Head of

Company Description

METRO is a leading international wholesale company with food and non-food assortments that specializes in serving the needs of hotels, restaurants, and caterers (HoReCa) as well as independent traders. Around the world, METRO has some 16 million customers who can choose whether to shop in one of the large-format stores, order online and collect their purchases at the store or have them delivered. METRO also supports the competitiveness of entrepreneurs and independent businesses with digital solutions and thereby contributes to cultural diversity in retail and hospitality.

In our core wholesale business, METRO is globally represented with around 660 stores in 31 countries and generates sales of 29.8 billion Euros with approx. 95.000 employees. The headquarter is located in Düsseldorf, Germany.

**Job Description**:
METRO’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy is the key driver to realize sustainable business approaches throughout the whole organization. The closer to our business, the easier to understand, the better we take everyone with us on this journey. At the same time, transparency about the ESG strategy and management of related issues and respective data is a key driver for trusted stakeholder relations - from investors over banks to authorities and supply chain partners.

As Head of ESG Management in the Corporate Responsibility & Public Policy Department you are a strategic, solution-oriented thinker who is excited about finding answers to complex questions, thus being the key in moving our ESG strategy forward, closely aligned with business and always aware of external requirements.

In this context, your responsibilities will include
- Keeping track of ESG priorities realization and respective alignment with internal stakeholders
- Alignment of our ESG strategy with sCore
- Coordination of ESG processes with a high diversity of stakeholders within METRO
- Streamlining existing ESG processes for efficient, business-oriented management of our ESG priorities and targets across the organization
- Streamlining external requirements as e.g. new regulations and setting up respective policies, workstreams and capabilities with internal stakeholders and take maintain appropriate implementation within METRO
- Supervising effectiveness of implemented ESG Management systems
- Coordination of external ESG reporting projects that meet external stakeholder requirements (as e.g. rating agencies)
- Setting up KPIs and reporting guidelines together with internal stakeholders as in particular Corporate Controlling
- Reporting regularly about progress, challenges and decisions to be taken to the Management Board of METRO AG, the Supervisory Board of METRO AG
- Cooperation with external stakeholders such as auditors

**Qualifications**:

- University degree in business administration or similar
- Relevant professional experience in ESG Management and Advisory
- Sound understanding of wholesale operations, supporting implementation of ESG management together with business functions.
- Sound understanding of corporate processes.
- Motivation for sustainability management and respective business transformation
- Advanced communication skills engaging a diversity of stakeholders
- Strategic mindset and conceptual skill-set. High solution-orientation and pragmatic way of thinking.
- Ability to inspire and collboration skills with an interest in the diverse needs of stakeholders to be addressed for aligning effective ways of management
- Independent way of working with high commitment
- Capability to steer topics forward even in difficult situations.
- Experiences in managing and developing a team and
- Ability to express oneself fluently (written, verbally) in English and ideally also in German

Additional Information
**What we offer**:

- A high degree of personal responsibility, the opportunity to grow personally and to motivate yourself professionally. We offer an environment in which you can contribute and implement your ideas.
- Work-life balance: trust-based working hours, 30 days of vacation and options for mobile working.
- Continuing Education: A comprehensive continuing education offering through our own training team as well as our own annual training budget.
- Well-being: Health programs, a free gym on our campus, regular employee events.
- Comfort: Very good transport connections and free parking including charging facilities for e-mobility. Two canteens with very reasonably priced meals as well as discounts in our stores and at many partner companies.
- Company pension plan: subsidy to provide for your age.