The new business service center is part of a larger restructuring program aimed to cut costs and optimize services at group level.
“This is an important step for both E.ON and for the city of Cluj-Napoca and local investors in general,” said Frank Hajdinj, general manager of E.ON Romania.
He said the Cluj-Napoca service center will employ over 600 staff by 2015.
In early 2012, the German utility announced plans to centralize its accounting and human resource services into two business service centers located in Cluj-Napoca and Berlin.
Under the program, the Romanian service unit will provide mainly accounting services to E.ON’s companies worldwide, while the Berlin-based unit will offer HR services.
Edgar Ashenbrenner, a director with E.ON group, said Cluj-Napoca city offers skilled employees, good transport infrastructure and low business operating costs
“The decision to open a business service center in Cluj-Napoca was made in March 2012 and we have already hired over 70 people,” Ashenbrenner said. The number of employees is expected to increase to 200 by the end of 2013, he added.