European sanitary products manufacturer scaling autonomous production systems
Geberit Deutschland is the German arm of a 150-year-old multinational sanitary-products company with 11,000+ employees across 50 countries and €3.1B annual revenue. The stack is heavily SAP-centric (S/4HANA, EWM, SuccessFactors, Ariba) paired with industrial automation (Siemens S7, KUKA, TIA Portal), reflecting a capital-intensive, process-driven manufacturing operation. Current hiring skews toward manufacturing and engineering roles, with active projects focused on driverless material handling and production-plant optimization—signals of ongoing Industry 4.0 transition. Migration from legacy Microsoft 365 integration remains a noted friction point.
Notable leadership hires: Logistics Lead
Geberit Deutschland manufactures and distributes sanitaryware and bathroom ceramics across European markets, leveraging 26 production facilities globally. The company operates as a vertically integrated manufacturer with deep local presence across most European countries. Operations span production planning, supply-chain logistics, engineering design (CAD/CATIA), and field-service support. The organization is primarily managed through SAP enterprise systems, with manufacturing execution tied to Siemens industrial controllers. Current operational focus includes modernizing material-flow automation and standardizing HR processes across distributed sites.
Core systems: SAP S/4HANA, Extended Warehouse Management, SuccessFactors, and Ariba. Manufacturing automation: Siemens S7 PLCs, KUKA robotics, TIA Portal programming. Design/CAD: AutoCAD, CATIA. Collaboration: Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint. GitHub Copilot for development support.
Major projects include driverless transport-vehicle system development, manual-to-autonomous material-flow transition, production-plant construction and optimization, digital learning implementation, and supplier transition initiatives. Fault diagnosis automation and legacy Microsoft 365 integration also in progress.
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