North American infrastructure manufacturer serving utilities and railways
Stella-Jones manufactures treated wood poles, steel towers, and railway ties for electrical utilities and Class 1 railroads across North America. The company is actively modernizing its ERP stack—adopting SAP S/4HANA and SAP API Management to address data integration and indirect tax compliance challenges. Hiring is accelerating across manufacturing and finance, with a secondary focus on operations and logistics, suggesting a dual push to scale production capacity while tightening financial controls and supply-chain visibility.
Stella-Jones is a publicly traded Canadian manufacturer focused on infrastructure-critical products. Its core business supplies treated wood utility poles and steel lattice towers to major electrical utilities, and treated railway ties and timbers to North American Class 1, short-line, and commercial railroads. The company also manufactures industrial timbers for railway bridges and marine pilings, coal tar-based products, and premium treated residential lumber distributed through Canadian and American retailers. Operations span a continental manufacturing and distribution network, with headquarters in Montreal.
SAP S/4HANA is the core ERP platform, supplemented by SAP Transportation Management, SAP Ariba for procurement, and SAP API Management for system integration. The company is actively adopting S/4HANA and API Management as part of an integration modernization roadmap.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was founded in 1992 and is publicly listed on the TSX under ticker SJ. It employs 1,001–5,000 people across North American manufacturing and distribution facilities.
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