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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
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
31 January 2020
Employment effect (start)
31 January 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
Merck Business Solutions Europe, a subsidiary of German multinational pharmaceutical group Merck, announced it will create over 100 new jobs at its regional shared services centre in Wrocław, Poland. The company is looking for specialists in HR, VAT accounting specialists, purchasing agents and IT developers.
Merck Group is a German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical and life science company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. Merck employs about 69,000 people in more than 60 countries worldwide. Currently, the centre in Wrocław employs over 350 people providing business services to the group’s units across the world.
11 February 2020: Merk - press release (www.merck.com)
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Merck Business Solutions Europe, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 99726, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99726.
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