Amazon is opening two new fulfillment centers in Eastvale and Redlands, CA, which will create more than 2,000 new full-time associate roles when opened.
At the one-million-square foot facility in Eastvale, developed by Goodman Group, associates will handle smaller sized customer items, such as books, electronics and toys. At the Redlands facility, which is more than 750,000 square feet and developed by Prologis, associates will pick, pack and ship larger customer items, such as sports equipment, patio furniture and pet food.
Across the state, the online retailer currently employs more than 15,000 full-time associates in the company’s nine existing fulfillment centers. A fulfillment center in Sacramento is currently under construction and is expected to open this year.
“This year marks the five-year-anniversary of Amazon beginning to operate fulfillment centers in California,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s vice president of North America operations. “Within that time span, we’ve launched Career Choice, a program hundreds of Amazonian Californians have participated in to go back to school; we’ve supported the growth of hundreds of thousands of California businesses, authors, and developers that reach customers through Amazon.com, and we’ve continued to increase speed of delivery to customers throughout the state.”
