Swiss retailer, wholesaler, and producer operating 10,000+ employees across stores, manufacturing, and logistics
Coop is a large, vertically integrated Swiss retailer spanning retail operations, wholesale distribution, and food manufacturing. The tech stack reveals a traditional enterprise operating model—SAP (FI/CO, MM, SD, S/4HANA) dominates financials and supply chain, supported by SuccessFactors for HR and Salesforce for customer engagement. Hiring remains heavily skewed toward sales (882 roles) and operations (159), with only 18 engineering headcount, indicating a business-operations-first culture where IT serves backend processes rather than driving product innovation. Active projects cluster around store expansion, POS reliability, and SAP integration—the operational priorities of a multi-format retailer managing availability, inventory, and category performance across hundreds of locations.
Notable leadership hires: Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, Construction Project Lead
Coop operates as a partnership retailer, wholesaler, and food producer in Switzerland, with over 150 years of operational history and a workforce exceeding 10,000 employees. The company sells across multiple retail formats and channels, with manufacturing capabilities in sectors like bakery and meat production. Current hiring spans store operations, logistics, warehouse roles, and selective technical positions, with active recruitment in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Peru. The business manages complex supply chain and inventory challenges across product categories and distribution channels, supported by enterprise resource planning (SAP ecosystem) and selective digital marketing tooling (Google Ads, Meta).
Core systems include SAP (S/4HANA, FI/CO, MM, SD, CO-PA), SuccessFactors for HR, Salesforce for CRM, Microsoft 365/Office, Cisco networking, and Adobe Creative Cloud for marketing content. Analytics rely on Python, R, SQL, and Google Analytics.
Projects include store expansion and new openings, SAP unified demand forecast integration, robotization of industrial bakery operations, POS system reliability, inventory optimization, and IT infrastructure migration across the retail and manufacturing footprint.
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