Our Potentials

Anoosh Iqbal | Pakistan, Batch 9

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

The batch I am part of. You get to work with different people from across the globe, coming together as peers and becoming life-long friends.

What is your biggest learning from your MP participation?

MP program taught me the how every country has its own customs and practices of doing business and yet, they can be brought together on one page with thorough strategies and open-mindedness.

Benoit Hervio | France, Batch 9

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

My personal highlight has been working with our fresh produce experts who are passionate about working from early morning to deliver the product to our customers.

What is your biggest learning from your MP participation?

MP is made up of daily learning, but my biggest learning has been to know what my professional values are and what kind of manager I want to be.

Berta Paredero | France, Batch 10

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

My personal highlight of my MP journey was the Christmas period. Several elements made this moment extraordinary: the frenetic activity, the numerous exchanges with our customers, the determination of the teams, and the commercial animations, which made our store vibrate.

What is your biggest learning from your MP participation?

My biggest learning is the importance of working with passion. We have the chance to work in a challenging, dynamic and creative sector and we need to put intensity in every action and exchange, whether it is with our clients or our teams!

Elise Audemard | France, Batch 10

Learning every day from passionate players of the food industry all working in synergy towards a common goal: the success of our customers.

Hina Mall | Pakistan, batch 9

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

It’s a great chance to work and network with people across Metro countries and getting a global perspectives which builds up your vision regarding work and yourself.

Kaan Kutsal | Turkey, Batch 10

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

Adaptation will become second nature. You will see and experience wholesale business in its purest form.

What is your biggest learning from your MP participation?

That there is always something to learn and always something to improve. You will never get bored (or unoccupied) being a MP.

Kasim Rauf | Pakistan, Batch 10

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

Sitting together at lunch on a beautiful afternoon in Duisburg, the instructors for METRO Potentials shared some valuable insights and timeless wisecracks which I will carry with me forever.

What is your biggest learning from your MP participation?

A good team which is determined to achieve something can jump over all sorts of hurdles together and enjoy the process as well, similarly we as Potentials can achieve everything we want to.

Lasse Spethmann | Germany, Batch 9

Be prepared to become part of a community full of inspiring colleagues driven by their passion, willingness to continuously leave their comfort zone and challenge each other as well as the status quo! Ownership, accountability and a "getting it done" mentality will enable you to get responsibilities quickly so that you can create a real impact for our clients.

Muhammad Ali Hussain | Pakistan, Batch 9

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

For me, the highlight of the program is the international training program where you get an opportunity to work abroad, learn best practices and experience a new culture.

Nidhi Agarwal | India, Batch 9

What is your personal highlight of your MP journey?

To be able to experience store, head office and another country in less than 2 years in my career.

What is your biggest learning from your MP participation?

It is all about the courage to take on the opportunity and then sky is the limit.

Susana Liu | Spain, Batch 10

I am continually impressed by how each of my co-workers are able to inspire me to do my best, in order to provide a satisfactory and effective experience to our customers and do different challenging things every day.

Victor Lapieza | Spain, Batch 10

My biggest learning:

We are part of a multinational team, in which when the product is delivered to its final customer, it has passed through thousands of hands. We must stay close to the teams, take care of them and motivate them. We are a company of people who work for people.

Joao Pedro Carvalho | Portugal | Batch 1 (Alumnus)

How has the programme accelerated your career?

METRO Potentials was a fantastic platform to accelerate the career because

• the programme gave me early experience and training in several domains of the company and it allowed me to have a very holistic understanding of our business
• the programme gave me tremendous exposure to leadership and access to mentorship which was pivotal for me to grow & mature as a professional, following examples and advice from the most seasoned executives in the company
• the programme helped me build a very broad and international network which is a huge asset for accelerated development

Lalit Aggarwal | India | Batch 1 (Alumnus)

What is your best outcome of the MP Programme?

Other than a cozy bunch of friends across different countries and a rich international exposure, the programme has really rewarded my ‘curiosity’ by allowing me to do various roles across functions and geographies. It has been fundamental in the way how I see, interact & work with the people, and how comprehensively I understand our Food/Wholesale business - which is key to have a holistic view while finding the best possible solutions to serve our customers.

It’s because of the programme that I have my own version of the famous quote by Steve Jobs: “Stay Curious, Stay Kind!”