As India gears up for its most-awaited shopping festival, ‘The Big Billion Days’, Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, is fortifying its people, partners, and PAN-India logistics to power high-volume deliveries with agility and precision. In the lead-up to the festive season, Flipkart is scaling employment opportunities, infrastructure, and tech deployments across 28 states. With the creation of over 2.2 lakh+ job opportunities, expanded last-mile reach, and inclusive hiring across Tier 2 and 3 cities, Flipkart’s ecosystem-first approach this festive season is built for scale.
Seema Nair – CHRO at Flipkart says, “At Flipkart, The Big Billion Days is a celebration of scale, speed, and shared progress. This year, we have strengthened our capabilities ahead of the festive season, focusing on building an inclusive workforce, expanding our supply chain people network, and creating more inclusive job opportunities in the ecosystem, backed by technology and sustainable practices. Our focus on festive readiness is on creating lasting value for the communities and partners who power our network and daily deliveries.”
Flipkart’s festive readiness brings together all elements of its ecosystem – a diverse workforce, infrastructure, tech platforms, and last-mile networks – to deliver at scale while staying deeply committed to growth for all. With technology at the core of smart logistics operations, including AI-powered demand planning, advanced automation for sortation accuracy, and predictive inventory tools, Flipkart is ensuring that its supply chain is not only fast but future-ready. The organisation has created over 2.2 lakh jobs this season, across warehousing, delivery, team leads, and customer experience verticals. Flipkart’s logistics network, which covers all serviceable pincodes, will see the expansion of 650 new festive-only delivery hubs in cities such as Siliguri, Kundli, Jakhar, including Tier 2 and 3 cities, directly and positively impacting the seasonal job ecosystem.