Latin American e-commerce company Mergado Libre will create 10,100 jobs in Mexico this year and bring its total employees to 35,800 employees, Sebastian Fernandez Silva on Tuesday announced.
The news is planning following the announcement of Mergado Libre’s March Invest $ 3.4 billion in Mexico this year.
“With the aim of constantly expanding our business, we will create 28,000 new jobs and invest $ 13.2 billion in the (Latin American) region, which is 36% more than 2024, ”Fernandez said.
This will bring the total number of employees in the region to about 112,000. Most new jobs will have technology with 21,700 new posts and 3,300 jobs.
Fernandez said “labor growth would allow us to continue expanding our logistics network to make exports quickly and cheap.” “It allows people to continue to develop what we do with technology and products to continue to revolutionize people in the region to buy, advertise, sell, pay, finance and ship.”
Seamless market Claims Latin America must be the main source of income for 1.8 million families and supports 234,000 indirect jobs in the countries where it operates.
The Uruguay-based technology company was founded in Argentina in 1999 and became a major e-commerce power in Latin America, which is competing with Amazon.
The company operates in 18 countries and recorded record revenues and profits last year, with net revenue $ 21 billion and total sales are more than $ 51.5 billion. It has grown to 30% per year for more than two decades.
According to Fernandez, Mercado Libre will continue to hire new employees even if it combines artificial intelligence and other digital technologies in its operations. He said the robots do not change people, but also help eliminate the physical task for employees.
The company says that it is determined to hire a different staff. About 46% of women’s employees of Mergado Libre are women, 28% with female C-suite level. The average age of its employees is 30 years old.
Nearly half of the 2025 investments of Mergado Librin will create about $ 6.2 billion and 13,800 new jobs. Brazil is the largest market and contributes 55% of its revenue.
In addition, 2,300 jobs in Argentina, 900 in Chile, 800 in Colombia and 60 in Uruguay.
With reports from AmexOvarian Finance And Forbes Mexico
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