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(49 - 53) Transportation / Storage 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation 52.1 - Warehousing and storage 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
100 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
4 November 2024
Employment effect (start)
4 November 2024
Foreseen end date
1 January 2025
Description
Veepee, a French digital retailer, is recruiting 100 new order pickers for its logistics facilities in Saint-Vulbas and La Boisse (Ain). This recruitment aims to strengthen the local workforce and marks the fifth hiring campaign at these sites.
Veepee currently has a total workforce of approximately 5,000 employees.
Previous expansions of the company occurred in 2017, 2018, 2019: with 200 workers hired: Veepee 2019 - FR and in 2021 with 180 workers hired: Veepee 2021 - FR.
Eurofound (2024), Veepee (ex Vente-privée.com), Business expansion in France, factsheet number 201919, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201919.
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