Commodity trader Cargill to add 500 jobs to its Indian global centres in 3 years

By Sai Ishwarbharath B

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Global commodity trader Cargill plans to adhd 500 jobs to its planetary capableness centres (GCCs) successful the adjacent 2 to 3 years, bringing the wide headcount to 3,500, arsenic portion of its plans to summation its integer and tech workforce successful the country.

Most of the hiring would beryllium for expanding its tech-based endowment successful Bengaluru successful information engineering, analytics and AI-based roles, Jennifer Hartsock, main accusation and integer serviceman astatine Cargill, told Reuters.

The enlargement plans travel its announcement successful December that it would slash 8,000 jobs - oregon 5% of its planetary workforce - successful areas specified arsenic proviso concatenation and inventory controls.

The existent enlargement is specifically for its India-based tech endowment and not linked to the planetary restructuring, the institution told Reuters.

Cargill volition articulation multinational companies specified arsenic JPMorgan Chase and Sanofi that person acceptable up section offices oregon expanded their GCCs successful India to enactment their regular operations, including successful areas specified arsenic probe and improvement and cybersecurity.

The Minneapolis-based steadfast has 2 GCCs successful India, with astir of the tech operations moving retired of Bengaluru portion Gurugram centre focusses connected concern and quality assets functions, among others.

Hartsock added that the institution plans to trim its tech outsourcing enactment to astir 40% successful the aforesaid clip framework of 2-3 years from 80% astatine present.

Cargill, which reported a 9.7% year-on-year autumn successful gross for the twelvemonth ended May 2024, did not uncover its Indian outsourcing partners. However, it works with firms specified arsenic Tata Consultancy Services and Accenture, according to publically disposable announcements.

(Reporting by Sai Ishwarbharath B; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)