Tánaiste announces 100 New Jobs at Hertz in Dublin
Global Leader in Car Rental Expands its Irish Operation to a Next
Generation Shared Services Centre in Dublin
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan,
TD, today (Thursday 11th February 2010), announced that Hertz, a global
leader in car rental, is to expand its European Shared Services Centre in
Dublin with the creation of up to 100 new jobs. The increased capacity of
the Shared Services Centre will see the transformation of Hertz’s existing
Dublin operations to include support elements in the areas of human
resources, finance, sales and customer care, in addition to handling
customer reservations and other support services activity for Europe,
Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The investment is supported by the Irish
Government through IDA Ireland.
Making the announcement, the Tánaiste said: “Hertz has successfully
operated a European Shared Services Centre from Dublin for over 10 years
and the transformation of this facility with the creation of 100 high value
new jobs is a welcome step. This expansion will enable the Hertz team in
Swords to focus on further enhancing its strategic partners with the
business units across EMEA and to grow the operation’s reputation as a
centre of excellence for customer care within the group.”
“A high-value transformation of this nature is characteristic of the
Government’s ‘Smart Economy’ Strategy and I look forward to working closely
with Hertz as it continues to develop and expand its presence in Ireland,”
the Tánaiste concluded.
Andrew Varley - Vice President Hertz Europe Service Centre, said: “I am
delighted with this announcement and mandate expansion at Hertz in Dublin
(Swords). A number of new functions in both Finance expertise and Customer
Care and growth elements will be managed from the Shared Services Centre.
This will include the establishment of a Best in Class centralised Employee
Shared Services Operation for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. The new jobs
created by these functions will bring total employment in Swords to over
930 jobs.”
“On behalf of Hertz I look forward to this further development and to
continue to build on the company's relations with Ireland and the Irish
Government.”
(This press release is also available on the Department’s website at
www.entemp.ie)
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Note for Editors
About Hertz
Hertz is the world's largest general use car rental company, operating from
over 8,000 corporate locations in 145 countries. Hertz is in its 91st year
of delivering quality car rental solutions to leisure and corporate
customers.
Product and service innovations such as Hertz #1 Club Gold, Worldwide
Online Check-in, specially designed Never Lost® satellite navigation
systems, Hertz in-car DVD Entertainment and unique cars offered through the
company’s Prestige, Fun and Green Collections, set Hertz apart from the
competition.
About Hertz Europe Service Centre
Hertz European Shared Services Centre (HESC) was established in 1997 in
Swords to offer centralised Finance and Customer Support services to its
main Corporate European vehicle rental operations in the UK, France,
Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Czech
Republic and Switzerland.
For further information please contact
Hertz
Hertz Europe Service Centre. Swords Business Park, Swords, Co. Dublin,
Ireland.
Phone: 01 –8133550
IDA Ireland
Thomas McEvoy, Press and PR Manager, Tel: +353 (0) 1 6034255, Mob: +353 (0)
87 7426684
Antoinette Tyrrell, Press Officer, Tel: +353 (0) 1 6034256, Mob: +353 (0)
87 7572053
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