Manager - Store Performance Controlling (f/

ALDI SÜD HOLDING; Salzburg; Hybrid; EUR 96,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Health & wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

International and collaborative work

Restaurant, free fruit and beverages

Relocation support

Job summary

ALDI SÜD HOLDING in Austria seeks an experienced analytics professional to own and continually enhance the global framework for store performance. You will ensure KPI consistency across countries and formats, analyze large portfolios to identify gaps, and drive actionable improvements with senior stakeholders.

The role emphasizes Power BI and SAP-based reporting, data quality, and scalable methodologies to support global performance steering and benchmarking across an extensive retail network.

Qualifications

• Experience in controlling, FP&A or performance management.
• Strong ability to analyse large, heterogeneous datasets and derive commercial recommendations.
• Proficiency in Power BI, data modelling, Power Query and DAX; SAP/BW or S/4HANA experience is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance the global analytical framework for store performance.
• Analyse large store portfolios to identify patterns and gaps.
• Assess performance potential at multiple levels (store to country) and prioritise opportunities.
• Build driver trees and explain variances across key metrics.
• Partner with country Finance and Operations to convert findings into actionable insights.
• Develop benchmarks, peer groups and advanced analyses including scenario-based business cases.
• Design management-ready narratives using Power BI and SAP with emphasis on data quality and repeatability.
• Provide concise, fact-based recommendations to senior stakeholders and contribute to global reporting standards.

Skills

FP&A

Commercial analytics

Performance management

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

University degree in business/finance/analytics

Tools

Power BI

SAP BW

S/4HANA

Job description

How You'll Make Your Mark

• You'll own and continuously enhance the global analytical framework for store performance, ensuring that financial and operational KPIs are defined consistently and remain comparable across countries, store formats and maturity stages.
• You will analyse large store portfolios to identify patterns, outliers and structural performance gaps, separating controllable operational drivers from market, format, location and maturity effects.
• As part of the role, you will assess performance potential at store, cluster, region and country level, and prioritise opportunities based on value, feasibility and expected business impact.
• You'll build clear driver trees and explain variances across sales, gross profit, labour productivity, operating costs, inventory losses and store contribution.
• You are expected to partner with country Finance and Operations teams to validate findings, understand local context, and convert analysis into practical improvement hypotheses and measurable follow‑up actions.
• You will develop global benchmarks, peer groups and advanced analyses, including store ramp‑up curves, portfolio segmentation, trend and cohort analysis, and scenario‑based business cases.
• You'll be tasked to design management‑ready performance narratives using Power BI, SAP and other relevant data sources, with strong emphasis on data quality, transparent methodology and repeatability.
• As part of the role you will provide concise, fact‑based recommendations to senior stakeholders and contribute to the further development of global performance steering standards and reporting solutions.

Your Profile

• You possess several years of relevant experience in controlling, FP&A, commercial analytics or performance management, ideally in grocery retail, multi‑site retail or another operational network business.
• You have completed a university degree in business administration, finance, economics, business analytics, data science or a comparable discipline.
• You bring a strong track record of analysing large and heterogeneous datasets, identifying root causes and converting findings into commercially relevant recommendations.
• You bring advanced knowledge of Power BI, including data modelling, Power Query and DAX, as well as strong Excel capabilities. Practical experience with SAP, SAP BW and/or S/4HANA is highly valuable.
• You have a sound understanding of store economics and key retail drivers such as sales density, gross margin, labour productivity, shrink, occupancy costs, store maturity and contribution profitability.
• You can distinguish correlation from causation, challenge data and assumptions constructively, and communicate limitations transparently.
• You feel confidence in working with international stakeholders, balancing global comparability with local business realities, and influencing without direct authority.
• Excellent English skills. German is an advantage but not essential.

A Career That Benefits You

• Flexible working environment (Flexitime, remote work options within Austria and abroad, 6 weeks of annual leave)
• Health & wellbeing support (Wellpass membership, mental health support, wellbeing initiatives)
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• International and collaborative working environment
• Modern workplace and mobile devices to support flexible working
• Restaurant, free fruit and beverages
• Sustainable mobility support (Public transport subsidy and bike leasing)
• Employee discounts across shopping, travel, sports and health services
• Relocation support

Remuneration

Gross annual salary starting from € 107.000*

• willingness to overpay with appropriate qualifications

Place of work

Moserstraße 42, 5020 Salzburg

Start of work

As soon as possible