Flipkart launches ‘Flipkart Xtra’ for part-time job seekers, aims to create over 4,000 jobs
Walmart-owned Flipkart on Wednesday said it is introducing a separate marketplace model ‘Flipkart Xtra’ to provide flexible earning opportunities to individuals, service agencies and technicians. Through the ‘Flipkart Xtra’ app on the Google Play Store, Flipkart will provide a simple and seamless onboarding experience to interested individuals.
Post background verification, individuals will be able to onboard themselves for various roles, which include delivery executive and service partner or technician, in the coming months, a statement said.
It added that the new platform will help strengthen Flipkart’s supply chain to ensure seamless and faster delivery of shipments and service to consumers across India and create part-time opportunities for individuals.
The festive season and launch ahead of the company’s Big Billion Days will help provide additional work and earning opportunities as delivery partners to thousands of individuals, technicians and service agencies across the country, the statement said.
Flipkart aims to add 4,000 part-time associates through Flipkart Xtra for the entire festive season running till December 2021.
“As an organization committed to creating value for all stakeholders including vendors, artisans, MSMEs, kiranas and customers, we are continuously expanding the scope of our partnership to equitably distribute the benefits of e-commerce … said Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President and Head of Supply Chain, Flipkart, Xtra, our service marketplace, providing flexible earning opportunities to individuals, local stores and even service technicians.
He said that this is a new disruption in the gig economy space and will help individuals find an alternative source of income while contributing to the economic recovery of the country.
The BCG report suggests that the gig economy has the potential to serve 90 million jobs in India’s non-farm economy alone, transact more than USD 250 billion in work volume, and contribute 1.25 percent to India’s GDP. (approximately) growth. over the long term.
In a separate statement, Flipkart Group firm Myntra said it is expanding its ‘Kirana network’ to 25,000 stores and is hiring 11,000 people for last-mile delivery and customer support ahead of the festive season.
The fashion e-commerce platform said it is gearing up for the upcoming festive period and its ‘Big Fashion Festival’ by increasing the recruitment of its on-ground staff.
“With its robust supply chain, which primarily includes Mensa (Myntra Extended Network for Service Expansion) partners, which typically own grocery stores in the neighborhood, and its own distribution centers, Myntra provides products and services to millions of shoppers. Ready to deliver joyous experiences, creating seasonal employment opportunities across the country,” Myntra said in its statement.
Of the total last-mile recruitments, around 7,500 are for its grocery network and around 1,000 will be done at Myntra’s distribution centers (DCs) distributed across the country.
The roles that are being closed include the posts of DC Assistant, DC Support Staff and Delivery Staff. Most of the recruitments including diversity are being done in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Pune and Lucknow.
In addition, around 2,700 people have been hired to boost the Contact Center’s capacity to help and manage customer queries during the festive season.
“For this festive season, more than 70 per cent deliveries are expected to be completed by these specially trained kirana partners. Myntra is all set to expand its kirana store network to around 30 per cent from the previous festive edition, thereby enabling kirana stores The total number of people will be over 25,000,” it said.
E-commerce companies see a major part of their business during festive sales and they make significant investments ahead of time to enhance their efficiencies and features to be able to handle the spike while ensuring a seamless experience for buyers. connects to. Seller
Myntra said, “This has been the biggest hiring drive ever in Myntra for on-ground and customer support during any festive season, as we expect a strong demand across all pin codes, people are eagerly waiting for their Looking forward to shopping on Myntra for festive needs.” Chief Executive Officer Amar Nagaram said.
Most of the hiring is being done to increase the capabilities for last-mile delivery and, therefore, the hiring of kirana store partners, taking the total number of store partners to 25,000 – an increase of almost 25,000 compared to last year. 30 percent higher. – to complete about 70 per cent deliveries, he said.
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