Flipkart to upskill 16,000 candidates for e-com jobs by 2025

Flipkart Supply Chain Operations Academy (SCOA) said it would upskill 16,000 candidates by 2025 to build an e-commerce ready workforce.

SCOA, the e-tailer’s initiative to train and certify e-commerce supply chain personnel, provides free, industry-relevant training to young people from underserved local catchment areas and help them find jobs in the e-commerce sector. SCOA trained over 3,000 candidates so far in 2024 of which women accounted for 20%

Participants get real-world operational skills through a 45-day hands-on experience at Flipkart facilities and online classroom sessions.

Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President and Head of Supply Chain, Customer Experience, and Re-Commerce, stated, “SCOA seeks to provide students and prospective professionals with useful skills relevant to professions in e-commerce, retail, and warehousing.’‘