Cheese manufacturer scaling production operations across Europe and North America
Hochland is a 95-year-old cheese producer operating manufacturing sites across seven countries, now consolidating its operational backbone onto SAP S/4HANA while simultaneously expanding TPM (total productive maintenance) implementation across plants. The tech stack reveals a traditional industrial manufacturing footprint — MES, TIA Portal, SAP suite — with active hiring in engineering and manufacturing roles aimed at process optimization and new equipment integration, signaling a shift from legacy systems toward unified, data-driven production control.
Notable leadership hires: Technikum Lead
Hochland manufactures and distributes cheese products across more than 30 countries. The company operates production facilities in Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Romania, Russia, and the United States, serving retail supermarkets, food industry customers, and foodservice operators. Founded in 1927 as a family business, Hochland is now structured as a public company with independent financial governance. The organization employs 1,001–5,000 people and is based in Heimenkirch, Bavaria.
Core systems include SAP S/4HANA, SAP Commerce Cloud, Oracle, MES, and TIA Portal for manufacturing control. Specialized SAP modules cover supply chain (Transportation Management, Advanced Planning & Optimization), quality (QM), inventory (MM), maintenance (PM), and warehouse execution (EWM). Analytics via SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, and SAP BW.
Hochland operates production facilities in seven countries: Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Romania, Russia, and the United States. Headquarters is in Heimenkirch, Bavaria, Germany.
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