METRO

Technology Engineering Leader (Skill Chapter Lead)

Pune, MH, India · On-site · Full-time

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EmployerMETRO
LocationPune, MH, 411014, India
Work styleOn-site
Employment typeFull-time
Employer posted24 days ago

How will you make an impact?

We are looking for a Skill Chapter Lead for the Procurement and Upstream Supply Chain Engineering chapter (Platform). The Procurement and Supply Chain Tech fosters excellence in engineering and operations, defines standards, drives technology decisions, builds future oriented capabilities in a people growth-oriented environment for the core wholesale processes and solutions within METRO. With your role in the Procurement and Upstream Supply Chain Engineering chapter you will focus on capabilities around engineering – from technical architecture, over implementation to testing and operations engineering.

Join our team as Technology leader and make the difference to build the next level capabilities in Procurement and Supply Chain Tech.

Your Responsibilities:

Act as a line manager and coach for the chapter members and help people with their growth
Supporting Squad/platform leads in project delivery, with a strong technology background
Develop chapter strategies for future oriented capability evolution and foster a culture of learning, collaboration and innovation within the chapter
Define and enforce best practices, standards, methodologies and ensure to use common technical approaches
Promote knowledge sharing across squads and chapters (incl. support for building communities)
Provide technology guidance to squads and platforms to collaborate on design council decisions and ABR requests (incl. budget input)
Support squads in solving complex technology challenges keeping teams empowered for solution resolution
Drive operational stability and security hardening accordingly to relevant technology KPIs
Ensure staying updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to enable them for METRO
Contribute to roadmaps and strategies with technical expertise
Ensure optimal allocation of chapter members to squads based on skills and priorities
Lead recruitment and onboarding of team members of the chapters
Select external partners (vendor) and manage the performance of their team
Collaborate with other chapter leads, squad leads, and senior management to align on strategic initiatives and drive the success of squad business goals
Overall responsibility of the Chapter including performance management and career development of the team

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Your Qualifications

University degree in technology engineering related field and 18 + years of IT experience with 6+ yrs of relevant leadership experience in this area or equivalent professional experience
Should come from technical background having led engineering teams
Good to have expertise in Procurement and/ or Supply Chain related business and technology;
Ability to think strategic and to act hands-on short term
Strong leadership competence with management responsibility of 50+ people (in best case with experience in matrix organizations)
Experience in defining and managing common standards and ways of working in a complex and dynamic environment
Comprehensive experience in leading global teams at different international locations with different cultural backgrounds and flexibility to travel to Europe when required
Demonstrated experience in management of topics combining business and IT needs
Excellent communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
Very good English language skills (written and verbal)

Hybrid and agile work: thrive in a flexible, multicultural environment.

At METRO.digital, 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.

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