BMW aims to cut staff by up to 8,000 positions by the end of 2027, according to company sources.
The German carmaker said the reduction would primarily target office jobs, while production line workers will be spared from cuts.
"The workforce will ultimately be reduced by around 8,000 people by the end of 2027," an anonymous source told the AFP news agency. "We're planning on the basis of that."
The Munich-based automaker hopes to achieve the cuts through natural staff turnover as well as a voluntary redundancy scheme. The latter would be aimed at all employees in Germany not directly involved in production, who could choose to accept severance packages in a period from October 2026 to the end of 2027.
The company currently employs 84,000 staff in Germany, and roughly 154,000 globally.
