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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.2 - Support activities for transportation
550 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
24 October 2017
Employment effect (start)
24 October 2017
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
The Romanian outsourcing centre for DB Schenker, a German company specialising in transportation and logistics activities, will hire 550 persons by 2020. The company is looking for 100 mid-level English speakers to immediately fill positions in accounting, sales and operations.
As of October 2017, the company employs 950 people in Romania.
The company is settled in 730 locations in Europe and holds 24,000 employees.
Sources
24 October 2017: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2017), DB Schenker, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 92340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/92340.
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