French food manufacturer scaling production operations and supply chain
Groupe Panzani operates a manufacturing-heavy organization running legacy industrial automation (Siemens TIA Portal, Wonderware, PROFIBUS) alongside enterprise systems (SAP, Power BI). The hiring surge—47 roles posted in 30 days across sales, logistics, and manufacturing—combined with active projects in GMAO tool development, continuous improvement deployment, and equipment reliability diagnostics, suggests operational scaling and a push to modernize maintenance and production planning. The pain-point cluster (equipment reliability, maintenance inefficiencies, operational performance diagnostics) points to a traditional manufacturing environment working to tighten uptime.
Groupe Panzani is a French public food and beverage manufacturer headquartered in Lyon, operating since 1950. The group owns multiple consumer brands including Panzani, Lustucru Sélection, Taureau Ailé, Ferrero, Régia, and Zakia, serving the broader European market with a current presence in France and Belgium. Operations center on product innovation, production expansion, and international market development. The organization spans 501–1,000 employees and is actively hiring across manufacturing, sales, and logistics functions.
Primary stack includes Siemens TIA Portal, Wonderware InTouch, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, SAP, Power BI, and Circana for retail analytics. Supporting tools: Excel, Power Query, Visual Basic, EDI for supply chain exchange.
Active projects include GMAO (maintenance management) tool development, continuous improvement deployment, new product development, industrial trials, packaging lifecycle assessment, and sales enablement materials and events.
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