Direct-to-consumer cigar retailer with 885K customers across online, catalog, and retail
Cigars International operates a multi-channel cigar and accessories business (online, 19M annual catalogs, three retail locations) serving 885,000 US consumers. The tech stack reveals a finance and supply-chain-heavy operational focus: SAP, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, SQL Server, and Snowflake sit alongside Salesforce Commerce Cloud for ecommerce. Hiring skews heavily toward sales and operations roles, while active projects center on financial dashboards, ecommerce, and system enhancements — indicating a company working to improve forecasting accuracy and automate finance processes amid inventory and cost-management challenges.
Notable leadership hires: Bar Lead, Retail Sales Lead, Retail Lead
Cigars International is a direct-to-consumer retailer of handmade cigars and tobacco accessories, owned by Scandinavian Tobacco Group. The company operates across three channels: online sales, direct-mail catalogs (19 million distributed annually), and physical retail stores in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Florida. The portfolio includes over 90 leading cigar and accessory brands, ranging from premium to value segments. With 201–500 employees based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the organization spans call centers, distribution and warehousing, retail operations, and headquarters functions. Founded in 1996, the company describes itself as the fastest-growing and leading retailer in online and direct marketing of handmade cigars in the US.
SAP, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Snowflake, SQL Server, Python, and Redshift. The stack emphasizes supply-chain and financial systems, with cloud data warehousing (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery) for analytics.
Three retail stores: Pennsylvania, Texas, and Florida. Headquarters is in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The company also hires internationally in Brazil, Laos, and Denmark alongside US hiring.
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