Tánaiste announces €4.6 million investment by Colgate-Palmolive in Dublin

Colgate-Palmolive celebrates 10 years of success in Ireland

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan TD today (Thursday 8^th October 2009) congratulated Colgate-Palmolive Company on its 10 years of success in Ireland and announced that it is continuing its commitment to Ireland though a €4.6 million investment to its Support Services Organisation in Dublin. The investment, which is supported by the Government through IDA Ireland, will be used to develop Information Technology for the company’s global finance operations at its Citywest Business Campus. It is excellent news for the Dublin SSO as it will lead the way in centralising key business functions and drive higher value activities

Colgate’s Support Services Organisation (SSO) employs over 90 people in Dublin and is a key part of Colgate’s global IT strategy. The SSO in Dublin is responsible for IT services in Europe, Middle East and Africa. It was established 10 years ago to assist in the worldwide roll out and implementation of SAP across the business.

Making the announcement the Tánaiste said “This investment demonstrates the merits of Colgate’s decision to establish its SSO in Ireland 10 years ago. It chose Dublin because of the availability of highly skilled people, especially business analysts with IT/SAP skills, and the City’s proven ability to support such activities. The additional investment will involve complex technical, process design and engineering work, developing leading edge IT solutions, and will extend the mandate of the Dublin SSO into services innovation and leading edge technology.”

Ed Toben, Senior Vice President, Global Information Technology and Business Services, said “We are confident that our investment in Dublin will continue to support our business goals and that we will be able to meet the expectations for this global project.”

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Media contacts:

Colgate Palmolive: Paul McGarry, Global Information Technology EMEA. Tel: 01 403 9800

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment:Roisin McCann, Press Office, Tel: 01 6312200

IDA Ireland:Brendan Kenny, Press & PR, Tel : 01 6034000

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