Accenture plans to expand in Cebu

CEBU, Philippines - Accenture, a total solutions outsourcing company, expressed interest to expand its operations in Cebu.

Lito Tayag, country managing director of Accenture Delivery Centers in the Philippines said in an interview that the company intends to grow in Cebu, and is now evaluating options on its expansion location.

Accenture-Cebu opened its Global Delivery Center Network for Technology in 2007, and also it opened its BPO arm or call center operations here about two years ago.

Tayag said the company is looking at expanding IT and BPO components here, expressing confidence of the kind of manpower Cebu has.

“Cebu is an attractive place for investment. It has big potential for growth,” Tayag said.

He said the reason why, the company has established a partnership with French NGO to help provide good and highly-skilled manpower pool in Cebu, through scholarship grant.

Accenture Foundations recently awarded Passerelles Numeriques (PN) US$1.26 million or over P58 million funds for the latter‘s Cebu System and Network Administration training initiatives.

The grant, which will be distributed over a four-year period, will be used to help disadvantaged young people from all over the Visayas acquire IT skills.

The Philippines is the second largest hub of the Accenture global operation, next to India, with over 14,000 employees based in its Metro Manila facility. Making India and the Philippines the Accenture's growth engines in the recent years.

Although, the company is also providing service in data and voice like the call center, the company's core business is into providing services of wide range technology application, offering a almost a total outsourcing products to its clients.

Tayag however, refused to divulge the possible number of workforce, the company will be hiring in Cebu expansion in the next few years.

What is certain, he said is the expansion plan for Cebu facility is part of Accenture’s growth strategy.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 190 thousand people serving clients in more than 120 countries.

Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities, across all industries and business functions and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

The company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2009.