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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
In order to strengthen the local workforce and support the growth of its business in France and internationally, Veepee is creating 180 permanent positions for order pickers at its logistics sites in Saint-Vulbas and La Boisse (Ain). Veepee, which employs 5,000 people, has sales of €3.8 billion in 2020, with 66 million customers worldwide. To attract candidates against competitors, Veepee promotes financial benefits such as a thirteenth month's pay and bonuses, and employee welfare measures.
A previous recruitment announcement was recorded in the ERM Database with 200 job creations in 2019, in the same sites.
Eurofound (2021), Veepee, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 104593, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104593.
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