METRO AG

Senior Analyst - Data Science

METRO AG  •  Republic of Poland (Hybrid)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

Join METRO Global Solution Center – where global impact meets innovation!

At METRO GSC, we don’t just support the business – we shape it. As we expand our scope beyond accounting, we’re transforming central corporate functions for METRO.

As a proud member of the METRO/MAKRO family, with over 86,000 employees across more than 30 countries – primarily in Europe and Asia – we create solutions that matter. Our diverse, international community thrives on collaboration, continuous growth, and making a measurable difference. This role is based in Warsaw, Poland, and offers the opportunity to work in a truly global environment. If you’re ready to co-create the future of a truly global business – this is where your impact starts.

We are seeking a Senior Analyst - Data Science / engineer or Senior Data Analyst with 5+ years of experience in advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven solutions, with a strong focus on Indirect Procurement, Warehouse Management Systems, and GenAI-powered sourcing intelligence

The role is responsible for designing scalable analytics and AI solutions that support procurement transformation, sourcing optimization, supplier intelligence, and warehouse performance monitoring at a global scale.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Science, Analytics & KPIs

  • Design, build, and maintain stakeholder-specific BI dashboards and analytical reports for procurement, sourcing, and warehouse KPIs.
  • Define, develop, and evolve business-aligned KPIs supporting ML-driven products and procurement transformation initiatives.
  • Perform exploratory and advanced data analysis to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
  • Identify and support resolution of data quality issues (ETL – Extract Transform Load) to ensure accurate, consistent, and reliable analytics.
  • Analyze the datasets from different systems to develop Indirect Procurement Spend cube

Data Engineering & Data Lake Enablement

  • Extract, integrate, and transform data from Finance systems, Warehouse Management Systems (SAP EWM / WM and similar platforms) to provide insights for supplier negotiations.
  • Design and support scalable data pipelines using batch, CDC, API-based, and streaming ingestion mechanisms.
  • Ensure data reconciliation, validation, and standardization across inbound, outbound, inventory, and exception datasets.
  • Build and maintain feature-ready datasets in enterprise Dana data lakes to support analytics, ML, and AI models.
  • Enable near-real-time analytics for warehouse performance, sourcing activities, and supplier monitoring.

GenAI & LLMs for Sourcing Intelligence

  • Design and deploy Generative AI solutions ( Gemini, Claude, OpenAI) to support:
    • Supplier discovery and evaluation
    • Creation of Taxonomy and Categorization
    • Sourcing strategy development
    • Market and category intelligence
  • Apply Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze:
    • RFQs, RFPs, and tender documents
    • Supplier proposals and contracts
    • Market reports, pricing indices, and benchmarks
  • Automate generation of:
    • Supplier shortlists
    • Sourcing insights and risk summaries
    • Executive-ready sourcing recommendations

GCP Agentic AI & Market Intelligence Automation

  • Build Agentic AI systems that autonomously:
    • Scan public and paid data sources for supplier and category intelligence
    • Track supplier pricing, capacity, and global market movements
    • Monitor geopolitical, inflation, and logistics risk indicators
    • Continuously refresh market intelligence and trigger alerts for sourcing risks or opportunities

Collaboration & Delivery

  • Partner closely with procurement leaders, supply chain stakeholders, product owners, and IT/data engineering teams
  • Translate business challenges into scalable analytics and AI solutions with measurable impact.
  • Support deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of ML and AI models.
  • Communicate insights through clear visualizations, reports, and executive presentations to facilitate decision-making at all levels of the organization.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, advanced analytics, or ML/AI roles.
  • Strong experience with Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, and programming languages (ex: Java/Python, SAS , Polars, PySpark) and large-scale data processing tools.
  • Hands-on experience with GenAI, LLM-based applications, prompt engineering, and AI agents
  • Experience working with SAP EWM / WM or similar ERP/WMS systems
  • Proficiency with MicroStrategy, Looker studio and Power BI tools
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, Azure, BigQuery, Vertex AI) and modern Dana data lake architectures.
  • Strong understanding of indirect procurement, sourcing, supplier management, and category intelligence
  • Execute analytical experiments to help solve problems across various domains like Retail, Wholesales, Warehouse, Marketing & Finance

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience across Indirect Procurement categories (IT, MRO, Facilities, Logistics, Professional Services).
  • Familiarity with warehouse and supply chain performance metrics
  • Exposure to MLOps, feature stores, and scalable AI deployment frameworks

Additional Information

We provide:

  • Stable employment in an international corporation, which is constantly growing
  • Opportunities to expand expertise across data science, AI, procurement, and supply chain domains
  • Private medical care and group insurance, also for family members
  • Cash benefits as part of the Social Benefits Fund, i.e., Christmas allowance
  • Co-financed sports card
  • Team and company integrations after hours
  • Hybrid work model
  • Workplace based in Warsaw, Poland
METRO AG

About METRO AG

METRO is a leading international food wholesaler which specialises in serving the needs of hotels, restaurants, and caterers (HoReCa) as well as independent merchants (Traders). Around the world, METRO has approx. 15 million customers who benefit from the wholesale company’s unique multichannel mix: customers can purchase their goods in one of the large stores in their area as well as by delivery (Food Service Distribution, FSD) – all digitally supported and connected. In parallel, METRO MARKETS is being developed as an international online marketplace for the needs of professional customers which has been growing and expanding continuously since 2019. Acting sustainably is one of the company principles of METRO which has been listed in various sustainability indices and rankings, including MSCI, Sustainalytics and CDP. METRO operates in more than 30 countries and employs over 85,000 people worldwide. In financial year 2023/24, METRO generated sales of €31 billion. More information can be found at MPULSE.de, our online magazine.

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Industry
Wholesale & Distribution
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Düsseldorf, DE
Year Founded
1964
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