Expert International Flow (all genders)

Supply chain enabler, ensuring efficient and economically viable route-to-market solutions across countries, suppliers, and procurement. By driving feasibility analyses, transport benchmarks, and pricing, the role supports informed decision-making and the successful introduction and scaling of assortments. The position enables end-to-end alignment between Procurement, Supply Chain, suppliers, and Metro Countries, ensuring stable supply flows, performance transparency, and adherence to defined targets. Through analytical problem-solving, proactive stakeholder collaboration, and continuous improvement, the role contributes to operational excellence, service reliability, and sustainable business growthWithin the area of international flow management,calculation of route-to-market / feasibility studies,transport benchmarks for all direct shipment projects,decision / recommendation on RTM,customer price calculation for articles going via the RDC,coordination of MIS processes for start-up phase new assortment,focus on continuous improvement,Develop concepts or initiate and align with commercial Team to achieve certain targets, i.e. growth, brand change, new assortments as well as initiating of changes.For more complex problems (i.e. dangerous goods or complete new category i.e. Fresh), an analytical approach is required to prepare the decision making process / lay down the foundation to get the approval for developing solutions.Further fine-tune the existing approach for feasibility, solutions / concepts within the process of flow management, e.g. System Approach as well as Route-to-Market / Feasibility study.Coordinating / Guiding / Collaborating with commercial departments (Food and Non-Food) as well as countries, projects with internal and/or external partners in relation to supply chain matters.Acting within defined targets. Such targets can typically be achieved in the framework of the international flow management, but should not be restricted towards the defined targets. Free to develop, propose and once aligned implement changes.Supplier collaboration within international flow management, incl. alignment on supply flows and requirementsMonitoring and steering supplier performance (e.g. OTIF, lead times), incl. corrective actions and escalationsCoordination of penalties, where contractually applicable, in alignment with Commercial and SCM