In order to fulfill the heightened demand during the holiday season, Indian e-commerce startup Flipkart aims to add over 1,00,000 seasonal positions to its supply chain. Delivery managers, packers, sorters, and neighborhood kirana partners are just a few of the occupations, both direct and indirect.
In order to develop a diversified pool of supply chain skills, the company announced it will also employ people with disabilities (PWDs). Prior to the holiday season, Flipkart stated that it anticipated creating over a million new job opportunities throughout its supply chain, including fulfillment centers, sortation centers, and delivery hubs.
The Big Billion Days (TBBD) is focused on scalability, innovation for India, and ecosystem effect. Hemant Badri, senior vice president and head of supply chain, customer experience, and commerce at Flipkart Group, said that it enables millions of new customers, many of whom are doing so for the first time, to enjoy the benefits of e-commerce.
The Flipkart sale period, or TBBD, is when it provides discounts on products from renowned companies. In order to handle the demands of TBBD, Badri stated that the company has to grow for capacity, storage, placement, sorting, packaging, staff training, shipment, and the full supply chain.
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He claims that the business intends to use its kirana delivery plan to provide over 40 percent of supplies this year. This year, the business said, Flipkart expanded into more than 19 lakh square feet of space across a number of states, like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Telangana.
The announcement made by Flipkart of the creation of over 100,000 seasonal jobs coincides with the company's expansion into Tier 3 cities along with others. In recent years, Flipkart has expanded into new states such Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, and many more, adding more than 19 lakh square feet of space.
Walmart, a US-based retail behemoth, has boosted its ownership in Flipkart, its Indian e-commerce business, by purchasing shares from non-controlling shareholders for USD 3.5 billion (about Rs 28,953 crore) in the six months before to July 31, 2023.
