Expert Supply Planning (all genders)

Company Description

We Are Wholesale. We turn opportunities into results, shaping the future of wholesale.

At METRO, we’re more than a global food wholesaler. We are ONE METRO: a diverse team of over 85,000 colleagues across more than 30 countries, united by one mission: enabling our 15 million customers to create meaningful moments in hospitality and independent trade.  

We shape the M with passion, commitment, and growth mindset. This means taking on responsibility, making our company your company and creating a business together that remains true to its roots but always seeks new solutions.  

Job Description

Supply chain enabler, responsible for ensuring optimal product availability through effective central stock replenishment and inventory management. By balancing service levels, stock efficiency, and supply chain constraints, the role supports uninterrupted availability of Metro assortments and contributes directly to the achievement of Metro’s sCore strategy. This position ensures end-to-end alignment between demand planning, suppliers, logistics, and distribution centers, enabling reliable inbound flows and stable supply operations. Through proactive planning, performance monitoring, and close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the role mitigates supply risks, drives continuous improvement in inventory and OTIF performance, and strengthens the overall resilience and efficiency of the supply chain.

• Own central stock replenishment to ensure optimal product availability while maintaining healthy inventory levels and targeted stock days.
• Create, manage, and follow up on purchase orders to Regional Distribution Centers (RDCs), ensuring timely confirmation, delivery, and receipt of goods.
• Monitor stock availability, coverage, and inventory performance, proactively identifying risks and initiating corrective actions to prevent shortages or overstocks.
• Continuously challenge and optimize supply chain parameters such as lead times, order frequency, minimum order quantities, and safety stock settings.
• Collaborate closely with Demand Planning, Flow Management, Procurement, Logistics, and Transport teams to align supply plans with demand and operational constraints.
• Actively monitor supplier delivery performance (OTIF), analyze deviations, and work directly with suppliers to identify root causes and agree on corrective actions.
• Coordinate internally with Flow Management and Procurement to steer supplier performance, escalate issues, and support resolution of delivery and capacity constraints.
• Ensure balanced and feasible inbound planning by aligning delivery schedules with RDC capacities and logistics requirements.
• Support operational and project-related initiatives, including range changes, ramp-ups, phase-ins/phase-outs, and supply chain transformation projects.
• Develop, document, and maintain supply planning processes and planning standards to ensure transparency, consistency, and scalability.
• Monitor and analyze supply planning KPIs and inventory metrics, driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance availability, efficiency, and cost performance.
• Contribute to process optimization and automation within demand and supply planning, improving planning accuracy, responsiveness, and operational robustness.

Qualifications

• Supply Planning & Inventory Management: Experience in central stock replenishment, inventory optimization, and availability management within a supply chain environment
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering, or a related field, ideally with a focus on Supply Chain Management or Logistics. Minimum of 3+ years of relevant working experience
• Purchase Order & Inbound Management: Proven experience creating, managing, and tracking purchase orders and coordinating inbound deliveries to distribution centers
• Supplier Performance Management: Experience monitoring supplier OTIF, lead-time adherence, and delivery performance, including root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Strong background in working with Demand Planning, Procurement, Logistics, Transport, and Flow Management teams on operational and project-related topics
• Process Management & Optimization: Experience in developing, improving, and documenting supply planning processes to enhance efficiency and scalability
• Performance & KPI Management: Skilled in monitoring inventory, availability, and supply KPIs and driving continuous improvement initiatives
• Systems & Data Analysis: Hands-on experience with ERP systems, planning tools, and BI/reporting solutions to support data-driven supply decisions

Additional Information

• 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.
• Ready to build what’s next? Find us at careers.metroag.de and follow us on Instagram (@metro_careers) and Linkedin (@METRO/makro).