Two firms confirm plans for 200 new jobs in Cork region

Call centre provider Voxpro has already begun recruiting to fill 100 multi-lingual, technical support positions in Cork city. Elsewhere, meat processor Kepak will add another 100 jobs at its consumer food facility at Watergrasshill in Co Cork. Voxpro is an Irish call centre company established 14 years ago with just six people.

But the firm has now announced plans to increase its workforce to 330 within the next three months.
Voxpro operates in 12 languages to more than 300 indigenous and global organisations. It is looking for high-calibre, multi-lingual, technical and customer service personnel.

Kepak prepares and packing chilled and cooked meats for companies like the Musgrave Group.

The 100 new jobs will bring employment there to more than 650.

Ken Murphy

(Director) BE (Hons), CPIM – Cork Office

Ken Murphy graduated from University College Cork in 1987 with an Electrical Engineering degree before moving to the US as a Network Design Engineer with BellSouth Corporation. His return to Ireland in 1989 heralded a career which concentrated on the multinational sector, and involved working with companies such as Apple Computer, Cabletron, FMC Automotive, Moog, General Semiconductor and Technicolor.

Ken is a specialist in quality management, purchasing, logistics and supply chain management. He has significant expertise and experience in managing the changing demands of the global media, electronics and automotive sectors at operational and project management levels.

Ken leads CareerWise Recruitment’s Cork operations. He has served on local and national committees of IPICS (The Supply Chain Management Institute), CIPD, the Cork Electronics Industry Association (CEIA), and has completed a three-year term as Chair of the UCC Alumni Board.

Ken has recently been elected as a Director of the Cork Chamber for a four year term to help promote business and drive policy objectives for the Cork Region

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