GREENWICH — GXO Logistics, which was not too long ago spun off from XPO Logistics, introduced this week plans to rent greater than 9,000 staff throughout the US and Canada forward of the vacation procuring season.
The Greenwich-headquartered GXO — which employs about 25,000 within the U.S., and describes itself as “the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics supplier” — is planning to rent a complete of about 35 folks to work on the headquarters or its services in North Haven and Windsor. The corporate already employs about 400 employees throughout these three places.
California, Georgia, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Texas could be “key states” within the hiring marketing campaign, firm officers additionally stated. Worldwide, GXO is recruiting greater than 20,000 folks.
“We’re proud to supply alternatives to 1000’s of individuals throughout the U.S. and Canada forward of the busy vacation procuring season,” GXO Chief Human Assets Officer Maryclaire Hammond stated in a press release. “While you come to GXO, you’ll be able to anticipate to work with terrific colleagues and use our industry-leading expertise in an inclusive atmosphere the place we spend money on your success. We’re searching for excellent folks to affix our dynamic group.”
The open positions embody salaried, hourly and contractor roles, with versatile shift choices and full- and part-time positions.
GXO stated it gives sign-on bonuses, hourly wage incentives and different performance-based applications.
Amongst different main initiatives, GXO introduced final week an settlement with Abercrombie & Fitch to open a 715,000-square-foot distribution heart in Goodyear, Ariz. Anticipated to create greater than 300 jobs within the Phoenix space, the power will perform as Abercrombie & Fitch’s new hub for its West Coast operations.
On the identical time, GXO stated it was responding to the “e-commerce surge” by rising its use automated expertise. It plans to deploy 3,100 robots in North America by the tip of the 12 months and open 9 new automated websites within the U.S. and three in Europe.
In August, the corporate accomplished its spin-off from XPO, with the latter working as one of many world’s largest transporters of economic items and rating because the No. 190 firm on this 12 months’s Fortune 500 checklist.
GXO now operates worldwide with about 94,000 employees unfold throughout 869 warehouse places totaling 208 million sq. ft. It really works with “the world’s main blue-chip clients to resolve advanced logistics challenges with technologically superior provide chain options, at scale and with pace.” It additionally stated it holds 5 p.c of the $130 billion “potential addressable logistics market” in North America and Europe.
The GXO headquarters are at 2 American Lane, adjoining to XPO’s headquarters at 5 American Lane, in Greenwich’s northwest nook.
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