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Essentra Tech Stack

Global manufacturer of plastic, vinyl, and metal components for industrial OEMs

Manufacturing Kidlington, Oxford, England 5,001–10,000 employees Public Company

Essentra is a publicly traded manufacturer operating a distributed network of 13 plants and 24 distribution centers across 28 countries, serving ~70,000 customers in automotive, electronics, medical, and renewable energy. The tech stack is purely Microsoft enterprise (Dynamics 365, Office, Teams, Anaplan, Cognos) with no cloud-native or open-source tooling—typical of traditional manufacturing ops—while the hiring mix skews sales and support-heavy, consistent with a distribution-dependent go-to-market facing persistent pain around digital sales strategy and supplier performance.

Tech Stack 17 technologies

Core StackDynamics 365 Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Word Excel Outlook Microsoft Dynamics 365 Microsoft Office Anaplan Cognos Microsoft Access Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Teams PowerPoint Microsoft 365 EDI Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement

What Essentra Is Building

◆Challenges

Improving supplier performance
Digital sales strategy implementation
Cost savings
Improving procurement process agility
Sales objectives and margin targets
Territory sales targets
Reducing defects
Quality issues
Operational inefficiencies
Cost control

▲Active Projects

Quoting
New product development
Strategic commodity planning
New product introductions
Global category strategy development
Contract renewal execution q3 q4
Go-to-market initiatives
Procurement policy embedding
Lean manufacturing initiatives
Sampling

Hiring Activity

Accelerating70 roles · 35 in 30d

Department

Sales

17

Support

14

Manufacturing

11

Ops

8

Product

6

Engineering

5

Procurement

3

Data

2

Seniority

Mid

32

Senior

13

Junior

11

Manager

10

Director

2

Lead

1

Notable leadership hires: Category Director, Site Director, Lead Qualification Specialist

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About Essentra

Essentra manufactures and distributes essential plastic injection-molded, vinyl dip-molded, and metal components. The business operates through a global footprint spanning 28 countries with 13 manufacturing sites, 24 distribution hubs, and 33 sales and service centers. The customer base of approximately 70,000 spans equipment manufacturers, automotive suppliers, electronics makers, medical device companies, and renewable energy firms. Delivery speed and cost efficiency are core to the positioning—the company supplies low-cost, high-volume components on tight lead times.

HeadquartersKidlington, Oxford, England

Company Size5,001–10,000 employees

Hiring MarketsUnited Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, Thailand, United States, Germany, Mexico, Finland

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Essentra use?

Primarily Microsoft enterprise suite: Dynamics 365 (Finance, Operations, Customer Engagement), Office 365, Teams, Anaplan for planning, Cognos for analytics, and Adobe for design.