DLF is a 118-year-old seed genetics and production company specializing in forage grasses, clovers, alfalfa, and fodder beets, with operations spanning six continents. The tech stack is heavily enterprise resource planning (SAP, Oracle, Dynamics 365 Business Central, OneStream) — typical of mid-sized agricultural manufacturers — but hiring velocity is accelerating with a notable shift toward operations and planning roles, reflecting concurrent digital transformation and future planning system implementation projects. Pain points cluster around supply chain optimization, seasonal workforce management, and scaling planning processes, suggesting the company is modernizing legacy planning workflows.
Notable leadership hires: Operations Director, sales director
DLF BV, based in Kapelle (France), is the European operations center for the Danske Landboforeningers Frøforsyning group — a Danish parent company and global market leader in grass seed genetics. The business combines classical plant breeding (more than 100 years of selective genetics work) with modern laboratory and field testing to develop forage and turf grass varieties for livestock feed, green manure, and recreational turf markets. With 51–200 employees, DLF operates as a genetics-to-production vertically integrated supplier, managing seed trials, variety testing, and commercialization across multiple geographies. Recent hiring emphasizes operations, sales, and research roles, consistent with expansion into new markets and formalization of market development processes.
DLF uses Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP, and Oracle as core enterprise systems, alongside OneStream for financial planning and Power BI for analytics.
DLF is executing a digital planning transformation, implementing a future planning system, formalizing market development strategy, and improving supply chain and operations processes.
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