OTS - AUTODOC invests millions in new warehouse in Szczecin/Online car parts trader doubles its logistics space in Szczecin
2020. September 28. 08:30
Szczecin, 28 September, 2020 (APA/OTS) - AUTODOC, Europe's leading
online retailer of car parts, accessories and equipment, opened its
latest logistics centre in Szczecin last Friday. With the new
building "M13" in Szczecin, AUTODOC is doubling its storage space
in Szczecin to 26,700 square metres. Up to 800 jobs will be created
in the new semi-automatically operated warehouse. At the opening
ceremony of the facility, AUTODOC boss Alexej Erdle stated that
despite the coronavirus crisis, the company urgently requires the
additional capacity. AUTODOC was founded twelve years ago in Berlin
and has enjoyed continuous growth. In 2019, AUTODOC increased its
sales by 48 percent to almost 615 million euros. The company plans
to continue to pursue an ambitious growth strategy in the coming
years.
Success for Szczecin
With the new warehouse, AUTODOC continues its four-year success
story in Szczecin. In 2018 AUTODOC opened its local reloading point
for car parts, accessories and consumer goods by the A6 motorway in
the district of Załom-Kasztanowe. By now, almost 1600 employees and
contract workers work at this location. Almost 75,000 products are
unpacked and repacked, addressed and shipped to end customers every
day. However, the handling capacity of the new warehouse will be
significantly higher thanks to semi-automated processes. In future,
AUTODOC's handling will increase from 25,000 daily orders to as
many as 61,000 orders.
The Szczecin site has clearly established itself as AUTODOC's
most important logistics location with total investments of around
11.0 million euros since its launch. While the company continues to
operate a warehouse in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg, maximum
capacities have been reached at this location due to a lack of
expansion space. AUTODOC requires the warehouses to be able to
deliver goods ordered online in the shortest possible time to
customers. The company mainly relies on "on-demand" delivery.
Products ordered online are delivered to AUTODOC by the
manufacturers and then sent on to the customer almost immediately.
With its broad range of 2.5 million products, low prices,
above-average customer service and fast delivery, AUTODOC takes a
growing share of the market from the brick-and-mortar car parts
trade.
Tight labour market
AUTODOC is currently looking for new employees in both Szczecin
and Berlin to meet the continuing strong growth in demand. "We
currently have many vacancies," said Erdle. He particularly pointed
to the fairly tight labour market in Szczecin, which has turned
into a popular logistics location.
The multinational workforce in the warehouses often works in
teams organised according to their native languages. Ten nations
are represented in Szczecin and the employees enjoy a good rate of
pay, a number of bonus systems, private health insurance and care
as well as free transport to and from the city centre of Szczecin.
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Contact
Thomas Casper
Director Press and Public Relations & Communication
Kurfürstendamm Nr. 22
D-10719 Berlin and
Josef-Orlopp-Straße 55
D-10365 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 2084 78 237
Email: t.casper@autodoc.eu
www.autodoc.de
Emilia Wasowska
General Manager Szczecin
ul. Kablowa 1
PL 70-895 Szczecin
Phone: +48 607 100 538
Email: e.wasowska@autodoc.pl
www.autodoclogistics.pl
Brunswick Group
Carl Graf von Hohenthal
Friedrichstr. 95
D-10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 2067 3363
chohenthal@brunswickgroup.com
www.brunswickgroup.com
About AUTODOC
AUTODOC is Europe's leading online retailer of car parts. As
the fastest-growing company in this sector with annual sales in the
2019 fiscal year growing 48% to around 615 million euros (2018: 415
million euros), AUTODOC strives to further strengthen its position.
Owing to its successful expansion, AUTODOC is now active in 26
other European countries in addition to Germany. AUTODOC shows its
strong customer focus through social media activities, technical
support in the language of the corresponding country and a
demand-based product range with presently almost 2.5 million
products from 870 manufacturers for 166 car brands. They include
braking systems, car body parts, shock absorbers, automotive
springs, exhaust systems, interior elements, steering and clutch
components, air conditioning and heating systems, repair sets and
engine oil. AUTODOC GmbH is a fully owner-operated company based in
Berlin/Germany. The local business in Szczecin is conducted by its
subsidiary AUTODOC Logistics sp. z o. o
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