Global airline catering and inflight retail operations across 60+ countries
gategroup operates the world's largest airline catering network—200+ operating units across 60+ countries serving millions of daily passengers. The tech stack is enterprise-heavy (SAP, Dynamics 365, ServiceNow, Azure, AWS) with emerging data governance (Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Azure Purview) and workforce-management tools (Kronos, UltiPro), reflecting a large-scale operations business tackling standardization, inventory optimization, and compliance. Hiring is accelerating across ops and finance roles, with active projects centered on enterprise workforce planning, data governance, and cost reduction—signaling infrastructure investment in a historically manual, geographically fragmented industry.
Notable leadership hires: Global Account Director, Transportation Director
gategroup is a privately held airline hospitality provider headquartered in Glattbrugg, Zürich. The company designs, manufactures, and delivers catered meals, retail offerings, and lounge services to airlines globally, operating from over 200 facilities across 60+ countries and territories. Core operations span food production, retail-on-board programs, ground handling, and airport lounges. The customer base is airline operators; revenue and scale come from volume (millions of meals daily) and geographic breadth rather than per-transaction value. The organization faces typical challenges of distributed operations: staffing volatility in production roles, food-cost pressure, inventory fragmentation, and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
Core systems: SAP, Dynamics 365, ServiceNow, Microsoft Office suite. Data: Azure (Data Lake, SQL, Purview), AWS, GCP, SQL, Python. MDM/governance: Informatica, SAP MDM, Oracle MDM, Collibra, Alation, Atlan. HR/workforce: Kronos, UltiPro. Project: Jira.
Glattbrugg, Zürich, Switzerland. Operates 200+ units across 60+ countries and territories, with active hiring in 10+ countries spanning North America, Europe, and other regions.
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