For upcoming business season, Flipkart boosts employment across verticals with ‘inclusive’ focus

Bengaluru: As India gears up for the shopping festival titled, ‘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, a company release has said.

In the lead-up to the festive season, Flipkart is scaling employment opportunities, infrastructure, and tech deployments across 28 states by creating over 2.2 lakh job opportunities, expanded last-mile reach, and inclusive hiring across Tier 2 and 3 cities.

Flipkart’s festive readiness claims to bring together all elements of its ecosystem — a diverse workforce, infrastructure, tech platforms, and last-mile networks — to deliver at scale.

With technology at the core of its smart logistics operations, including AI-powered demand planning, advanced automation for sortation accuracy, and predictive inventory tools, Flipkart is trying to ensure that its supply chain is not only fast but future-ready, the release says.

The organisation claims to have created over 2.2 lakh jobs this season, across warehousing, delivery, team leads, and customer experience verticals.

Its logistics network, which covers all serviceable pincodes, will see the expansion of 650 new festive-only delivery hubs in cities such as Siliguri, Kundli and Jakhar, including Tier 2 and 3 cities, directly impacting the seasonal job ecosystem.

The hiring initiative includes a strong emphasis on inclusivity and empowerment, with a 10 percent growth in women and PwD (Persons with Disabilities) hiring across supply chain operations.

With a year-on-year increase observed in the hiring of women and PwD associates, and efforts to integrate LGBTQIA+ talent across functions, Flipkart is furthering its vision of being an equitable opportunity employer.

Through its Supply Chain Operations Academy (SCOA), Flipkart claims to have trained thousands of candidates so far and plans to upskill 10,000 additional associates by the end of 2025.

The aim, the release says, is to build an e-commerce-ready workforce trained in safety, tech tools, and warehouse best practices.

In addition, over 6,000 students pursuing graduation have been trained on supply chain operations through a combination of digital and classroom training, the statement concludes.