Retail IT backbone for SPAR group across five European countries
SPAR ICS operates as the dedicated IT function for SPAR Austria and its regional affiliates, running enterprise infrastructure for ~700 employees across customer-facing and back-office systems. The tech stack is SAP-centric (MM, SD, S/4HANA, now adopting Customer Experience) with heavy Microsoft and Azure investment (DevOps, API Management, OpenShift), alongside ServiceNow for enterprise service management. Current hiring is engineering-driven—61 of 84 open roles—with seniority skewed senior, signaling effort to modernize both the retail ERP system and the IT workplace for 17,000 internal users across five countries.
Notable leadership hires: Frontend Lead, Database Platform Lead
SPAR ICS is the independent IT company serving the SPAR Austria group, including SPAR, INTERSPAR, and Spar European Shopping Centers (SES). The organization manages all digital systems supporting retail operations and shopping center management across five countries, with roughly 700 employees split between front-end customer experience (mobile apps, POS, eCommerce) and back-office operations (inventory, finance, supply chain, service management). Core specialties include SAP-based enterprise resource planning, data science and business intelligence, warehouse management, and omnichannel retail solutions. The company operates at scale: IT workplace modernization alone targets 17,000 internal users.
Primary: SAP (MM, SD, S/4HANA), ServiceNow, Microsoft (Azure, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Office). Infrastructure: OpenShift, Docker, Ansible. Development: Java, PowerShell, Bash, Git, IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio Code. Adopting: SAP Customer Experience and Sprinklr.
Key projects: migrating legacy systems to SharePoint Online, implementing a modern retail ERP system, developing mobile customer apps, upgrading ServiceNow, modernizing the IT workplace for 17,000 users, and optimizing omnichannel promotion strategies.
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