Assistant Manager/ Manager

Key skills 1.

About METRO/MAKRO

• Metro Global Solution Center (MGSC) is internal solution partner for METRO, a €31.6 Billion international wholesaler with operations in more than 30 countries.
• The store network comprises a total of 623 stores in 21 countries, of which 522 offer out-of-store delivery (OOS), and 94 dedicated depots.
• In 12 countries, METRO runs only the delivery business by its delivery companies (Food Service Distribution, FSD).
• HoReCa and Traders are core customer groups of METRO.
• The HoReCa section includes hotels, restaurants, catering companies as well as bars, cafés and canteen operators.
• The Traders section includes small grocery stores and kiosks.
• The majority of all customer groups are small and medium-sized enterprises as well as sole traders.
• We provide HR, Finance, IT, Strategy, Branding & Business operations support to 31 countries, speak 24+ languages and process over 18,000 transactions a day.
• We are setting tomorrow’s standards for customer focus, digital solutions, and sustainable business models.
• For over 10 years, we have been providing services and solutions from our two locations in Pune and Szczecin.
• This has allowed us to gain extensive experience in how we can best serve our internal customers with high quality and passion.
• We believe that we can add value, drive efficiency, and satisfy our customers.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management 2.
• Set-up, Review & Baseline Business & Operational KPIs 3.
• 10+ Years of Experience in Driving Organizational Change Management and Process Transformation Including Digital 4.
• Experience in Coaching and Mentoring Leadership Teams - Build Team Capabilities, Individual Developments & Create Career Path 5.
• Part of leadership team in driving Organization strategy & Transformation Experience in leading teams in specific processes like Forecasting, budgeting, strategic planning and monitoring (value creation plans), reporting and analysis, Management financial performance overview and support management decision.
• Responsible for presenting financial performance updates at all relevant meetings and reporting on all the key metrics of performance; Ensure that key performance reporting is accessible, user focused, and action orientated; Ensure complying with all corporate governance (Capex approval, budget etc.) and identifying and escalating risk when required.
• Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgeting and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting in compliance and regulatory guidelines and IFRS.
• Responsible for the forecast and reporting of Free Cash Flow, being able to analyze and propose corrective actions; Delivering value to countries through business case realization &improving customer experience (NPS) Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Develop and deliver proposals for new process transitions and presentations to various audiences, including GBS Leadership team, sponsors, CFOs and key stakeholders
• Develop new ideas and define development tasks to improve the data integrity reports and solutions.

Requirements

• Experience in Supporting Large Strategic Impact Projects 6.
• Oral and Written Communication Skills, Ability to Interact Effectively with All Levels of Management 7.
• Ability to Prioritize, Manage Time Effectively, Escalate / Resolve Issues Appropriately Managerial Requirements Executive presence, Storytelling, Leadership skills, C-Level communication, transformation, Conflict management, Stakeholder management & visits, Change management, Project management, Team management, AI & Digital, AGILE ways of working
• Lead a team of 7+ and manage the full performance of the team
• Restricted, for internal users only!
• Technical Competencies SAP, MicroStrategy, Tagetik, Looker, Power BI & other forecasting, budgeting and reporting tools within industry, MS Office Suite/ Teams Required Functional skills Driving culture and mind set change within teams.
• Background in Lean Six Sigma is a plus IFRS Certification is and added advantage
• Exposure to IT industry / running IT projects (Automation / ERP implementation) is a plus Experience in using big databases, Understand the interdependencies between margin, stock and profitability in a wholesales environment and improve the integrity of information for decision making
• Qualified Accountant (CA) or master’s degree in business administration, Finance (reputed institute)
• Preference for candidates with consumer goods industry experience

Preferred

• Work Experience 10 years+ of experience in leading FPNA (Controlling) End-to-End Process – Transformation, Transition, Service delivery, Digitization Experience in people leadership & leading large teams with FPA processes (current 15+ FTEs) and driving results Experience in driving FPA process transformation including but not limited to process improvements, standardization, best practices and bench marking
• Behavioral Competencies Proactive and Solution oriented attitude Leading by example Integrity and honesty first approach Result self-driven and high motivation Excellent negotiation and communication skills Cost Leadership AI & Digital Restricted, for internal users only! Open to travel & Hybrid working Strategical thinking and very efficient analytical skills Preferred Skills • Experience in budgeting and forecasting tools (SAP 1BW/FI/C, Tagetik, Microstrategy Datawarehouse, Bigquery). • Experience working with large datasets and SQL plus. • Strong financial modeling expertise.
• METRO helps them manage their business challenges more effectively.
• MGSC, location wise is present in Pune (India), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Szczecin (Poland).