Sarah Oliver
Amazon has announced today it will be increasing teams across its fulfilment centres ahead of the busy holiday season, with over 600 new seasonal jobs.
The expansion includes more staff for the new fulfilment centre in Ravenhall which officially opened in August this year.
The centre spans 37,000 square metres, almost double the size of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with capacity to house up to six million items.
Research commissioned by Amazon found that three in 10 Victorians plan on starting their Christmas shopping early, and 63 per cent are looking to shop Amazon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals.
With plans for early purchasing and increase in delivery demand means the company will be under pressure to deliver to its customers in time for Christmas.
Amazon Australia operations director Craig Fuller said the investment in the new facility at Ravenhall will enable them to fulfil demand.
“We are currently well placed to meet customer demand during the holiday season and are expanding our workforce and delivery network to help us fulfil customer orders during that time,” Mr Fuller said.
“We remain committed towards investing in Australia and enabling our sellers to reach customers, while creating local jobs.”
Amazon has also announced an extended returns window for the holiday season with most of the items purchased between October 1 and December 31 able to be returned until January 31, 2022.
