BayWa is a 25,000-person public company operating wholesale and distribution networks across five core verticals: agriculture, energy, construction, mobility, and food. The tech stack is heavily SAP-centric (S/4HANA, EWM, R/3, FI/CO, Analytics Cloud) with emerging Power BI adoption and a Workday migration in progress — typical of a large, asset-heavy conglomerate modernizing finance and HR systems. Active projects cluster around renewable energy (solar, wind, battery storage) and process digitization (controlling, finance, CRM), while hiring remains tilted toward entry-level roles (407 interns) across sales (254 roles) and engineering (223), suggesting structured graduate recruitment rather than urgent scaling.
Notable leadership hires: Engineering Lead, Managing Director
BayWa traces its roots to 1923 as a cooperative agricultural trading company and has grown into a multinational wholesale conglomerate operating in 47 countries. The business spans five customer-facing verticals: agricultural commodities and equipment; energy (renewables project development and distribution); building materials and construction services; mobility solutions; and food supply. In Germany and Austria, BayWa holds leading market positions in agriculture and energy wholesale. The organization operates a traditional hierarchical structure with regional strength in Central Europe and growing presence in Australia, Singapore, and France. SAP S/4HANA and associated modules form the operational backbone across finance, supply-chain, and human resources.
BayWa's primary systems are SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM (supply-chain), SAP FI/CO (finance), and SAP Analytics Cloud, supplemented by Power BI, Tableau, Jira, Confluence, Workday (in migration), and Azure cloud infrastructure.
Active projects include renewable energy deployment (solar, wind, battery storage), Workday HR system implementation, finance digitization and controlling efficiency improvements, and regional construction strategies. Pain points include inventory optimization, CRM process refinement, and receivables collection.
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