Data Governance Lead

We Are Wholesale. We turn opportunities into results, shaping the future of wholesale.

At METRO, we’re more than a global food wholesaler. We are ONE METRO: a diverse team of over 85,000 colleagues across more than 30 countries, united by one mission: enabling our 15 million customers to create meaningful moments in hospitality and independent trade.  

We shape the M with passion, commitment, and growth mindset. This means taking on responsibility, making our company your company and creating a business together that remains true to its roots but always seeks new solutions.  

To lead and develop the Data Governance and Master Data Management function, ensuring high-quality, standardized, compliant, and business-driven master data across Supply Chain processes. The role is responsible for driving data governance frameworks, leading the Master Data team, enabling operational and managerial reporting, and supporting data-driven decision-making through business analytics.

The Team Lead Data Governance acts as the key liaison between Supply Chain, Procurement, Commercial, Finance, Operations, and IT functions to maximize the value of enterprise data assets, improve data quality, and support digital transformation initiatives through governance, analytics, and reporting solutions.

• Own and maintain the Data Governance framework, policies, standards, and procedures across Supply Chain operations.
• Define and manage master data ownership, stewardship, accountability models, and governance structures.
• Ensure compliance with internal data standards, regulatory requirements, and business rules.
• Lead data quality management initiatives, including monitoring, controls, root-cause analysis, and corrective action plans.
• Drive standardization and harmonization of master data across systems, business units, and countries.
• Govern supplier, customer, article, logistics, and operational master data lifecycle processes.
• Identify risks related to data quality, integrity, and process compliance and implement mitigation measures.
• Lead data cleansing, migration, and system implementation activities related to master data domains.
• Act as key escalation point for complex data governance and master data issues.

Business Analytics & Reporting

• Own the development and delivery of operational, tactical, and managerial reporting solutions.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve KPI frameworks and performance dashboards.
• Translate business requirements into meaningful insights and decision-support tools.
• Support management with data-driven recommendations and trend analysis.
• Drive reporting automation and standardization initiatives to improve efficiency and transparency.
• Ensure consistency, reliability, and accuracy of business reporting outputs.
• Conduct business performance analysis across Supply Chain operations and identify optimization opportunities.
• Establish and monitor data quality and governance KPIs.

People Management & Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop the Master Data team, including Experts and Specialists.
• Set team objectives, priorities, and performance expectations aligned with business goals.
• Conduct performance management, development planning, and regular feedback discussions.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and customer orientation.
• Manage resource allocation and workload balancing within the team.

Data & Analytics Platforms

• Administer and continuously improve reporting and analytics solutions using: Google Looker & Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).
• Design and maintain dashboards, scorecards, self-service reporting tools, and analytical models.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to enhance reporting architecture and data availability.
• Support data integration initiatives between ERP, reporting, and analytics platforms.
• Ensure effective data modeling and reporting performance optimization.

Digital Transformation & Continuous Improvement

• Lead initiatives that improve data governance maturity and analytical capabilities.
• Participate in business transformation projects, ERP implementations, and process optimization programs.
• Support adoption of modern data management, reporting, and analytics technologies.
• Drive automation opportunities within master data and reporting processes.
• Serve as subject matter expert for data governance, analytics, and reporting best practices.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as primary contact for Data Governance topics across Supply Chain and supporting functions.
• Collaborate closely with Commercial, Finance, Tax, Logistics, Customs, Operations, and IT teams.
• Facilitate governance forums, data quality reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
• Provide recommendations and support decision-making at management level.
• Communicate data governance priorities, risks, and performance results to leadership teams.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Business Analytics, Supply Chain Data Management, Data Governance or Master Data Management.
• Proven leadership experience managing teams and driving organizational improvements.
• Strong experience with business intelligence and reporting platforms, particularly Google Looker and Strategy.
• Advanced knowledge of ERP systems such as Microsoft D365 and SAP.
• Supply Chain, Logistics, Procurement, or Data Management background.
• Experience leading data quality, governance, reporting, or transformation initiatives.
• Excellent English communication skills; German and/or additional European languages preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, influence stakeholders, and deliver measurable business improvements.
• Strong customer-focused, proactive, and results-oriented leadership style.

• Work-life balance: Flexible working hours with the option of mobile working in agreement with your line manager, 30 days of holidays.
• Training: A comprehensive training offer via our own training center or externally.
• Well-being: Health days with lots of health checks and information about your well-being, company medical care including a range of preventive services, such as flu shots, OTHEB employee assistance program.
• Exciting life on campus: Free gym and sports classes, Rioba coffee bar, canteen with discounted meals for employees, many campus events.
• Discounts: discounted Jobticket as well as discounts in our wholesale stores and at many partner companies.
• Comfort: Good transport connections, free parking spaces, JobBike. 
• Company pension plan: You will receive a contribution to your company pension.
• Family driven: Three daycare centers for children on campus, support of holiday camps for children of employees.
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