Amazon India has introduced the appointment of Samir Kumar as the brand new nation supervisor. He’ll lead the India enterprise of the e-commerce large along with main shopper companies within the Center East, South Africa and Turkey. Kumar will take over the brand new function beginning October 1.
Amazon acknowledged that he joined the corporate in 1999 and was part of the unique staff that deliberate the launch of the corporate in India in 2013.
On account of the change, the remainder of the Amazon.in management staff comprising Saurabh Srivastava (Classes), Harsh Goyal (On a regular basis Necessities), Amit Nanda (Market), and Aastha Jain (Development Initiatives) will now report back to Kumar.
Amit Agarwal, Amazon’s SVP for Rising Markets, mentioned, “India stays an vital precedence for Amazon, and I’m tremendous excited in regards to the alternative forward as we proceed to rework lives and livelihoods. We’ve got a powerful native management bench and, together with Samir’s experiences throughout rising markets, I’m much more optimistic about our future plans to ship for patrons and the enterprise in India.
This comes a day after the corporate launched three new fullfilment centres in India as a part of its bold aim. The brand new centres have been launched in Delhi NCR, Guwahati, and Patna to bolster its pan-India logistics community forward of the festive season. Amazon acknowledged that the 1.2 million cubic toes of mixed cupboard space, these FCs will result in sooner supply of buyer orders throughout the North and Japanese states, whereas additionally creating 1000’s of native job alternatives within the area.