Ford Business Services to increase head count in India

"Our current head count is around 4,700 and we are planning to take it to around 5,000. In Coimbatore, we plan to add around 125 people by the end of this year, take the total strength to 500. The total seating capacity our Coimbatore facility is 750," Joginder P. Singh, president and managing director, told IANS.

He said the company serves Ford Motor's various global operations in terms of information technology, accounting, engineering services (vehicle design and others), business analytics, tax related work, transactional work for Ford Credit (finance arm for Ford vehicles) and others.

"Our employees here serve Ford Motor's operations in nine time zones. We have been able to standardise many of the operations now," Singh added.

Speaking about operations in Coimbatore, around 500 km from here, he said: "The attrition rate is certainly low there. Further, we are able to attract talent within and outside Coimbatore."

He said the Indian subsidiary is the only captive for Ford Motor though it has hired some third-party service providers in some other geographies.

"In India, we are growing at around 25-30 percent," Singh said.