Walmart to Open New High-Tech Fulfillment Center in Wilson County
December 07 2021 - 12:21PM
Business Wire
The 925,000 square-foot facility will create up
to 300 permanent supply chain jobs surrounding the Middle Tennessee
region
Walmart today announced plans to open a 925,000 square-foot
automated fulfillment center in Lebanon, Tennessee to support the
retailer’s growing supply chain network and eCommerce business. The
new facility, located at 1015 Hixson Boulevard, is set to open Fall
of 2022 and will create up to 300 full-time jobs. Walmart’s
high-tech fulfillment center will include the unique combination of
associates, AI-software and automated robots that work together to
ship orders to customers even faster. The new fulfillment center
marks the retailer’s first in the state of Tennessee.
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“We’re thrilled to be bringing a new high-tech fulfillment
center to the community of Lebanon,” said David Guggina, senior
vice president, automation and innovation at Walmart U.S. “This
facility will include game changing automation technology that’s
radically disrupting the supply chain, improving the customer
experience and saving time for associates.”
The high-tech fulfillment center supports an initiative the
retailer shared earlier this year to build additional supply chain
capacity using automation to stay ahead of demand, improve the
customer experience and increase productivity. It will store
millions of items from Walmart’s everyday low-priced merchandise to
be shipped directly to customers as soon as next-day. Once an
online order is placed, a fleet of automated robots navigate a
compact storage system to retrieve products and bring them to
associates for packing. The order is then shipped directly to the
customer, with speed.
“Walmart’s fulfillment center in Wilson County will play an
important role in our broader supply chain network, focused on
fulfilling Walmart.com orders and supporting our promise of free
next-day and two-day shipping,” said Steve Miller, senior vice
president of supply chain operations, Walmart U.S. “We’re thrilled
to be opening our newest fulfillment center in the great state of
Tennessee and look forward to a long relationship with the
community of Lebanon.”
The fulfillment center is currently hiring full-time positions,
including the following leadership positions: General Manager,
Human Resource Manager, Maintenance Manager and Environmental
Health and Safety Operations Manager. Full-time positions qualify
for Walmart’s total rewards and benefits plans, including medical,
vision and dental insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, a
quarterly incentive program and access to a free college degree.
Candidates can search open positions and complete applications
online at careers.walmart.com.
Walmart operates three distribution centers, 150 retail stores
and employs 42,500+ associates in the state of Tennessee. In FYE
21, stores, clubs and the Walmart Foundation gave $37.5 million in
cash and in-kind donations to local Tennessee organizations.
About Walmart
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) helps people around the world save
money and live better - anytime and anywhere - in retail stores,
online, and through their mobile devices. Each week, approximately
220 million customers and members visit approximately 10,500 stores
and clubs under 48 banners in 24 countries and eCommerce websites.
With fiscal year 2021 revenue of $559 billion, Walmart employs 2.2
million associates worldwide. Walmart continues to be a leader in
sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity.
Additional information about Walmart can be found by visiting
https://corporate.walmart.com, on Facebook at
https://facebook.com/walmart and on Twitter at
https://twitter.com/walmart.
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