Walmart has elevated its India head Sameer Aggarwal as the chief operating officer of the Sam’s Club unit’s US ecommerce vertical, the ET report said.
The move comes eight months after the US retailer announced that its flagship India entity, Flipkart, had acquired its local chain of wholesale stores. Aggarwal had joined Walmart India as its chief strategy and administrative officer in April 2018.
“Please join us in welcoming Sameer Aggarwal as the chief operating officer of Sam’s Club US e-commerce,” according to a social media post from Sam’s Club. “Sameer’s extensive background in e-commerce operations will accelerate SamsClub.com and improve the omni-channel experience for our members,” the tweet said.
Sam’s Club, the members’ only discount shopping retailer, is named after Walmart founder Sam Walton and is a $60 billion annual business.
Within eight months of joining Walmart India, he was elevated to the role of chief business officer in 2019 and was made the deputy CEO a year after that. He was named the new CEO of Walmart India in April 2020, replacing Krish Iyer who retired.
Aggarwal has also worked with Yum Brands in Thailand and UK retailer Sainsbury’s in London.
