More than 30 students spent an afternoon touring the fulfilment centre, gaining an insight into how Amazon stores, picks, packs and ships orders to customers.
Students toured the 550,000 sq. ft site – the equivalent of eight football pitches – meeting the team and seeing the technology that powers the Amazon fulfilment network.
Jamal Qurban and Jasmeeq Kaur Phal lead the students on a tour round the facility.
During their visit to the site, the students also learned about the different careers available at Amazon in Sutton Coldfield.
More than 10,000 people have been on a public tour of an Amazon fulfilment centre since the events started in the UK in 2015.
Mohadesa Sherali, from The University of Birmingham, said: “It was so interesting to witness the journey a parcel takes from start to finish. Seeing the process will give me a totally different perspective every time I place an order, and it’s really opened my eyes to the job opportunities available when I finish my studies.”
Jamal Qurban and Jasmeeq Kaur Phal (pictured) lead the students on a tour round the facility.
Lisa Swan, General Manager at Amazon in Sutton Coldfield, added: “It was a pleasure to host students from Birmingham University at the Sutton Coldfield fulfilment centre. We are passionate about supporting young people in our community, and we hope the students who visited us had a great experience.”
More than 10,000 people have been on a public tour of an Amazon fulfilment centre since the events started in the UK in 2015.
Members of the public can sign up at uk.amazonfctours.com for a free tour.
The tours are open to anyone over the age of six years old. Each tour lasts about one hour, and the maximum number of participants is 15 people.
Community donations and employee volunteering are just two of the ways Amazon supports the communities where it operates. Amazon co-founded the Multibank initiative with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to support families in need. The West Midlands Multibank opened this year, with Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC). The initiative has donated more than 7 million surplus goods to over 600,000 families across Wales, Scotland, Greater Manchester, London, Tees Valley and Birmingham.
Amazon has supported more than one million students across the UK with free STEM education programmes through Amazon Future Engineer and helps community organisations transport meals and other essentials to families in need through its pro bono logistics programme, Amazon Local Good.
Amazon partners with Comic Relief and is the official home of the charity’s iconic Red Nose. Together with its employees, customers, and partners, Amazon has raised over £4.8 million to fund projects that support people across the UK, and around the world.
Students from the Chemical Engineering course at Birmingham University and their lecturer Paul Freeman visit Amazon