Global industrial manufacturer scaling SAP infrastructure and manufacturing automation
Freudenberg is a 175-year-old industrial conglomerate with 52,000+ employees across 60 countries, operating in seals, vibration control, technical textiles, filters, chemicals, and medical devices. The tech stack is heavily SAP-dependent (ERP, FICO, S/4HANA, BTP, HANA, UI5) with CAD tools (UG NX, Solid Edge) and Azure DevOps, signaling a traditional enterprise software footprint undergoing modernization—BTP is the only active adoption, indicating a shift toward cloud-native architecture on SAP's platform.
Freudenberg manufactures engineered components and specialty products across 40+ market segments, selling to automotive, industrial, and medical OEMs. The company operates a geographically distributed, engineering-heavy organization—62 active engineering roles against a 192-role hiring pipeline reflects product development intensity. Manufacturing operations span 20 countries with active hiring, requiring coordination across procurement, logistics, and regional production. The organization is mid-tenure-weighted (60 mid-level hires) with intern and junior talent, typical of large-scale manufacturing firms managing legacy systems while building digital capabilities.
SAP-centric: ERP, S/4HANA, FICO, BTP, HANA, UI5, Fiori, Cloud Application Programming. CAD: UG NX, Solid Edge. Development: Node.js, Java, ABAP, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps. Analytics: Refinitiv Eikon. Currently adopting SAP BTP for cloud platform modernization.
Weinheim, Germany. The company operates in 60 countries with 52,000+ employees and generated €11.95 billion in sales in 2024.
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