Assistant Manager - Transitions

METRO France; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

METRO Global Solution Center in Pune seeks an experienced Program Manager to drive transitions and large-scale projects. You will coordinate staff, schedules and governance, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure benefits realization across global programs.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage risks and budgets, and maintain stakeholder alignment while delivering value and continuous process enhancements in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years in Transition and Project Management.
• Graduate degree in any stream; PMP/Prince2 preferred.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple transitions and projects across MGSC with planning, tracking and risk management.
• Define requirements, schedule deliverables and manage project lifecycle end-to-end.
• Staff resources, manage budgets and ensure governance and timely issue resolution.
• Identify automation and transformation opportunities to drive efficiencies.
• Provide daily/weekly/monthly project updates and support cross-functional teams.

Skills

Project Management

People Leadership

Stakeholder management

Crisis Management

Adaptability

Executive Presence

Storytelling

Communication skills

Coordination & Collaboration

Transition experience

Education

Graduate – Any Stream

PM Certification

Tools

MS Office

Project Management tools

Job description

Job Description:

Company Description

Metro Global Solution Center (MGSC) is internal solution partner for METRO, a €31.6 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, Strategy, Branding & 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.

Job Description

As per the role of the transition requirements and policy
Transitions / Projects - Along with the steering committee, which method
or approach to be adopted, staffing of the team, ensuring project
benefits, identify opportunities for process improvement across
functions. Identifying Automation & transformation opportunities with
quantifiable benefits, Scaling up the solutions across all projects. Bring
outside in view on improving transition approach / methodology as per
industry standard.

• Leading multiple transitions and projects acrossMGSC (planning, tracing, periodic review, monitoring, risk management)
• Supporting team and colleagues in driving projects, ensuring that Project milestones are met.
• Plan and schedule project deliverables, goals, and milestones.
• Define requirements and plan project lifecycle deployment through coordination ofproject kickoff.
• Define resource requirement and schedule for project/program implementation.
• Create strategies for proactive risk mitigation and contingency planning.
• Estimate project resources and staff them accordingly
• Ensure that Projects are within the budgeted cost, timely escalation of issues and their resolutions.
• Ensure adherence to the project management and governance.
• Working on Global projects as a Program Manager
• Project Transparency – daily/weekly/monthly updates and project progress reportedas per agreed schedule
• People leadership - allocating projects, supporting and grooming the teamalong with Performance Management and development.
• Identifying Automation and Transformation opportunities (if any) to drive efficiencies.

Qualifications

Experience : 7+ years in Transition and Project Management

• Graduate – Any Stream
• Project Management
• People Leadership, lead team in last role
• Stakeholder management
• Crisis Management, Adaptability & agility
• Executive Presence, Story Telling & Communication skills
• Should be in the current role for a minimum period of one year.
• Coordination & Collaboration with cross functional teams
• Transitions experience across domains – P2P, O2C, Supply Chain, Procurement, RTR
• Knowledge of MS Office and other Project Management tools
• PMP or Prince 2 certified

Work Model: Hybrid

Requirements: