implementation of Business Intelligence solution in a multinational company.
You will play a vital role in increasing utilization of BI tools in METRO, helping reduce efforts in collecting / validating / preparing data, integrating KPIs in BI and establishing data governance. The role offers great learning opportunities. You will have independent functional responsibilities.
Your tasks:
- BI for Metro strategy: Support enabling effective strategy tracking and evaluation using BI solutions.
- Collaboration: Partner with Corporate Controlling team as a cross-departmental BI team, co-leading the BI requirements gathering and design process. Collaborate with IT and data owner teams to integrate data from various sources into a unified BI ecosystem.
- BI requirements collection: Support the integration of BI across METRO, including analyzing business needs, KPI documentation, dashboard design.
- Project and Task Management: Manage project plans, dependencies, decisions, roadblocks, escalations, and PMO support for the BI domain.
- Support Development Process: Apply BI best practices, help prioritize sprint deliverables.
- Testing: Perform testing and validation on Dataset & Dashboards, support data quality monitoring and ensure adherence to design standards.
- Communication: Ensure BI solutions cater to both current and future business requirements, balancing flexibility and performance. Advocate for BI best practices across the organization, driving adoption and fostering a data-driven culture.
- BI Enhancements: Identify analytical gaps, propose new BI improvements, and assist in designing and prototype testing of chosen solutions.
Qualifications
Your profile:
- Education: Master's degree (MBA) or comparable academic background in Finance, Controlling, BI technology, or mathematics.
- Experience: Relevant experience in Controlling, consulting, or similar roles, with strong knowledge of Finance, Controlling, and BI/data management. Participated in a BI Transformation project.
- Analytical Skills: Advanced analytical abilities with a deep understanding of KPIs, data structures, and flows, including dimensions and granularity.
- Personal Attributes: Enthusiastic, assertive, collaborative team player with a focus on results, adaptable to change, with strong emotional intelligence to navigate and resolve complex situations.
- Communication: Comfortable engaging with business leaders to understand strategies and reporting needs, providing support in analytical tasks.
- Technical Expertise: Proficient in BI tools (MicroStrategy, Tableau, Qlik, SAP BW, etc.), databases, OLAP, SQL, Excel, and ideally R or Python. Experienced in dashboard/report design and BI storytelling.
Additional Information
What we offer:
- Work-life balance: Flexible working hours with the option of mobile working in agreement with your line manager, 30 days of holidays.
- Training: A comprehensive training offer via our own training center or externally.
- Well-being: Health days with lots of health checks and information about your well-being, company medical care including a range of preventive services, such as flu shots, OTHEB employee assistance program.
- Exciting life on campus: Free gym and sports classes, Rioba coffee bar, canteen with discounted meals for employees, many campus events.
- Discounts: discounted Jobticket as well as discounts in our wholesale stores and at many partner companies.
- Comfort: Good transport connections, free parking spaces, JobBike.
- Company pension plan: You will receive a contribution to your company pension.
- Family driven: Three daycare centers for children on campus, support of holiday camps for children of employees.