Global cement, aggregates, and concrete manufacturer with 51,000 employees across 50 countries
Heidelberg Materials operates a distributed manufacturing footprint spanning cement production, aggregate extraction, and ready-mixed concrete plants across ~3,000 locations. The tech stack reveals a traditional ERP-heavy organization (SAP, SAP Ariba, Master Data Governance) moving toward modern process mining (Celonis) and automation (RPA), paired with BI consolidation (Power BI, Tableau). Active hiring skews operations and logistics, reflecting the capital-intensity of their supply chain; decarbonation and scope-3 emissions reduction dominate their project and pain-point lists, signaling that sustainability is now operationalized across manufacturing and procurement.
Notable leadership hires: Director of Finance, Key Account Director, Area Director, Office Director
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated building materials manufacturers, with leading positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete. The company serves construction and infrastructure markets across approximately 50 countries with around 51,000 employees at nearly 3,000 production and distribution sites. Core operations span quarrying, cement kiln production, batching plants, and logistics networks. Sustainability is a central operational mandate: the company is working toward carbon neutrality and circular economy principles, including decarbonation of industrial processes and supply-chain emissions reduction. Digital transformation is underway—SAP S/4HANA migration, process mining, and lab digitalization are active initiatives—to improve operational performance and enable data-driven decision-making across a complex, geographically dispersed manufacturing footprint.
Core systems: SAP, SAP Ariba, Power BI, Tableau, Python. Process automation: Celonis (process mining), RPA. The company is actively migrating to SAP S/4HANA. BI and analytics tools (Tableau, Power BI) suggest a consolidation of reporting infrastructure.
Decarbonation of industrial sites and scope-3 emissions reduction are dominant pain points, reflecting regulatory and climate pressures. Operational performance improvement, digitalizing lab processes, and grant compliance are also active challenges.
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