Industrial equipment manufacturer with integrated ERP and manufacturing operations focus
Hillenbrand manufactures mission-critical processing equipment across plastics, food, and recycling markets in over 100 countries. The tech stack reveals a mature manufacturing operations backbone: SAP + ServiceNow + Power BI for enterprise workflows, paired with industrial design tools (PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Siemens TIA Portal) and MES/IoT integration. Active projects center on ERP-BI connectivity and accounts-payable automation, while pain points cluster around invoice and supply-chain process friction—typical of companies scaling operational efficiency across global manufacturing footprints.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Information Security Officer
Hillenbrand is a global industrial company designing and manufacturing highly-engineered equipment for large end markets including durable plastics, food processing, and recycling. The company serves customers across more than 100 countries through a portfolio of specialized industrial brands. With 5,001–10,000 employees headquartered in Batesville, Indiana, Hillenbrand operates as a privately held manufacturer. The engineering and manufacturing workforce dominates the organizational structure, supported by finance, operations, and data functions. The company has been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies.
SAP and ServiceNow for enterprise resource planning and IT service management; Power BI, Excel, and Power Platform for analytics and reporting; PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor, and Siemens TIA Portal for industrial design; Azure cloud services for infrastructure; SQL Server and Java for backend systems.
India, United States, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, and France. Engineering and manufacturing roles lead hiring activity, with secondary focus on finance, operations, and data functions.
Active projects include Power BI reporting integration, ServiceNow application customization, MES-ERP-IoT integration, security architecture reviews, accounts payable process improvements, and BeyondTrust privileged access management implementation.
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