Solution Consultant

Within AH Tech Retail Business Platform we are looking for a tech enthusiastic Solution Consultant for the merchandising domain. This domain is responsible for all applications in which we define, manage and analyze our assortment, our prices and our promotions.

This is how you will reinvent food retail.

• You will talk to various stakeholders, in particular headquarter personnel of the Pricing department. This is to clearly formulate the wishes and requirements. What do we want to change, how do we want this and why?
• You analyze the current situation and processes and the intended goal; what do we want to realize/automate in concrete terms and what do we need for this?
• You facilitate meetings between stakeholders and colleagues from the Tech department (architects, POs, developers). With your help you quickly get to the core of the solution.
• You present your findings to Product Owners, Engineering Managers and architects and advise possible solutions to the team as a real (internal) consultant.
• You guide decision-making regarding the solution. You do this in conversation with engineers from your team.
• You validate the end result together with your business stakeholders before the solution is implemented and ensure that the various Tech teams and support parties are well informed about the solution. In addition, you contribute as a full team member to the End-to-End solution. 

Your new team and office.

Together with your team of (Product Owners/Backend Developers/Mobile Developers) you will work on inspiring projects to accelerate our transition into a hybrid Food & Tech company. We want to leverage data and technology to future-proof food shopping and give our customers accessibility to healthy food more easily available for everyone. At Albert Heijn, you team up with inspiring peers in the data, digital and tech domains. A community of diverse individuals who share a common goal; to create digital solutions that make (online) shopping simpler and more inspiring. Are you ready to reinvent the way millions of people buy and enjoy their food? We invest heavily in data, digital and tech. And that includes investing in your career! Our teams work in a hybrid way: both from home as well as in the office. We are located right next to the train station Zaandam. 

We think it’s important to be part of an high-belonging team; a team where you can be yourself and feel safe, accepted and appreciated. For this job we are preferably looking for someone who brings diversity in our team, in the widest possible sense. Someone who is a great addition to our team by bringing other ideas to the table. So don’t check all the boxes? Don’t worry, we probably don’t either 😉. Don’t hesitate to apply if you think you are up for the challenge, we’re happy to have a look at your resume!

What we offer.
At Albert Heijn we aim to grow, and this is only possible if you grow along with us. As we work together to build our brand and your career, you can count on (based on 40 hours per week): 

• An annual salary up to 77K including holiday allowance and a flexible bonus. Depending on your experience;  
• 45 days of paid leave to enjoy your well-deserved holidays: 25,5 regular vacation days and 19,5 ADV days. Enjoy!
• Flexible working hours; 
• Access to a challenging training curriculum – AH Tech Academy; 
• An excellent pension plan where we as an employer contribute 4,5 more than you as an employee;  
• A travel allowance or a NS-business card for traveling to and from Zaandam by train; 
• Attractive discounts on various insurance policies; 
• 10% staff discount on groceries in all Albert Heijn stores, to a maximum of €300 per year;
• A free Mijn Albert Heijn Premium membership with many benefits;
• A company laptop and telephone.

The recipe for maximum impact:

• 4+ years of work experience in a similar role, e.g. solution consultant, implementation manager, business analyst, information analyst; 
• Knowledge of and experience working within an IT environment. Bonus if you know how databases, cloud and/or software development works;
• Strong communication and networking skills to effectively engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the organization;
• Excellent in English, Dutch is an advantage;
• Experience with agile working;
• Being able to offer solutions to complex issues;
• You enjoy teamwork and making things happen; 
• You’re tech savvy, pro-active and have a big passion for tech; 

 
We’re Albert Heijn, food retail reinventors. 🚀
Albert Heijn goes way back. More than 135 years, to be exact. So for millions of people, food shopping is synonymous with the Albert Heijn brand. We didn’t achieve this with a complacent, ‘hey, if it works today, it’ll work tomorrow’ approach, but by continually rethinking our propositions and staying plugged in to customer demands. More than 125,000 colleagues? Check. Over 1,250 stores in the Netherlands and Flanders? Check. The leading online food retail platform? Check, we build, run and love it.  

Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.
The world around us has changed, and significantly at that. These changes have impact on the lives of our customers, colleagues and partners. And therefore, also on Albert Heijn. We’re moving towards a new world with new opportunities and challenges. Albert Heijn wants more people to eat fresher, healthier and more sustainable food. Eating brings us together, keeps us healthier and contributes positively to the world. Our mission is: Together we make eating better the easy choice. For everyone.

Albert Heijn the Netherlands is B Corp certified. This underscores our purpose, through which we aim to contribute to a healthier, more social, and sustainable society. B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability and transparency.

Ready to contribute to our mission?
Do you want to play an active role in changing the food retail landscape as we know it? Then hop on board and join us on our expedition. Would you like to learn more first, before you apply to Albert Heijn? We’re happy to tell you everything about this vacancy! An assessment might be part of our selection process.

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