Nokia announces restructuring changes

Nokia has announced restructuring plans in some parts of its organization, with changes affecting employees in its base in Finland as well as outside. 

Continuing Nokia's reorganization at the start of the year, Nokia plans further changes in its sales and marketing activities in the Markets unit. The changes aim to strengthen the customer interface, ensure that resources are well allocated to meet the business needs and de-layer the organization. Nokia estimates that approximately 450 employees in the Markets unit will be affected by the planned changes. 

As well as this, the Nokia Research Center (NRC), which specializes in long-term research activities within Nokia, plans to sharpen its focus on fewer but stronger research areas. The planned reorganization is estimated to have an impact on approximately 130 NRC employees globally.

Nokia also plans some workforce adjustments in global process operations. This will affect around 35 employees, of which almost all are in Finland. "Today's changes are part of Nokia's constant renewal where it is important to be close to our customers and ensure that our people are able to focus on the key business priorities,” said Juha Äkräs, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Nokia.