Vikas Gupta of Unilever to head to head marketing, Flipkart
Flipkart, Walmart-owned company has roped Vikas Gupta as the head of its marketing function from working at present in consumer goods giant Unilever’s general manager.
Flipkart, competes with rival Amazon and dominates online retail sales along with Amazon, was acquired by the world’s biggest retailer Walmart Inc for more than $16 billion in May last year, valuing it at $22 billion.
Vikas is joining us after a long, successful stint in Uniliver where he has worked in multiple countries and in various functions. He is relocating from Indonesia,” Rajneesh Kumar, Group chief corporate affairs officer, Flipkart said.
Gupta will report to Anil Goteti, senior VP at Flipkart. Further, Vikas was leading Unilever’s home care division, served on the company’s board, and also led the digital marketing transformation effort at the company.
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