German foodservice distributor with 90+ years in hospitality supply
CHEFS CULINAR distributes food and non-food products to restaurants, hotels, and institutional kitchens across Germany via 8 regional hubs and 23 local branches. The stack—SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, SQL Server, Power BI, Tableau, Qlik—is enterprise-class, built for supply-chain visibility and demand planning. Hiring is logistics-heavy (87 roles) with a secondary sales push (61 roles), while only 27 engineering positions suggest the company is outsourcing or managing legacy systems rather than building software internally. Active projects around EDI integration and digitalization hint at modernizing order and inventory processes, a priority given pain points around inventory visibility and warehouse optimization.
Notable leadership hires: Team Lead, Development Lead, IT Support Lead
CHEFS CULINAR is a public, family-owned company operating a delivery wholesale network for hospitality and institutional food service in Germany. Over 90 years in business, the company serves independent restaurants, fine-dining establishments, hotel chains, and large institutional clients (hospitals, care facilities) via direct sales teams embedded in regional distribution centers. With 5,001–10,000 employees and operations headquartered in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, the company focuses on on-time, local delivery and relationship-driven account management. Current initiatives include EDI customer integration, food-safety standardization (HACCP, IFS), and digital order-management improvements across kitchen and warehouse operations.
SAP S/4HANA, Oracle, SQL Server, Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Python, Java, React, and Microsoft 365. Currently adopting SAP and EDI capabilities.
Yes. Logistics has 87 active open roles, the largest department hiring focus, reflecting warehouse and delivery expansion priorities.
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The company operates 8 regional offices and 23 local support branches across Germany.
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