Internal IT services for industrial food manufacturing, scaling OT/IT security and digital transformation
Pfeifer & Langen IT-Solutions is the captive IT function for a multi-billion-euro food and snacks conglomerate across Germany and Europe. Their tech footprint—Cisco security suite, SAP S/4HANA, Kafka, MES, and OPC—reveals a manufacturing-heavy operation now prioritizing industrial automation convergence: 10 of their top active projects center on OT/IT integration, secure IoT infrastructure, and process digitalization. Hiring velocity is decelerating but skews senior (7 of 12 roles), signaling deeper technical problem-solving over headcount expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Service Desk Lead
Pfeifer & Langen IT-Solutions operates as the internal IT department for Pfeifer & Langen Industrie & Handels KG, a leading European producer of sugar, snacks, and consumer food brands with thousands of employees across multiple sites. The team manages the full IT lifecycle—infrastructure, systems integration, consulting, and ongoing maintenance—across production facilities and corporate operations. Their scope spans traditional enterprise systems (SAP, Microsoft 365, Active Directory) and emerging industrial technology (OT networks, MES, IoT), with explicit focus on secure, stable operation amid rapid digitalization of manufacturing and supply-chain processes.
Cisco (network and security), AWS and Azure (cloud), SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP (enterprise), Kafka (data), MES and OPC (manufacturing control), Jira and Confluence (collaboration), Microsoft 365 and Active Directory (productivity and identity).
OT/IT convergence and industrial process digitalization (secure Cisco security-stack for OT/IT, IoT infrastructure with cloud, MES/OPC innovation). Also: S/4HANA migration, automation of support workflows, partner onboarding, and SAP IBP implementation.
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