Walmart-owned ecommerce large Flipkart has appointed Vinay Vaidya as senior vice-president of expertise for provide chain, because the e-commerce firm seems to be to strengthen its expertise leadership and advance its AI, platform and provide chain capabilities.

Vaidya will lead expertise and platforms throughout fulfilment providers, vendor expertise, belief and security, and market. He can even drive innovation in logistics and AI-powered capabilities, the corporate stated.

He joins Flipkart from Tata Digital, the place he was chief expertise officer (CTO) and led expertise technique, platform modernisation and large-scale digital transformation programmes.

Earlier than that, Vaidya spent almost 18 years at Amazon, the place he helped construct capabilities throughout market, vendor ecosystem, funds, search and browse, and Amazon India. His expertise spans product, engineering, buyer expertise and provide chain capabilities throughout classes together with grocery.

The appointment follows a number of senior expertise hires at Flipkart this 12 months. These embody Goda Ramkumar as vice-president of information science and AI options, Mohan Palisetti as vice-president of fintech and funds engineering, Nitesh Jain as distinguished architect, Smita Ojha as vice-president of core platform engineering, and Amit Sharma as vice-president of programme administration.

Balaji Thiagarajan, Chief Product and Expertise Officer, Flipkart, stated, “Commerce has remodeled past purchases and transactions. Right now, the standard of the client expertise is decided by hundreds of choices made throughout provide chains, vendor ecosystems, belief methods, and fulfilment networks, typically earlier than the order is positioned. Constructing and evolving these methods at India’s scale requires a robust mixture of product considering, expertise depth, and operational rigour with pervasive intelligence embedded in each step. Vinay has led at that intersection throughout among the most advanced commerce environments, and he’ll play an vital function in serving to us strengthen the expertise foundations that energy Flipkart’s subsequent part of progress.”

“What excites me most about Flipkart is the chance to construct expertise at a scale and complexity that’s uniquely Indian. From empowering thousands and thousands of sellers to enabling one of many nation’s largest provide chains, expertise has the potential to make commerce less complicated, quicker and extra inclusive. I’m excited to hitch the staff and assist construct the following era of platforms that energy this journey,” stated Vinay Vaidya, Senior Vice President, Expertise for Provide Chain, Flipkart.