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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
2 October 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
French retail chain Auchan is to open a new store in Bucharest and will hire 400 new employees by the end of 2014. Auchan has 31 stores in Romania. The new store, located in Drumul Taberei area, will be the eighth one in Bucharest.
The available job positions are: full and part time checkout operators, commercial workers, security guards, bakers, butchers, sellers, electricians, merchandise receptionists.
Auchan Romania has currently a workforce of about 5,400 people.
Sources
3 October 2014: Magazinul Progresiv
2 October 2014: Economica
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Auchan Romania, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 77706, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77706.
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