“The digital backbone for our success”

“Based on previous rollouts and feedback from already live entities, we gained valuable insights that developing the template while rolling it out required a different, more focused approach,” says Jörn. “By strategically pausing the rollout, we are ensuring we deliver a fully validated and refined template that sets our teams up for success.” GROW – Global Reliable Operations & Workflows: “The name of our S/4 template is our commitment,” he adds. “It reflects who we are and who we aspire to become: a globally aligned organization driven by reliable and process-based workflows.”

To accelerate progress, we’ve created a synergy by merging our template and rollout teams into one unified, agile team. This new structure fosters clearer roles and faster, more effective decision-making. “We’ve defined process managers and held over 40 scoping sessions to shape GROW,” Jörn explains. “These sessions will be followed by deep dives with business teams to understand what the future processes need to look like.” He adds: “The team has built remarkable momentum over the past months – and we’ve now completed a key milestone: defining cross-crop requirements based on the full scope of KWS SAAT in Einbeck. In the context of our broader transformation, this milestone is crucial: It ensures the template reflects the full scope of our largest entity and can be applied consistently across crops and regions.”