JLR to cut 2,000 white collar jobs

Jaguar LandRover (JLR) is to axe 2,000 management jobs over the next financial year.

The job cuts will be across roles such as managers, designers, technicians and admin staff. Factory staff are thought to be unaffected by the cuts.

JLR has sites in Castle Bromwich and Solihull as well as its engineering centre and headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, but it is not yet clear where the job cuts will be made.

In a statement to staff, JLR said: “As we start to become an agile organisation, it’s imperative that we make every possible efficiency right from the start, including finding the right baseline cost for our workforce.

“We need to reduce the cost base to achieve a lean foundation, which will allow us to transform most effectively into a more agile organisation.”

Earlier this week, JLR revealed its ambition to become and all-electric vehicle manufacturer by the end of the decade.

The business, which has manufacturing sites in Halewood, Merseyside, and Castle Bromwich and Solihull in the West Midlands, also revealed that Solihull will be the home to the future advanced Jaguar pure electric platform.

JLR unveiled its plans as part of its ‘Reimagine’ strategy, presented by chief executive, Thierry Bolloré, who revealed that the Castle Bromwich plant will be “repurposed” in the future, while Halewood will receive new investment to create future electric models.

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