OBI is a large-format retailer operating 660+ stores across Germany and nine other European markets, selling DIY, construction, and gardening products. The stack reveals a transformation in progress: adopting Snowflake, MicroStrategy, Databricks, and Braze alongside legacy SAP and Blue Yonder systems suggests a shift from traditional supply-chain optimization toward data-driven customer engagement and cross-channel analytics. Active hiring clusters in sales and product (42 combined roles) paired with projects around B2B channels, CLV strategy, and the heyOBI digital platform indicate OBI is moving from brick-and-mortar dominance toward omnichannel and B2B expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Chief of Staff, Project Lead Strategy, Project Lead, Project Lead Payment, Project Lead CRM
OBI is a public company within the Tengelmann Group headquartered in Wermelskirchen, Germany, with over 10,000 employees. The retailer operates a pan-European footprint—660 markets across Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Hungary—selling DIY, construction, and gardening products both in-store and via the heyOBI digital platform. Current strategic priorities include B2B channel development, international rollout of a pro/contractor concept, cross-channel transformation, and customer lifetime value optimization. The organization is addressing profitability challenges in select markets while building new insurance and payment solutions for the group.
OBI uses SAP (ERP), Blue Yonder (supply chain), Snowflake and MicroStrategy (analytics), Salesforce (CRM), Workday (HR), and Bloomreach (digital platform). Currently adopting Databricks, Looker, Braze (marketing automation), and Emarsys.
OBI operates in 10 European countries: Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Hungary, with 660+ stores total.
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