Type
Business expansion
Country
Czechia
Region
Severozapad; Karlovarsky;
Location of affected unit(s)
Cheb
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation
52.10 - Warehousing and storage

200 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
2 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2016
Foreseen end date

Description

DHL Supply Chain, a global logistics provider, is to create 200 new jobs in a new distribution centre in Cheb which will start operating in July 2016 and will require managerial and blue collar positions, such as forklift drivers and packers. The new centre will have a size of 13,600 square meters an will involve an investment of CZK 250 million (EUR 9.25 mn). 

The first recruitment round has already begun.

DHL is present in over 220 countries and territories across the globe with a workforce exceeding 325,000 employees.

DHL is part of the postal and logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group and encompasses the business units DHL Express, DHL Parcel, DHL eCommerce, DHL Global Forwarding, DHL Freight and DHL Supply Chain.


Sources

  • 2 February 2016: MF Dnes

Citation

Eurofound (2016), DHL Supply Chain, Business expansion in Czechia, factsheet number 86375, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86375.