(31) Number of employees
As of December 31, 2021, the number of employees within the Group was 60,334 (December 31, 2020: 58,096 employees).
The following table shows the average number of employees broken down by function.
|
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Production |
|
19,782 |
|
17,624 |
Administration |
|
11,820 |
|
11,338 |
Research and development |
|
7,167 |
|
7,503 |
Supply chain |
|
4,557 |
|
4,298 |
Marketing and sales |
|
14,298 |
|
14,101 |
Other |
|
1,082 |
|
2,716 |
Average number of employees |
|
58,706 |
|
57,580 |