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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
8 October 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
German automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler Group has announced that it will create 200 jobs at its service centre, Global Services Europe, in Wrocław. The company declared that it will create in total up to 900 jobs within the next years. Schaeffler is looking for experienced financial, procurement, human resources, logistics and digitalisation specialists with knowledge of foreign languages, especially German and English. The unit will be launched in October 2018.
Schaeffler Group was founded in 1946. As of October 2018, it operates in 50 countries with 73 factories and 18 Research and Development centres. The group employs over 92,000 people worldwide.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Schaeffler Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 95684, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95684.
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