Primark to cut around 150 jobs in Ireland, UK and US
Primark is planning to cut around 150 jobs in Ireland, the UK and US, with around 100 of the potential redundancies being made from within the retailer’s Dublin head office.
According to RTE, roles affected will be in HR, finance and procurement as Primark looks to outsource a number of support function activities to a third party.
RTE has reported that the third party is understood to be Accenture in Mumbai.
A Primark spokesperson told the publication: “As we continue to grow internationally, we need to evolve our operating model to best support this ambition,” a Primark spokesperson said.
Never Miss a Retail Update!“We’re exploring how resourcing via external partners could help support our operations so that we can focus our own resources on what we do best.”
“As part of this, we are now proposing that a number of support function activities move to a third party and we are beginning a collective consultation.”
“This unfortunately will impact a number of Primark colleagues primarily in our head office operations.”
The retailer said the decision had not been taken lightly.
It added: “We understand how difficult this news is for those colleagues affected and we’ll be working to support them as best we can.”
