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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 March 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
American home appliances manufacturer Whirlpool has announced that it will create 130 at its new shared services centre in Łódź by the end of 2017. The centre will provide back office services, especially financial, to company’s units operating in EMEA region. In total, over 200 positions will be created, the company will relocate 80 jobs from the current site to the new office space where the centre will be located in the next few months. The company will provide special training for hired employees. Whirlpool has 70 manufacturing and technology research centres and employs about 93,000 people worldwide.
Sources
14 March 2017: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Whirlpool, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 90531, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90531.
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