Senior Group Manager

Metro Global Solution Center (MGSC) is internal solution partner for METRO, a €31 Billion international wholesaler with operations in more than 30 countries. The store network comprises a total of 623 stores in 21 countries, of which 522 offer out-of-store delivery (OOS), and 94 dedicated depots. In 12 countries, METRO runs only the delivery business by its delivery companies (Food Service Distribution, FSD).

HoReCa and Traders are core customer groups of METRO. The HoReCa section includes hotels, restaurants, catering companies as well as bars, cafés and canteen operators. The Traders section includes small grocery stores and kiosks. The majority of all customer groups are small and medium-sized enterprises as well as sole traders. METRO helps them manage their business challenges more effectively.

MGSC, location wise is present in Pune (India), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Szczecin (Poland). We provide HR, Finance, IT & Business operations support to 31 countries, speak 24+ languages and process over 18,000 transactions a day. We are setting tomorrow's standards for customer focus, digital solutions, and sustainable business models. For over 10 years, we have been providing services and solutions from our two locations in Pune and Szczecin. This has allowed us to gain extensive experience in how we can best serve our internal customers with high quality and passion. We believe that we can add value, drive efficiency, and satisfy our customers.

 

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Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Type: Privately Held

Inception:  2011

Required Functional skills

• Drive culture and mind set change within teams
• Part of leadership team in driving Organization strategy & Transformation
• Lead finance target picture roadmap realization for FPNA (Controlling), Process and managing transition & projects, adhering to project milestones & timelines
• Monitor, track and control project outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Experience in leading teams in specific processes like Forecasting, budgeting, strategic planning and monitoring (value creation plans), reporting and analysis, Management financial performance overview and support management decision.
• Responsible for presenting financial performance updates at all relevant meetings and reporting on all the key metrics of performance
• Ensure that key performance reporting is accessible, user focused, and action orientated
• Ensure complying with all corporate governance (Capex approval, budget etc.) and identifying and escalating risk when required
• Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgeting and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting in compliance and regulatory guidelines and IFRS.
• Responsible for the forecast and reporting of Free Cash Flow, being able to analyze and propose corrective actions
• Delivering value to countries through business case realization & improving customer experience (NPS)
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Develop and deliver proposals for new process transitions and presentations to various audiences, including GBS Leadership team, sponsors, CFOs and key stakeholders
• Background in Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
• IFRS Certification is a plus
• Exposure to IT industry / running IT projects (Automation / ERP implementation) is a plus
• International Exposure (Min 6 months) is a plus
• Experience in using big databases
• Responsible for Developing and managing budgets, forecasting future financial performance, and analyzing variances for India & Poland GSC entities
• Preparing and analyzing financial statements (Income statements, cash flow statements) for India & Poland GSC entities
• Conducting in-depth analysis of financial data to support business decisions and identify areas for improvement
• Identifying and implementing strategies to optimize costs and improve profitability
• Assessing and mitigating financial risks
• Adhering to financial policies, accounting standards, and relevant legal and regulatory requirements
• Liaising with various departments within the business to understand the interdependencies of various elements which impact EBIT and profitability in a GSC/GCC environment and improve the integrity of information for decision making
• Learn how to use the already developed solutions and finetune them further. Leverage RPA / CI / Business Intelligence tools to simplify / automate existing processes
• Develop new ideas and define development tasks to improve the department / solution wise performance, and have periodic reviews of the same

Required Technical Competencies

• SAP, MicroStrategy, Tagetik, Looker, Power BI & other forecasting, budgeting and reporting tools within industry
• MS Office Suite/ Teams

Managerial Requirements

Executive presence, Story-telling, Leadership skills, C-Level communication, transformation, Conflict management, Stakeholder management & visits, Change management, Project management, Team management, AI & Digital, AGILE ways of working

• Qualified Accountant (CA) or Master's Degree in Business Administration, Finance (reputed institute). Preference for candidates with consumer goods industry experience.
• 15 years+ of experience in leading FPNA (Controlling) End-to-End Process – Transformation, Transition, Service delivery, Digitization.
• Experience in people leadership & leading large teams with FPA processes (current 50+ FTEs) and driving results
• Experience in driving FPA process transformation including but not limited to process improvements, standardization, best practices and bench marking.
• Stakeholder engagement & relationship management including stakeholder visits
• Set-up, review & baseline business & operational KPI's
• Has P&L responsibility & Cost leadership
• Out of the above 5+ years of experience in driving organization change management and process transformation including digital
• Experience in coaching and mentoring leadership teams - Build team capabilities, individual developments & create career path
• Experience in supporting in large strategic impact projects
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to interact effectively with all levels of management 
• Ability to prioritize, manage time effectively, escalate / resolve issues appropriately

Behavioral Competencies

• Proactive and Solution oriented attitude.
• Leading by example.
• Integrity and honesty first approach.
• Result self-driven and high motivation.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Cost Leadership.
• AI & Digital.
• Open to travel & Hybrid working.
• Strategical thinking and very efficient analytical skills.
• Passionate work.
• Self-checking and quality assurance attitude whatever you do.
• Managerial skills to motivate and lead team members or developers.