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Lawson Products Tech Stack

MRO distributor with vendor-managed inventory and industrial supply chain services

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage Chicago, IL 1,001–5,000 employees Founded 1952 Public Company

Lawson Products is a 70+ year-old MRO distributor serving construction, mining, manufacturing, and government across North America. The tech stack is enterprise-focused (SAP, Microsoft 365, Power BI) with no active adoptions or replacements—a mature, stable infrastructure supporting a sales-led hiring mix (45 of 63 open roles). Current initiatives center on SAP WM optimization, disaster recovery, and account development, while labor scarcity and inventory accuracy remain persistent operational challenges.

Tech Stack 20 technologies

Core StackSAP Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign Adobe Creative Cloud Power BI Zoom Microsoft Office SAP BASIS SAP WM Excel Word Outlook Teams Windows 10 Windows 11 Microsoft 365 PowerPoint Windows SharePoint

What Lawson Products Is Building

◆Challenges

Inventory management
Challenging labor market
Inventory accuracy and availability
Tough hiring climate
Increasing employee productivity
Operations flow disruptions
Customers missing a beat
Employee resistance
Business disruption
Strengthening supply chain

▲Active Projects

Corporate communications strategy
External communication plans
Major account development
Agent recruiting and on-listing process
Corporate initiatives implementation
Disaster recovery solution implementation
Endpoint management solution implementation
Technology strategy roadmap development
Sap wm optimization
Quarterly planning initiatives

Hiring Activity

Accelerating65 roles · 30 in 30d

Department

Sales

45

Support

5

Ops

3

Marketing

2

Communications

1

Data

1

Design

1

Finance

1

Seniority

Junior

25

Mid

24

Director

3

Intern

3

Senior

3

Lead

1

Manager

1

Notable leadership hires: Operations Director, Sales Director

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About Lawson Products

Lawson Products supplies maintenance, repair, and operations inventory—fasteners, safety gear, power tools, chemicals, abrasives, and hydraulics—to mid-market and large industrial operators. The business model pairs commodity product fulfillment with vendor-managed inventory services and an online ordering platform to reduce customer stockouts. Headquartered in Chicago and publicly traded, the company operates across the United States and Canada with over 1,000 employees, selling through a direct sales force supplemented by digital channels.

HeadquartersChicago, IL

Company Size1,001–5,000 employees

Founded1952

Hiring MarketsUnited States, Canada

Frequently Asked Questions

What technology does Lawson Products use?

SAP (including SAP BASIS and SAP WM modules), Microsoft 365 (Office, Teams, SharePoint), Power BI, and Adobe Creative Suite. No new platform adoptions are currently underway.