Philip Morris International, the company that made its fortunes and reputation as a cigarette manufacturer, is opening a business solutions center in Tampa.<\/p>\n
The company signed a 10-year lease for 56,191 square feet at the Highwoods Bay Center office building in Tampa. JLL\u2019s Caleb Lewis represented Philip Morris in the negotiations.<\/p>\n
Philip Morris says opening the center will create 180 direct and indirect jobs in the city. The positions will be across several fields including finance, data engineering and analytics, information technology, project management, sales support and talent acquisition.<\/p>\n
According to a statement, the move \u201crepresents a pivotal expansion of PMI U.S. operations, consolidating key functions \u2014 business solutions, distribution operations, and customer service \u2014 into a single hub.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson says the center is set to open late this year, and there are already Tampa-based jobs posted to the company’s careers page.<\/p>\n
Philip Morris CEO Stacey Kennedy says in the statement that the new center reflects the company\u2019s commitment to \u201cadvance our mission of delivering a smoke\u2011free America.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s portfolio, according to its website, is made up of both cigarettes and smoke-free products, including heated tobacco, e-vapor and oral smokeless products \u2014 chewing tobacco.<\/p>\n
It says that as of Dec. 31, 42% of its global net revenues came from smoke-free products and that the goal is to increase that to two-thirds by 2030 with the ultimate goal of phasing out cigarettes.<\/p>\n
Philip Morris’ net revenue for the third quarter was up 5.9% to $10.8 billion when compared with the same time period the previous year, according to a November earnings report.<\/p>\n
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