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Fulfilment centre will create close to 1000 direct and indirect jobs, says company
Logistics services provider Ecom Express on Monday announced that it will onboard over 50,000 delivery partners by September-end under its flagship programme 'Ecom Sanjeev'. The company said it is expecting a spike in e-commerce order deliveries during the festival season and seeks to further strengthen its last-mile capabilities. Under the 'Ecom Sanjeev' programme launched last year, the company has created opportunities for delivery partners such as students, homemakers, freelancers and part-timers, among others, Ecom Express said. "When it comes to e-commerce order deliveries, customers expect timely service. In times when the number of parcels is continuously increasing, owing to industry growth, we have clearly seen the advantage of having gig workers to help strengthen our delivery capabilities, especially to meet the anticipated surge in customer demand during the festive season," said Ashish Sikka, Chief Strategy Officer, Ecom Express. The company, he said, will continue to
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E-commerce firms see a large chunk of their business coming in during festive sales and they make significant investments ahead of time to ramp up capacity
The hiring of new employees is driven by unprecedented need to keep the supply chain running for the e-commerce industry and in ensuring safe and timely deliveries
Ecom Express offers express delivery to the e-commerce industry; claims its network reaches 90% of India's population
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Ecom has recently opened its 1,000th delivery centre in Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh and now covers the whole state