E-T-A is a 75-year-old German circuit breaker and protection device maker with ~1,400 employees across four production sites and ten subsidiaries in 60+ countries. The tech stack reveals a deep SAP footprint (S/4HANA, HANA, Transportation Management, Solution Manager) paired with industrial automation tools (Beckhoff, Siemens, Polarion) — typical of a legacy manufacturing operation in active digital transformation. Active hiring concentrates on engineering and manufacturing roles across Germany, while the project list (S/4HANA rollout, SMED process improvement, Industry 4.0 implementation, supplier optimization) signals a company modernizing operations and supply chain in parallel.
Notable leadership hires: Production Lead
E-T-A designs, manufactures, and distributes circuit breakers, thermal protectors, and complex electrical protection solutions for original equipment manufacturers and system integrators across process automation, telecommunications, chemical, medical, aerospace, automotive, and marine industries. The company operates from headquarters in Altdorf, Bavaria, with manufacturing facilities and sales subsidiaries distributed globally. Core functions—production, sales, procurement, marketing, design, and finance—are centralized in Altdorf. The product portfolio ranges from simple thermal circuit breakers to integrated protection and control systems protecting against overload and short-circuit conditions.
SAP-centric (S/4HANA, HANA, Transportation Management, Solution Manager), supplemented by Beckhoff and Siemens industrial controllers, Polarion for PLM, and Microsoft Office productivity tools. Currently adopting SAP Fiori and SAP BTP.
S/4HANA transformation and rollout, lean manufacturing process improvement (SMED), new product development cost modeling, Industry 4.0 implementation, supplier structure optimization, and component business expansion.
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