Panasonic is ramping up hiring for its $4 billion electric-vehicle battery factory in De Soto. To date, the company has hired 70 people for the plant and has filled out its senior leadership team, said locally based Kristen Walters, vice president of human resources. The newly hired employees are roughly a 50/50 split between area residents and outside hires, she said. New hires and open positions are across the board, and include areas such as human resources, finance, supply chain and logistics, procurement, production/operations and engineering. Some engineers will be training in Nevada and Japan before working at the De Soto plant. The company also is collaborating with area universities to train the future workforce it needs.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal
