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Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Retail sale of other household equipment 47.52 - Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paints and glass
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 September 2022
Employment effect (start)
26 September 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Hornbach, a German construction and gardening retailer, has started the recruitment process for opening its ninth store in Constanta (Constanta County). The store will employ 110 people by the end of 2022. The new positions are for department managers, commercial workers, cargo reception workers, drivers and cashiers. In 2021, the company employed a workforce of 1,000 in Romania.
Currently, the company owns 168 shops in nine European countries (Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia and Romania), including eight in Romania (three in Bucharest, Brasov, Cluj, Timisoara, Sibiu and Oradea). It has a total workforce of 22,136.
Eurofound (2022), Hornbach, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107447, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107447.
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