Overview
- - Heineken plans to eliminate 5,000–6,000 roles over two years, equal to as much as about 7% of its roughly 87,000 employees.
- - Management trimmed its 2026 operating profit growth guidance to 2–6%, down from a prior 4–8% range.
- - The company reported about a 1.2% volume decline in 2025, with pressure in Europe as well as North and South America.
- - The program includes deeper digitalization and greater use of AI, and the company signaled potential brewery closures to boost efficiency.
- - Heineken has not detailed country-by-country impacts beyond roughly 400 cuts at its Amsterdam headquarters, and CEO Dolf van den Brink departs on May 31 as the board seeks a successor.