Flipkart announced key changes to its leadership team. According to an internal letter sent to Flipkart’s employees by Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy on Monday, Flipkart has appointed former Unilever veteran Hemant Badri as Senior Vice President of its supply chain operations, effective March 1, 2021.
Most recently, Badri was the Global Vice President of Planning, Analytics & Customer Experience and the Vice President of Planning for European Operations at Unilever’s Headquarters based out of the Netherlands. He was also a member of Unilever’s Global Supply Chain Leadership Team, Krishnamurthy said.
“In this role, Hemant will be responsible for the Ekart-Myntra Supply Chain and Jeeves – F1 priorities at Flipkart. All the asset leaders currently reporting to Amitesh will now report to Hemant,” Krishnamurthy added.
Apart from this, Flipkart has also announced changes in leadership looking after its CDO (category design operations) and M3 (Marketing, Merchandising & Monetization) verticals. The company has assigned a new role for Amitesh Jha who has been leading the supply chains at Ekart and Myntra, after-sales service and installation business Jeeves, electronics service provider arm F1 particularly for repair and refurbishment of mobile phones, apart from CX and Marketplace for the last three-and-a-half years. Jha will now “oversee the consumables, softlines, and customer and marketing charters” in the CDO and M3 organisations.
“Amitesh has effectively led Ekart to scale it to become one of the most efficient supply chains in India, enabling us to pass on higher value to our customers every day. His vision has allowed us to make forward-looking investments in infrastructure and capabilities like automation and sustainability to support our long-term growth and customer experience ambitions,” wrote Krishnamurthy.
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