Accenture, a US outsourcing services firm, will effectively start operating on the domestic market in December, says Alasdair Glen, chief of Accenture operations in Romania.
Accenture entered the Romanian outsourcing market by opening a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) centre in Bucharest a week ago. The company is going to hire several hundreds of experts in outsourcing over the following months to start operating this December, says Glen. The company will thus become one of the major US investors on the Romanian market in terms of the number of employees.
"There's strong demand on the domestic outsourcing market and depending on it we will further expand our operations," Accenture chief of operations in Romania told ZIARUL FINANCIAR in his first interview with the Romanian press.
For now, Accenture will operate in Bucharest and is set to expand outside the capital city over the forthcoming years if demand for the services it provides is high enough, specified Glen.
"In the next 3 to 5 years we hope to reach a number of 1,000 employees. Since the centre in Romania focuses on outsourcing (although Accenture also provides management consulting services and technological solutions in other states), most employees will fill positions in this field," stated Glen.
People seeking positions within the Accenture centre must specialise either in finance and accounting, or in human resources management or recruitment.
The company uses the services of two domestic personnel recruitment firms, but also chose to look for employees through Internet portals specialising in work force recruitment on the domestic market.
Globally, the company last year had more than 44,000 employees in 20 countries, but this number will probably go up to 50,000 this year, says Glen, specifying he expects Accenture's number of employees in Romania to grow as fast as the global level.
All Accenture employees will go through a complex training programme before starting work. "We are offering excellent opportunities for our employees' careers, primarily all the necessary training," says Glen.
The first customer of the company will be the international operations unit of the Unilever group, with the domestic operations of this company not being hit by outsourcing as of yet. "We do not yet know when we are going to provide services to the domestic unit of Unilever," says Glen. As for the rest of customers, Accenture Romania cannot disclose any details due to the non-disclosure clause included in contracts.
Hiring 1,000 people takes a total office space of around 8,000-10,000 square metres, according to real estate market experts. For the time being, Accenture has rented 2,000 square metres in Iride Business Park, a complex of office buildings in northern Bucharest.
Accenture
Entered the Romanian outsourcing market by opening a BPO centre in Bucharest a week ago
Will hire several hundred outsourcing specialists over the next few months, in order to start operating this December
Will become one of the most important US investors on the Romanian market in terms of the number of employees
Hopes to reach 1,000 employees over the next 3 to 5 years
Looks for employees with the help of two domestic recruitment firms and also through specialised online portals.
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