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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services 49.41 - Freight transport by road
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 November 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
Girteka Logistics, one of the biggest transport and logistics companies in Lithuania, is to create over 100 new jobs in Vilnius in 2022. The company is carrying out a large-scale business digitalisation project in partnership with SAP and other IT solutions providers. The plan is to hire over 100 business process, analysis, and IT specialists: in particular, they are looking for 30 data analysts who will work with financial data. Girteka Logistics also plans to double the number of professionals in the IT area by the end of 2022.
Girteka Logistics is one of Europe’s largest road transport companies and it delivers more than 460,000 full truck loads annually. The company serves various customers ranging from local producers to international companies through regional distribution centres. Currently, it employs 1,557 employees.
Eurofound (2021), Girteka Logistics, Business expansion in Lithuania, factsheet number 106319, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/106319.