Walmart-owned e-commerce major Flipkart said it will create one lakh seasonal jobs ahead of this year’s festive season. The festive season, usually around October, is when the e-commerce company runs its annual flagship sale event, The Big Billion Days (TBBD).
Seasonal jobs are usually repetitive in nature and companies only hire individuals at a specific time to meet increased demand for their services. The festive season, which is usually a series of sales between September and November, is of particular importance as it accounts for nearly 50 percent of gross merchandise value (GMV) for e-commerce companies.
Last year, the total GMV for the companies was about $12 billion, of which about $6 billion came during the festive season alone, Redseer analysts informed.
“During TBBD the complexity and scale we have to scale for capacity, storage, placement, packaging, picking, human resources, training, delivery and the entire supply chain is unprecedented,” said Hemant Badri,SVP and Head of Supply Chain ReCommerce and Customer Experience of Flipkart Group.
The Bengaluru-based e-commerce major said the planned job creation would be in departments such as supply chain, sorting centers and delivery hubs. Seasonal jobs will include local kirana delivery partners, women, persons with disabilities (PWDs) and others.
