Enterprise IT platform for retail operations and SAP modernization
REWE digital operates a large SAP-centric tech organization managing infrastructure, applications, and employee systems for a major retailer. The stack is dominated by legacy SAP (ERP, BW, SuccessFactors, ABAP, COBOL) while actively migrating to SAP HANA and S/4HANA — a multi-year transformation across HR, finance, and data warehouse systems. Engineering-heavy hiring (31 of 53 open roles) paired with concurrent security and product work signals both operational scale and a shift toward modernization and compliance.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Product Owner
REWE digital is the IT arm of REWE, a major European retail group. Founded in 2014, the company operates from Cologne, Germany with 1,001–5,000 employees focused on application development, infrastructure, and digital transformation. Their technology estate spans on-premise SAP systems (ERP, HR, data warehouse), cloud platforms (GCP, SAP BTP), and operational tools (Kafka, Ansible, ServiceNow). Current work centers on migrating SAP HCM to S/4HANA, implementing Employee Central for HR consolidation, and modernizing data warehouse infrastructure—all while managing license compliance and supporting high-availability network operations for retail locations.
REWE digital's stack is anchored in SAP (ERP, BW, SuccessFactors, ABAP, HANA) supplemented by Java, Python, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Oracle, GCP, Ansible, ServiceNow, and GitLab. They are actively adopting SAP HANA and modernizing off on-premise systems.
Key initiatives include SAP S/4HANA migration, Employee Central data migration, data warehouse modernization, Fiori app development, ISMS implementation, and security awareness training. Active work also addresses supply security and WAN optimization.
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