Solution Expert for MMS HO / Assortment Management

How will you make an impact? We are seeking a skilled, communicative, and structured Solution Expert to oversee and continuously enhance MMS HO / Assortment Management, a key component of our core Goods Management landscape. This solution supports the definition and maintenance of the article assortment for Metro, including buying prices and conditions and the activation and lifecycle management of the assortment for supply chain and stores, with downstream impact on business processes such as ordering, replenishment, and stock management. As a Solution Expert, you will bridge business and technology by translating business needs into scalable, reliable, and user-focused solutions. The role combines service ownership, stakeholder communication, continuous improvement, and support for strategic decision-making to ensure high-performing and compliant solutions. You will collaborate closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to define and refine requirements, support implementation and integration activities, drive continuous improvement and operational excellence, maintain documentation and knowledge sharing, and contribute to product roadmaps. Your Responsibilities: Translate business needs into functional designs and actionable tasks. Design, configure, and optimize solutions aligned with architecture and best practices. Conduct user research, testing, and analysis to enhance user experience and performance. Drive continuous improvement with a focus on scalability, reliability and efficiency. Support strategic decision-making processes. Define, prioritize and refine requirements for new features and improvements. Collaborate with the engineering team to support implementation, integration, testing and issue resolution. Ensure compliance with business processes, governance and standards. Manage stakeholders and ensure clear communication across teams. Maintain documentation, workflows and integration diagrams, ensuring knowledge transfer across teams. Provide training, guidance, consultancy to users and internal teams. Stay current on product developments, technology trends and market insights. Contribute to product and solution roadmaps. Required key competencies and qualifications: Strong knowledge and experience in article and assortment management for retail and/or wholesale (5+ years) – including knowledge of Goods Management Solutions. Ability to translate complex business needs into structured, actionable solutions. Ability to identify root causes, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions. Experience in active management of expectations and building of strong relationships across diverse stakeholders. Identification of opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement. Use of data, user insights, and performance metrics to guide decisions. Experience with Oracle databases, PL/SQL and Oracle Forms is a plus. Very good fluency in English (written and verbal). Curious, self-motivated, willingness to learn and enthusiastic. Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Ability to respect deadlines and prioritize a busy workload. Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban), and incident/change management tools (e.g., JIRA, ServiceNow). What we offer at ? Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible, multicultural environment. At , we promote work-life balance through a hybrid working model. You’ll be part of self-organizing, multicultural teams that collaborate in an agile setup. People development: when you grow so do we! We want you to become the best version of yourself with individual and company-wide programs and trainings for people development. Focused among other on development, leadership, appreciation ... it´s time to upskill your career. Support with individual solutions: we are people-caring! We offer support whenever you need it - at every stage of your professional journey. Want to know more about all our benefits? Discover more here . Let´s connect soon. Apply for the role now! About us Passion for food. Hunger for tech. We make METRO digital. Today technology is driving the world. And at we are driving the technology for one of the leading international wholesalers specializing in food - METRO. From e-commerce to checkout, to delivery software, we work on a wide range of products to make each day a success for our customers and colleagues. With passion and ownership, we build the future of wholesale. Are you striving to create smart solutions for customers around the globe? You want to grow in a flexible environment? Let the right career opportunity find you and join us!