Walmart-owned Flipkart has promoted Kunal Gupta to senior vp (SVP), as its concentrate on the fast-growing fast commerce sector, Moneycontrol reported.

Gupta, who beforehand served as vp and head of Minutes and Grocery, will proceed to supervise developments within the Minutes enterprise and report back to group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy.

Gupta brings “a confirmed observe document of driving enterprise turnarounds and establishing sustainable, high-growth operations throughout Trend, Mobiles, and Giant Home equipment,” Krishnamurthy mentioned in an inner memo.

Gupta joined Flipkart in 2014 and has led its style division, alongside holding a number of roles throughout enterprise models over greater than a decade on the firm.

The promotion comes as competitors intensifies in India’s quick commerce market, with rivals together with Amazon (by Amazon Now), Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket all vying for market share.

Flipkart is positioning its Minutes vertical as a key driver of future development. The corporate is working on launching a standalone app for the service, which is at present out there as a tab inside its important platform.

The transfer is predicted to offer a extra targeted, high-frequency expertise for grocery and necessities supply.

The corporate can also be increasing its infrastructure, with plans to double the variety of darkish shops supporting Minutes to 1,600 within the coming months.