Pharmacy retailer scaling health services across Brazil with 10,000+ employees
Farmácias Pague Menos operates one of Brazil's largest pharmacy retail networks, founded in 1981 and now present in every state. The company is mid-way through a dual transformation: expanding health services (clinics, diagnostics) alongside core retail, while modernizing digital infrastructure (Power BI, Salesforce, Azure). Hiring velocity is accelerating with 513 roles posted in the last 30 days—predominantly junior sales and healthcare staff—suggesting aggressive rollout of in-store health offerings and retail floor expansion.
Farmácias Pague Menos is a Brazilian pharmacy chain headquartered in Fortaleza with over 10,000 employees and a national footprint. Beyond traditional pharmacy retail, the company is actively expanding health clinic services, diagnostic capabilities, and delivery infrastructure. The operating model integrates supply chain optimization, promotional planning, and loss prevention (shoplifting and inventory shrinkage are documented pain points) with a push to modernize digital platforms and marketing automation. The organization employs a mix of enterprise software (SAP, Salesforce, Tableau, Power BI) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Health clinic and services expansion; delivery infrastructure; supply chain and promotional process modernization; digital platform upgrades; and marketing automation implementation.
SAP (ERP), Salesforce, Power BI, Tableau, Azure DevOps, AWS, Azure, GCP, Cisco, VMware, SQL, Adobe, HubSpot, SAP SuccessFactors, and BI/mapping tools (ArcGIS, Google Maps API).
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