The technological multinational Infor will install its new development center in Barcelona
in for expands is Barcelona. The Technological multinational specialized in the creation of ‘software’ for companiesque He had already expressed his intention to gain weight in the city in Augustwill place here your new development Center. In other words, this headquarters, in which around 340 people work, will also create technological solutions, not only be in charge of marketing either salesas usual.
The decision involves “substantially” expanding the workforce, because the intention is to form a new working group to be in charge of this new division and, as EL PERIÓDICO has learned, the recruitment campaign has already begun. Despite the fact that the company does not reveal which people they plan to incorporate, it does make it clear that this will be one of the most important development centers for them in Europe. For reference, the largest is in Netherlandsand has around 850 employees.
“Barcelona is a very important center for us, and what we want is both to strengthen our presence here and to scale it from a development point of view,” explains the executive vice president of information development, Mark Hoogenradwho also confesses that the greatest acceleration is expected in the face of 2023.
The idea, according to the manager, is that this helps them to be closer to the local customer and, at the same time, to strengthen the connection with the latin american marketbecause, although the purpose is to incorporate workers from any part of Europe, now there will be a development center in which Spanish is spoken. “To learn from customers we need to be close to them, and Spain has many very interesting ones that can give Infor knowledge to improve its solutions,” Hoogenrad details, adding that all this will also benefit other customers around the world. world . In addition, he points out, Barcelona is a very attractive city to attract “talent” at a time of high demand.
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“It is a strategic investment by Infor in Barcelona, in Spain, in a new area that was not here until now: for us it is fantastic news and recognition”, completes the head of the company in Spain, Jose Velazquez.
Infor is a software company headquartered in new York and a business volume close to 3,200 million dollars (about 3,000 million euros) that develops cloud-hosted solutions to manage business operations of very specific sectors such as the automotivethe aeronautical or the energetic. It is precisely the type of solutions offered by those that make them bet decisively on contracting in a context in which many other tech companies are hitting the brakes: the solutions that they develop, points out the firm, are designed precisely to help companies to be more efficient.