Technology Magazine May 2023 | Page 213

Christian Hürter , Director Global IT at Bizerba , discusses how the company is overcoming new challenges in a rapidlyevolving digital landscape
Christian Hürter , Director Global IT at Bizerba , discusses how the company is overcoming new challenges in a rapidlyevolving digital landscape

For more than 150 years , Bizerba has been a pioneer in the food industry with its world-leading weighing , slicing and labelling technologies .

Underpinning the German firm ’ s everyday operations is the motto ‘ stronger together ’, which is adhered to and embraced by every team , from sales to human resources .
The IT department , containing around 150 employees in locations across the globe , is no different .
Heading up this function is Dr Christian Hürter , Director Global IT , who joined the company just over two years ago in February 2021 .
Dr Hürter leads the talented team of IT specialists , around 100 of whom are based at Bizerba ’ s headquarters near Stuttgart , Germany , with the other 50 spread all over the world .
Revealing his approach to the role , Dr Hürter said efforts to “ lift IT to the next level ” at Bizerba could be broadly summarised by two pillars .
“ We want to reach the next level in terms of standardised architecture , enabling a stable development application-wise ,” adds Dr Hürter . technologymagazine . com 213