Private-label food, beverage, packaging and paper producer for retail
Schwarz Produktion is the in-house manufacturing arm supplying Lidl and Kaufland with beverages, PET packaging, chocolate, baked goods, ice cream, coffee, pasta and paper. Its stack is deeply SAP-centric (ERP, S/4HANA, PM, MM, FI/CO, PS, BW) alongside Siemens S7 and EPLAN automation tooling, and it is now adopting SAP BTP and SAPUI5. Hiring is accelerating with an engineering- and operations-heavy mix, focused on new plant builds and procurement digitalization.
Schwarz Produktion is a German food and materials manufacturer headquartered in Weißenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, founded in 1998 and organized as a partnership. It operates production businesses covering beverages and PET packaging, chocolate and dried fruit, baked goods, ice cream, coffee, pasta and paper. Its output serves the retailers Lidl and Kaufland, and it also runs recycling operations for retail. The company employs 5,001–10,000 people, with several administrative units supporting strategic and operational work. Current hiring spans Germany and the United Kingdom.
Schwarz Produktion runs a broad SAP landscape including SAP ERP, S/4HANA, PM, MM, FI/CO, PS and BW, plus SuccessFactors, Siemens S7, Siemens Sinamics, EPLAN, MES, AutoCAD, Jira and Confluence.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating, led by engineering and operations roles, with manufacturing, HR, construction and finance also recruiting, mainly mid-level and intern positions in Germany and the United Kingdom.
Current initiatives include digital methods for its production system, plant new-build commissioning, procurement digitalization and e-procurement, AI tool integration, and ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 implementation.
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