We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Merchandising Expert to join our central team and shape the future of our in-store customer experience across multiple categories and countries. In this role, you will develop and implement standardized merchandising principles and guidelines that drive consistency, optimize product presentation, and improve customer navigation and sales in our stores.
Your responsibilities:
- Principles & Guidelines: Define, develop, and continuously improve store merchandising principles and category-specific guidelines across multiple Non-Food product groups.
- Goals & Solutions: Collaborate with Global Offer management to translate strategic goals into practical in-store merchandising solutions.
- Concepts & Formats: Lead the design of modular and scalable merchandising concepts to fit different store formats and market needs.
- Adapting & Implementing: Provide expert support to local markets in adapting and implementing the central guidelines while ensuring brand consistency.
- Monitoring & Identifying: Monitor wholesale trends, customer behavior, and competitor activities to identify best practices and integrate relevant innovations.
- Tracking & Measuring: Establish KPIs and performance tracking mechanisms to measure the impact of merchandising initiatives.
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.
Qualifications
Your profile:
- Educational & Expertise: University degree in Business Administration, International Trade or another related subject with at least 2-3 years’ work experience in Merchandising / Procurement/ Category Management or Assortment Building processes.
- Skills & Experience: Proven experience (5+ years) in retail or wholesale merchandising, with a strong focus on physical store environments. Strong knowledge of category merchandising, planograms, fixture planning, and customer flow.
- Spirit & Mindset: Strong customer and market orientation, analytical & strategic skills as well as a problem solving mindset and ability for capacity and analytical thinking.
- Well-versed: Handling of MS Office applications.
- Willingness to travel: Country visits.
- Supervision & Communication Skills: Effective collaboration and communication skills. You are fluent in English (vocal and written) and any additional European language would be an advantage.
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.
