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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Household Goods 46.46 - Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 February 2022
Employment effect (start)
24 February 2022
Foreseen end date
24 February 2027
Description
American drug wholesale company AmerisourceBergen is to create around 500 new jobs in Vilnius by February 2027. The company has announced plans to expand its global business services centre in Vilnius. New positions will be in human resources, accounting, and information technology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several new roles and functions have been created at the services centre in Vilnius. The company’s fastest-growing functions in Vilnius are in Customer Service, IT and Finance.
AmerisourceBergen provides pharmaceutical products, value-driving services and business solutions that improve access to care. The company started operating in Lithuania in 2017 and currently employs 190 employees in its global business services centre in Vilnius.
Previous business expansion was recorded in the ERM database in 2019, with 200 job creations (AmerisourceBergen 2019 - LT)
Eurofound (2022), AmerisourceBergen, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 106365, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106365.
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