Team Lead HR IT – Squad Lead Global People Payroll - #2631196

We Are Wholesale. We are People and Culture.

We make people our priority, building a culture of impact.

At METRO, we’re more than a global food wholesaler. We are ONE METRO: a diverse team of 84.000 colleagues across more than 34 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.

We invite you to use your strengths to make others want to work with us.

Job Description

At METRO, we are driving the digital transformation of our People & Culture landscape. As Team Lead HR IT – Squad Lead Global People Payroll, you will lead a cross-functional squad responsible for delivering innovative and reliable payroll solutions across our international organization.

You will combine leadership, product ownership, and HR technology expertise to maximize business value, drive continuous improvement, and shape the future of payroll services at scale.

Your Impact

• Own the squad’s strategy, roadmap, and delivery, ensuring measurable business outcomes and achievement of agreed KPIs.
• Translate business needs into scalable payroll solutions and continuously improve products, processes, and services.
• Lead and develop a high-performing cross-functional team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and growth.
• Build strong partnerships with business and technology stakeholders, proactively managing expectations, dependencies, and risks.
• Drive innovation by leveraging industry trends and modern HR technologies to enhance employee and business experience.
  
  

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in HR IT, Payroll, SAP HCM, or a comparable environment.
• Strong hands-on expertise in SAP Payroll, including payroll schemas, wage types, BAdIs, user exits, and system customization.
• Experience integrating payroll solutions with SAP HR Core, Time Management, and cloud-based HR systems.
• Proven leadership experience in agile, cross-functional, and international environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication skills, and fluency in English.
  
  

Additional Information

• 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, dog office ;-)