Expert Supply Planning (all genders)

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

• 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, escape 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 centres 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).