Amazon to Open Fifth Texas Fulfillment Center in San Marcos
August 20 2015 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
Amazon to create more than 1,000 full-time
positions at its new fulfillment center in Central Texas
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced plans to open a
fifth Texas fulfillment center in San Marcos. In Texas, Amazon
currently employs more than 3,500 full-time associates, has
invested more than $400 million in the state and continues to grow
its operations to meet customer demand. Amazon’s other Lone Star
State fulfillment centers are located in Schertz, Coppell, and
Haslet, with a fourth facility under construction in Dallas.
“We have found a dedicated and enthusiastic workforce in Texas
that has supported our growth throughout the state,” said Mike
Roth, Amazon’s vice president of North American operations.
“Additionally, over 350 Amazon associates, managers and support
staff in Texas come from military backgrounds. These individuals
bring valuable leadership skills, experiences and problem-solving
abilities to our fulfillment center - it’s a great match on both
sides.”
Amazon actively recruits U.S. military veterans and military
spouses to join the organization, and hundreds have careers in its
fulfillment network. In 2014, the company hired more than 2,600
veterans into roles at Amazon, joining thousands of other veterans
already working at the company, both in corporate positions or in
operations management. Once veterans and military spouses join the
Amazon team, there are several programs that help them transition
more easily into the civilian workforce and connect them with an
internal network for mentoring and support.
Amazon employees at the 855,000 square-foot San Marcos
fulfillment center will pick, pack, and ship smaller customer
items, such as books, electronics and toys.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said, “In establishing a new
distribution center in San Marcos, Amazon is fulfilling the needs
not only of its customers, but the entire community by creating
more than 1,000 full-time, permanent jobs, offering generous
tuition assistance, and recruiting U.S. Military veterans. This
project is yet another testament to the fact that Texas remains the
best state in the nation to do business.”
Mayor Daniel Guerrero of the city of San Marcos said, “The City
of San Marcos is pleased to welcome global e-commerce giant Amazon
to our community. Amazon's decision to choose San Marcos highlights
the city as a great place to do business. This new facility, and
the new jobs it will add, fits well into the City's goal of
embracing economic opportunities that develop a stronger middle
class and grow our local economy, a major focus of our
comprehensive plan.”
“Amazon’s selection of San Marcos for its new fulfillment center
is a very exciting announcement for Hays County and the City of San
Marcos,” Commissioner Will Conley, Hays County - Precinct 3 and
Chairman of the Greater San Marcos Partnership. “I feel confident
that the City of San Marcos and Hays County have both put our best
foot forward in giving our community this partnership with one of
America’s finest corporations. Having Amazon locate in San Marcos
will most importantly create job opportunities and career paths for
the residents of our region.”
In addition to competitive wages and comprehensive benefits,
Amazon offers hourly employees innovative programs like Career
Choice, where the company will pre-pay up to 95 percent of tuition
for courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the
skills are relevant to a career at Amazon. Since the program’s
launch, employees are pursuing degrees in game design and visual
communications, nursing, IT programming and radiology, to name a
few.
To learn more about working at an Amazon fulfillment center,
visit www.workatamazonfulfillment.com.
The project is being developed by USAA and Seefried Industrial
Properties.
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The
company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire phone, Fire
tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon.
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