Swiss food manufacturer scaling production automation and supply chain digitization
Delica AG is a 2,500-person food conglomerate (coffee, chocolate, biscuits, ice cream, snacks) operating five Swiss locations plus international subsidiaries under the Migros Industrie umbrella. The tech stack is heavily SAP-centric (S/4HANA, IBP, EWM, PM) with Siemens industrial automation, suggesting a manufacturing-first organization optimizing for production efficiency and supply-chain visibility. Hiring velocity is accelerating with 40 open manufacturing roles, paired with active projects in automation, digitale fabrik 2.0, and new-product industrialization—consistent with a company scaling production capacity while addressing chronic pain points around downtime, maintenance processes, and production-cost optimization.
Notable leadership hires: Production Lead
Delica AG is a consortium founded in 2021, consolidating five established food-manufacturing companies (Chocolat Frey, Midor, Riseria, Total Capsule Solutions, and the original Delica) into a unified operating company within Migros Industrie. The portfolio spans coffee, chocolate, biscuits, frozen desserts, snacks, and chewing gum, with operations across Switzerland and numerous foreign subsidiaries. The organization operates on a manufacturing-first model: the tech footprint is dominated by SAP for enterprise resource planning and production planning (S/4HANA, IBP, EWM, PM) and Siemens for industrial automation and equipment control (S7 PLCs, TIA Portal). Current priorities include automation and growth projects, direct-data-access improvements, and cost-of-goods optimization across production lines.
Delica's stack is SAP-heavy (S/4HANA, IBP, EWM, PM, R/3, Fiori, GUI) for ERP and supply-chain planning, paired with Siemens (S7 controllers, TIA Portal) for factory automation, Power BI and Microsoft Fabric for analytics, and Microsoft Office.
Active projects include digitale fabrik 2.0, automation and growth initiatives, new-product industrialization, maintenance-app development, cost-of-goods improvement, and production-line downtime reduction.
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