To fulfill the growing number of orders, Kalashnikov Group is planning to increase the headcount by at least one third. This means the creation of about 1,700 new jobs.
“Following the growth of production volume, which was driven by the rise in the number of export orders, it was decided to increase the number of the Group’s employees,” said Alexey Krivoruchko, CEO of the Kalashnikov Group. “The challenge we face is managing the growing number of orders. To fulfil them, as of April 2017, production will run in three shifts,” he added.
In 2017, the Group is going to increase the production of arms by 70 to 80%. Over the last two years, the company’s export order portfolio has grown more than fourfold, and in 2016 it amounted to USD 230 million.
At the end of 2016, the Group’s average payroll count was about 6,500 people. The recruited staff will work at the Group’s plant in Izhevsk, where 95% of weaponry, power tools is produced.
Staff will be recruited for core and support positions to work in production units as service technicians, grinders, toolmakers, milling machine operators, press operators, machine operators, etc.
This new staff will be assisted to adapt to full-scale work. All of them will complete the adaptation programme at the Group’s School of Production Training.
