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With more than 7,300 stores in 11 different countries, ALDI SOUTH is one of the world’s largest food retailers. It is our mission to supply our customers with high-quality food at the best possible prices. In doing so, we follow our own unique concept of consistency, simplicity and responsibility. ALDI SOUTH IT ensures that everything runs smoothly, from the IT infrastructure to the software used, at both national and international level. Within the scope of transnational projects, our experts develop IT solutions for worldwide deployment at ALDI SOUTH.

The Stores area creates the technical basis for efficient store processes by using the latest technologies. Our customers will be able to see the results of your work first-hand in all ALDI SOUTH stores worldwide. Our processes are increasingly moving to mobile devices to provide store associates with the most up-to-date hardware and software support. To facilitate this strategic focus, we are continually expanding our current team of experts.

Your Job

What this role looks like.

• Contributing to strategy development for reviewing and evolving the IT system landscape in store operations 
• Continuously monitoring international retail markets and competitors in terms of trends and use of new technologies 
• Continually liaising with the national business entities in Germany, Austria, GB/IE, US and Australia on the further development of existing and future systems
• Coordinating on developed concepts internationally and presenting selected software solutions to representatives from all ALDI SOUTH national business entities
• Developing globally harmonised processes in collaboration with internal and external systems and IT specialists, as well as adapting and optimising existing processes (e.g. inventory process, store orders, store task management) 
• Assuming responsibility for the product lifecycle (end-to-end) as the product owner, including vision, product strategy, KPI performance, requirements, development and testing in close cooperation with all relevant departments
• Organising and leading workshops to develop target processes and requirements 
• Coordinating decisions concerning the company as a whole for processes involving several departments 
• Creating and aligning on business cases to support decisions on the introduction of new software solutions 
• Providing support for the implementation of the new processes in the country-specific pilot regions and stores (Australia, Germany, Austria, GB/IE and US) as required

Your Profile

What you bring with you.

• Proven track record and experience in a leadership role with a focus on IT strategy development and IT project management, and/or several years of experience as a management, retail or technology Consultant
• Broad knowledge of industry, technology and retail trends with ambitions to expand it
• Servant leadership approach and willingness to take on responsibility 
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and drive, paired with a positive and agile mindset
• Ability to thrive in transformative environments, shaping and actively driving change 
• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Very good English language skills, both written and spoken 
• Willingness to travel internationally

Your Benefits

What you will get in return.

• Partial mobile working within Germany, incl. hardware budget
• Attractive remuneration
• State-of-the-art technologies
• Future-oriented training and development
• Modular onboarding and buddy
• Corporate health management programme

Your Tech Stack

What you will work with.

• M365
• Adobe
• SAP
• Lean IX
• Many more depending on the job