Essilor strengthens global support with new shared service office

Strengthening its support shared services for a broader, better and more global reach, Essilor, the world’s leading ophthalmic optics company, recently celebrated the inauguration of Essilor Shared Services Philippines Inc. (ESSPI), a global Information Technology and Finance Shared Services organization supporting Essilor’s global locations on a 24/7 capability.

(L-R) Bernard Duverneuil, Essilor Group Chief Information Officer, Brigadier General Charito Plaza, Director General of the Philippines Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Franck Carlier, Essilor Shared Services Philippines President, Laurent Estrade, Head of Economic Department of the Embassy of France in the Philippines.

Located in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, the new shared services office received a level three certification from Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) for both IT Development and Services. It provides robust shared services on IT applications, infrastructure, e-commerce, digital solutions and finance to support the Essilor business all over the world.

ESSPI’s IT application shared services is equipped with global helpdesk that ensures continuous business via various channels; applications and development support team who are responsible in providing solutions needed by the business; project management and quality assurance team who ensures the development of applications; and data management team who consolidates, analyzes and generates critical data and reports.

Delivering high-quality infrastructure services, ESSPI also has experts working in the infrastructure team. Its e-commerce and digital solutions team develops online and mobile applications for the convenience of customers while the finance shared services team delivers accurate and high quality financial reports to seven transitions and nine Essilor European entities worldwide.

With over 160 employees, ESSPI is still actively recruiting to ramp up its workforce in both IT and finance.

For more information, visit http://esspi.ph/ or Essilor’s website at www.essilor.com.ph, and follow @EssilorPH on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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