巴斯夫将在全球商业服务部门裁员2000人

据ICIS网站9月22日伦敦报道 巴斯夫预计到2022年底，其全球业务服务部门的员工总数将减少2000人。

巴斯夫周二表示，裁员是该部门重组的一部分。全球业务服务部门成立于2020年1月1日，目前拥有约8400名员工。

从2023年开始，这一调整将每年节省超过2亿欧元的成本。

该部门为巴斯夫的业务部门提供服务，从财务和后勤流程到通信、人力资源、环境、健康和安全领域。

全球业务服务部主管马克·埃赫哈特表示：“通过从根本上简化流程和利用数字解决方案，我们希望能够灵活、有竞争力地满足巴斯夫业务部门的需求。”

埃赫哈特表示，作为重组的一部分，将有更多的服务捆绑在中心，为巴斯夫集团的子公司提供尽可能多的服务。

一位公司发言人向ICIS表示，虽然该部门是在今年3月冠状病毒危机爆发前所成立，但在过去几个月里，该部门制定了一个目标，重点放在捆绑服务、流程简化和数字化等关键领域。

这位发言人表示：“作为这一过程的一部分，该部门还将更密切地关注巴斯夫公司业务的需要，并确定提高效率的措施。”

“细节将在接下来的几个月内完成。”

这位发言人没有具体评论这种调整是否或在多大程度上是由冠状病毒健康危机推动的在家工作的趋势所引起。

本月早些时候，这家德国化工巨头表示，不会实施在其路德维希港生产中心新建一座办公楼的计划，理由是经济形势发生了变化，而且工作方式向流动性更强的方向转变。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

BASF to cut up to 2,000 jobs in global business services unit

BASF expects to reduce the headcount in its Global Business Services unit by up to 2,000 worldwide by the end of 2022.

The cuts are parts of a “realignment” of the unit, which was set up as of 1 January 2020 and currently employs about 8,400 people, BASF said on Tuesday.

The realignment should yield more than €200m/year in costs savings, starting in 2023.

The division provides services for BASF’s business units, ranging from financial and logistical processes to services in the areas of communication, human resources, environment, health and safety.

“By fundamentally simplifying processes and utilising digital solutions, we want to meet the needs of the BASF business units flexibly and competitively,” said Marc Ehrhardt, head of Global Business Services.

As part of the realignment, more services than before will be bundled in hubs, which will offer as many services as possible for the units in the BASF Group, Ehrhardt said.

While the division was set up before the coronavirus crisis struck in March, over the past months it “developed a target picture”, with focus on key areas such as bundling services, process simplification and digitalisation, a company spokesperson told ICIS.

“As part of this process, [the division] will also focus more closely on the needs of BASF’s businesses and identify efficiency improvements,” she said.

“The detailing out will be done in the upcoming months,” she added.

She did not specifically comment if, or to what extent, the realignment may have been prompted by the working-from-home trend that has been boosted by the coronavirus health crisis.

Earlier this month, the German chemicals major said that it would not go through with plans to build a new office building at its Ludwigshafen production hub, citing a changed economic situation and the shift toward more mobile working.