European pharmaceutical wholesale, retail, and supply-chain services across 29 markets
PHOENIX group operates Europe's largest pharmaceutical distribution network—49,000 employees across 210 wholesale sites, nearly 3,300 retail pharmacies, and partnership programs covering 18,000 pharmacies in 17 countries. The tech stack reveals a data-and-automation-forward operation: Azure cloud infrastructure, Databricks + PySpark for scalable pipelines, SAP for financial and supply-chain planning, and RPA (UiPath) for process efficiency. Active hiring in finance, engineering, and data—with recent acceleration—points to major initiatives in multiwave ERP transformation, data monetization, and M&A integration.
Notable leadership hires: HR Director
PHOENIX group is Europe's leading pharmaceutical wholesale and retail operator, supplying medicines and health products to pharmacies, doctors, and medical institutions across 29 countries. The company serves nearly 18,000 pharmacies through partnership and cooperation programs, operates its own retail pharmacy network of almost 3,300 locations, and provides full supply-chain services to pharmaceutical manufacturers. With 49,000 employees, the group generates annual patient touchpoints exceeding 187 million through its retail pharmacies alone. The business spans pharmaceutical wholesale, pre-wholesale distribution, pharmacy retail, and specialized services—positioning PHOENIX as critical infrastructure for European healthcare access.
Azure cloud (Data Factory, Synapse, DevOps), Databricks + PySpark for data pipelines, SAP (FI/CO, BW) for finance and planning, Celonis for process mining, UiPath for RPA, and Azure Machine Learning for analytics.
PHOENIX operates in 29 healthcare markets with 210 wholesale sites, manages partnership programs across 17 countries, and operates retail pharmacies in 17 European countries.
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