Global cement, aggregates, and concrete manufacturer with 51,000 employees across 3,000 sites
Heidelberg Materials operates a massive, geographically distributed manufacturing and logistics footprint built on SAP ERP infrastructure, now mid-migration to S/4HANA. Active projects span RPA-driven reporting automation, centralized procurement service models, and predictive maintenance programs — indicating a push to reduce manual work and improve asset reliability across a complex multi-site supply chain. Hiring velocity is accelerating across operations and logistics roles, with mid-level talent concentration consistent with operational scaling and systems modernization.
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of building materials, producing cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete across approximately 3,000 locations in around 50 countries. The company employs around 51,000 people globally, with headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. As a public company, Heidelberg Materials competes on market position in core materials segments and has articulated a strategic focus on sustainability, including carbon neutrality and circular economy initiatives. The organization operates across diverse regions, including active hiring in the United States and Egypt.
Heidelberg Materials runs SAP ERP, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Ariba for enterprise operations, with Celonis for process mining, Power BI and Tableau for analytics, Python for development, RPA for automation, and AutoCAD for design workflows. The company is actively migrating to SAP S/4HANA.
Key initiatives include S/4HANA implementation and rollout, RPA-driven automation of reporting processes, centralization of transactional procurement in a business service center, predictive maintenance program development, and reduction of manual tasks to improve data consistency and compliance with reporting standards.
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