BAT is a 122-year-old, FTSE-listed consumer goods manufacturer with 50,000 employees across 180+ markets, undergoing a strategic shift toward smokeless products by 2035. The tech stack reveals a traditional enterprise operating model—SAP, ServiceNow, Office—paired with modern data infrastructure (Databricks, PySpark, Power BI, Azure) and cloud security tooling (AWS, Azure Defender, GuardDuty), signaling investment in automation and analytics.
Notable leadership hires: Territory Director, Process Lead, Industrial Design Lead
BAT manufactures and distributes consumer goods across tobacco and reduced-risk alternatives, operating three regional divisions serving North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. The company employs around 50,000 people and maintains a presence in over 180 markets. Core operational challenges include supply-chain optimization, inventory management, compliance (SOX), quality control, and cash-flow forecasting. Active product launches and pricing-strategy work indicate an ongoing portfolio refresh, supported by new Power BI dashboards, data-analytics automation, and inventory-control initiatives.
Core enterprise systems: SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft Office, SQL Server. Data & analytics: Databricks, PySpark, Python, Power BI, SQL, Microsoft Fabric. Cloud: AWS, Azure. Security: Azure Defender, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, XDR, SIEM. Engineering tools: SolidWorks, Siemens NX, Altium. BAT is adopting Power BI and Microsoft Purview, replacing SAP ECC and MicroStrategy.
Priority projects include new product launches, power BI dashboard development, pricing-strategy modeling, inventory control, sales-performance analysis, promotion-effectiveness measurement, data-analytics automation for internal controls, and process improvement (IWS standards, lean practices, downtime reduction).
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