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is packing up this summer at thediscounft retailer’s headquarters and four other distributionb facilities after the merchant opted to not renee a logistics contract that expires in The Reading, Pa.-based Penske said 186 workers, including 53 in could be affected when its contract with Columbus-baseds Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) expirea July 31. Penske spokesman Randy Ryerson said the company has worked with the retaileesince 1991.
The 1,300-store Big Lots has chosenm a new third-party logisticss provider to continue the warehousing and distribution work that Penskew performed atthe retailer’s Phillipi Road headquarters and its distributionm centers in Tremont, Pa; Montgomery, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; and Durant, Okla. Timothy Johnson, Big Lots’ vice president of strategicx planning and investor said more than a dozen carriers bid for the He declined to disclose the companyu Big Lots selected to succeed Big Lots and Penske representativessaid they’re working with truck drivers looking to continue work under the new logisticds provider.
Johnson said the company met with workersd over the weekend to introduce thenew contractor. In the event that some workersare cut, Ryerson said privatelyu held Penske will work with the state “ti make sure employees are aware of differeny services.” Penske employs about 20,00 0 workers worldwide. Asked why Big Lots opted to bid for a new contractofr after thelatest five-year contract with Johnson said, “a lot has changed in transportatioh in the past five years. We owed it to our associates and shareholderzs to take a fresh look at how we handlewoutbound transport.
” The loss of the Big Lots contract comes less than a year aftefr Penske was replaced at a warehousw in Lockbourne. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based last fall stepped in at the where Penske had employed 146 Penske has 400 logisticscenterzs worldwide. Its Central Ohio operations includee a number of distribution and warehousing facilities inthe
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