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Professional Services Professional Legal And Technical Acconuting Activities Legal And Accounting Activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
27 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
27 March 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The Dutch light bulb manufacturer Philips Lighting has announced that it will create 120 jobs at its shared services centre in Łódź. The centre was launched on 27 March 2018, and it is looking for financial specialists, managers as well as accounting specialists. The centre will provide financial and other back-office services to all Phillips Lighting’s units across Europe.
The company has been operating in Poland since 1991. Philips Lighting Poland employs about 7,000 people in factories located in four Polish cities (Piła, Bielsko-Biała, Kętrzyń, and Pabianice).
Sources
27 March 2018: Puls HR
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Philips Lighting, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 93731, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93731.
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