Increases in consumer goods are necessary this year, said CEO Carsten Knobel of the “Rheinische Post” (Saturday). Price negotiations with retail chains are not easy. “It can also happen that we no longer deliver individual products if no agreement can be reached.”
The manager referred to commodity and energy prices. For Henkel, these increased by three billion euros in 2021 and 2022. “That put a significant strain on our profit margin – despite all our savings efforts.”
The group, which is also behind brands such as Spee, Pritt and Schwarzkopf, announced last year that it would cut 2,000 jobs. “We have already found individual solutions for more than 1,300 of the affected positions, including for the 300 positions in Germany,” said Knobel. At the same time, he committed himself to the Düsseldorf location, where Henkel is based. Since he took office, the number of jobs there has increased from 5,600 to around 5,900. “We stand by Düsseldorf as our most important location.”
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