Multi-brand convenience retail network with 15,000+ employees across Europe
Valora operates a large-scale convenience retail footprint across multiple store banners, anchored on a deep SAP estate (ERP, S/4HANA, Retail, SCM, IBP, BTP) combined with enterprise planning tools (OneStream, Hyperion, Blue Yonder demand planning). The hiring and project mix reveals a sales-and-ops-driven organization: 451 active sales roles against only 12 engineering roles, with store opening, inventory management, and operational optimization dominating the pipeline — reflecting a mature, volume-focused retail operation rather than a tech-product company.
Notable leadership hires: Finance Accounting Lead
Valora is a publicly traded Swiss retail company founded in 1905, headquartered in Muttenz. The company operates approximately 15,000 employees across a network of convenience stores and kiosks under multiple banners including k kiosk, Brezelkönig, Ditsch, BackWerk, and others, with geographic presence in Switzerland, Germany, and Peru. The business model is built on quick-service food retail and convenience shopping in high-traffic locations. Operationally, Valora manages complex store-level logistics (inventory, staffing, opening/takeover), supported by enterprise systems including SAP, demand-planning software, and Microsoft cloud infrastructure (Azure, Entra).
Valora runs primarily on SAP (ERP, S/4HANA, Retail, SCM, BTP, Integration Suite), complemented by Microsoft Azure, OneStream and Hyperion for planning, Blue Yonder for demand forecasting, and Oracle Demantra. Device management uses Intune and Azure Entra ID.
Valora is headquartered in Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland. The company is publicly traded and was founded in 1905.
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