TEDi operates Germany's largest non-food discount chain, spanning stationery, crafting, household goods, and party supplies across 15 European markets. The company is migrating core infrastructure to cloud-native systems—adopting PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and GCP while implementing SAP S/4HANA—suggesting a shift from legacy on-premises retail IT toward modern data and ERP architecture. Leadership pipeline gaps are acute: nearly 90% of open roles are intern or junior level, while pain-point language repeatedly flags 'lack of motivated leadership talent,' indicating aggressive expansion is straining management depth.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Controlling, International Accounting Head, Team Lead
TEDi is a privately held German retailer founded in 2004, headquartered in Dortmund. The company operates over 3,700 stores across 15 European countries with a stated medium-term goal of 5,000 locations. The product portfolio spans stationery, craft supplies, decoration, household items, party goods, toys, DIY, confectionery, and pet supplies—positioned as a non-food discount format. With over 36,000 employees, TEDi is scaling workforce and infrastructure rapidly, actively hiring across Germany and Spain. Technology stack reflects hybrid maturity: SAP ERP and Microsoft Office suite for finance and operations, alongside newer BI tools (Power BI, Qlik Sense) and emerging cloud data infrastructure (PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, GCP, BigQuery).
Core systems include SAP (ERP, FI/CO, Datasphere), Microsoft Office, Power BI, and SQL-based databases. TEDi is adopting PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, GCP, and BigQuery for cloud-native data infrastructure, while also implementing SAP S/4HANA.
Over 36,000 employees across 3,700 stores in 15 European countries. The company is actively expanding workforce to support store network growth toward a medium-term goal of 5,000 locations.
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