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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62.01 - Computer programming activities
110 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
19 March 2021
Employment effect (start)
19 March 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
The US-based software company Infor has announced that it will create 110 additional jobs at its Centre of Excellence in Wrocław by the end of 2021. A team responsible for the development of software for staff working in hospitals engaged in the fight against COVID-19 will increase by 35 employees. Another 40 jobs will be created for the development of the company’s two key enterprise resource planning systems. Additionally, Infor is to recruit specialists in programming, business analytics, artificial intelligence and big data.
Infor develops and provides new cloud solutions. Globally, Infor employs 17,000 people in 175 countries. In Poland, the company has been operating since 2016; currently, the centre in Wrocław employs 340 people and provides services in 14 languages. A previous event of job creation was announced in 2019 (Infor Polska 2019 PL).
Eurofound (2021), Infor, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104703, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104703.
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