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Westminster and Crawfordsville

With over one million square feet under one roof in Westminster, our facility on average picks, packs, and ships 1,000,000 books a day. In addition to warehouse operations, our facility houses many back office support functions such as information technology, customer service, financial operations, corporate payroll, inventory management, transportation and engineering services.

Employees who join the company in our Westminster and Crawfordsville Operations Centers typically start their careers in one of our major areas:

Industrial Engineering
In Industrial Engineering you'll assist with many of our physical expansion and work flow projects, such as preparing logistics drawings using Auto Cad, conducting equipment studies, etc.

Warehouse Management

In Warehouse Management you will help with the planning, operation and controlling of all departmental functions required in the processing of all types of shipments and orders including picking, packing, receiving, storage, and shipping of books and other related materials within the Westminster Distribution Center.

Inventory Management

In Inventory Management you'll assist with the analysis and management of inventory activities, such as following up on deliveries, issuing work orders, gathering information for weekly new publication billing and back order releases, etc.

Transportation

In Transportation you'll assist in both Domestic and International Transportation and related activities for the Westminster Distribution Center, including the coordination of daily shipments, learning our industry specific practices and regulations, etc.

Information Technology

Information Technology offers a variety of technical job opportunities. As a Programmer/Analyst in Applications Development, you will help build new applications and manage existing application software and learn methods of programming in languages such as C, Java and Cold Fusion. You will also utilize Oracle database management and Solaris operating systems. As a Help Desk Analyst in Network and Technical Support, you will provide technical assistance, answering e-mail and phone mail requests, and research and resolve problems. As a part of our desktop support team, you will install PCs, troubleshoot user problems and work with the user to solve software, hardware, and connectivity problems.

Customer Service

In Customer Service, you will use your professional telephone presence, communication skills, and ability to receive incoming telephone orders, and proactively respond to inquiries from our customers and other Random House departments.