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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 February 2013
Employment effect (start)
14 February 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Logistics and courier services company Deutche Post DHL has announced 120 new jobs and the opening the first Shared Service Centre for Central and Eastern Europe in Ostrava.
Low costs, convenient location and experienced staff stood behind the decision to establish the centre in Ostrava. Among the five similar centres DHL has around the world, Ostrava Centre provides the widest range of services to sister companies in the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, the Netherland and Slovak Republic. The centre provides services in the area of IT, human resources, purchasing and accounting. The firm is said to plan a further expansion and a slight increase in number of employees in 2013.
Sources
15 February 2013: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2013), DHL, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 74921, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74921.
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