Industrial coatings manufacturer serving automotive, mobility, and refinish markets globally
Axalta is a public coatings manufacturer with 150+ years of heritage, serving over 100,000 customers across mobility, industrial, and refinish segments in 140+ countries. The tech stack is heavily SAP-centric (ERP, S/4HANA, MM, FI, IBP, MDG, R/3) paired with Workday for HR and Salesforce for sales—a pattern typical of large manufacturing operations scaling compliance and supply-chain visibility. Active hiring across engineering, sales, manufacturing, and support suggests simultaneous pressure to launch new products and reduce production costs, while pain points around data integrity, inventory reduction, and SOX compliance indicate infrastructure modernization is underway.
Notable leadership hires: Product Lead, HR Technology Lead, Warehouse Lead, Customer Service Team Lead, Medical Director
Axalta manufactures and distributes coatings for automotive OEMs, commercial vehicle fleets, body shops, industrial equipment, and specialized applications including aviation and marine. The company operates four major R&D centers and maintains partnerships with approximately 90,000 body shops globally while supplying 13 of the top 15 automotive OEMs. The workforce includes roughly 1,300 scientists, technical experts, and engineers across approximately 12,000 employees. Revenue stood at $5.2B in net sales, with over 1,000 patents and pending applications. Current project focus spans new product launches, multigenerational product development planning, SAP expansion, production scale-up, and technology transfer initiatives.
Axalta runs SAP at its core (ERP, S/4HANA, MM, FI, IBP, MDG, R/3), supported by Workday for HR, Salesforce for sales, ServiceNow for IT service management, and Informatica for data integration. Manufacturing systems include Rockwell FactoryTalk SCADA and Remedy IT Service Management. Recently adopting Workday and moving away from Firebird.
Axalta posts roles across 25 countries including the United States, China, India, Mexico, Australia, and throughout Europe (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden). Active hiring spans engineering, sales, support, manufacturing, finance, logistics, and product teams.
Current projects include a multigenerational product development plan, new product launches and recipes, SAP expansion, production scale-up, technology transfer initiatives, asset optimization, and online simulation parameter development to reduce production costs and improve customer satisfaction.
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