Just weeks after announcing massive job cuts across the global, British Petroleum has said that it will hire about 2,000 employees for its upcoming global business service center in Pune. Earlier the company had said that it will lay off 10,000 employees from its global workforce.
Announcing the development, the oil giant said that the global business service (GBS) centre is expected to begin operations by January next year and will provide business processing and advanced analytics capabilities in support of BP businesses worldwide. When fully operational it is expected to employ around 2,000 staff.
The company said that the new center will add to the company’s growing presence in the country. Currently, BP is present in India in lubricants, exploration and production businesses. It also has a joint venture with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries for its gas value chain, retail, aviation fuels and mobility solutions.
The new centre, the company said, will assume operational ownership of third-party business processes and look to further extend its work with analytics and data science capabilities to pursue better business outcomes.
“Our new centre in India will enable us to put digital at the heart of BP’s businesses. Accessing India’s great talent pool and leveraging an agile mindset, we expect to advance the customer experience, adding further value to BP,” said Camille Drummond, Senior Vice President for GBS, BP.
Currently, BP employs around 7,500 people in India.
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