Jumbotail - Associate Director/Director - People Experience/HR

ABOUT US:

Jumbotail is India's leading online B2B marketplace and New Retail platform, serving 150,000+ kirana stores via its full stack B2B marketplace platform, an inhouse tech driven warehousing and last-mile delivery supply chain network that provides storefront deliveries to kriana stores in 24h to 48hs, and a fintech platform for payment, credit solutions and financial services to kirana store owners.

Jumbotail's New Retail platform transforms kirana stores into modern omni-channel convenience grocery stores under the J24 brand within 24-48 hours - offering kirana retailers the J24 brand, a full suite of in-store POS technology and insights, aggregated merchandising power of the J24 network, daily fulfillment of thousands of products using Jumbotail Logistics, a B2C online store offering superfast delivery from local stores in addition to omnichannel integrations with hyperlocal platforms, and J24 Green Card loyalty platform to digitally connect retailers to their consumers across both in-store and online channels.

Jumbotail has a national footprint operating in over 38 major cities and 100+ Tier III/IV towns across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chandigarh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, and Ladakh. Jumbotail has raised a total of $125mn in equity from prominent investors including Invus, Heron Rock, VII Ventures, Nutresa, Veronorte, Nexus Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital, Jumbo Fund, Arkham Ventures, Reaction Fund, and $4.8M in Venture Debt from Alteria Capital.

Sector Information

An estimated 12 million kirana stores in India control more than 95% of the country's $450B food and grocery market. Technology, supply chain, and fintech solutions from startups like Jumbotail are poised to transform the kirana store ecosystem at an unprecedented pace and scale over the next few years. According to RedSeer Consulting, India's retail B2B market will grow at a CAGR of 10% to reach $1.3 TN by FY25. Around 72.2% of the B2B retail market is driven by un-organized B2B retail, where numerous smaller sellers such as wholesalers, stockists and sub-stockists operate, and supply branded as well as un-branded goods to retailers. eB2B specifically is expected to grow the fastest, at a CAGR of >80%, driven by its capability to connect everyone in the whole retail supply chain. A traditional retailer is able to jump over a lot of barriers as eB2B does the tough task for them by connecting to the right set of people to fulfill the requirements of a retailer. Founder's Profiles Jumbotail was founded by S.Karthik Venkateswaran, and Ashish Jhina, Stanford MBA classmates. Karthik served with the Indian army in hard combat and is a marketplaces tech/product veteran from eBay-US and Flipkart. Ashish Jhina is a 3rd generation apple farmer, and a former consultant with BCG, with deep experience in agricultural production and supply chains.

S.Karthik Venkateswaran - Co-Founder & CEO, Jumbotail https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthikvenkateswaran/

Karthik is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and served in the Indian Army for 10 years, with several tenures in hard combat. He went on to complete his MBA from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business. Karthik worked as Director-Products in Flipkart and Senior Product Manager in ebay US, prior to starting Jumbotail. Karthik is passionate about building products and technology that will create more economic opportunities for the food and grocery ecosystem, and make commerce more accessible and convenient for the next 1 billion Indians, who have diverse needs.

Ashish Jhina - Co-Founder & COO, Jumbotail https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishjhina/ Ashish was a Management Consultant with Boston Consulting Group, where worked on diverse projects including a long term project for solving leakages in Public Distribution System in India using Biometric identification and Aadhaar. He also founded NextDrop, a software based service to track intermittent availability of piped water to urban residents. He is also a 3rd generation apple farmer from Himachal Pradesh. Ashish is an alumnus of IIT Delhi, and Stanford University where he completed his MBA and also did his MS in Environment & Resources. Ashish leads business & operations at Jumbotail and is deeply passionate about using technology to solve real world problems. Ashish Jhina was recognised as a Ultimate 120 Innovators during Covid19' by Forbes India.

We have a strong and passionate team who is motivated to solve real world problems and impact lives. Our team consists of alumni from Stanford, IITs, IIMs, BITS, ISB and top NITs, having several years of industry experience in leading companies like Flipkart, Amazon, ebay, BCG, Housing, Microsoft, ITC and Grofers. Together, we are reimagining and reengineering the food and grocery ecosystem in India through intelligent technology, innovative business models, and intuitive design. We are serving thousands of happy and satisfied customers who trust Jumbotail for their food and grocery needs every day.

Jumbotail is at an inflection point - Covid-19 has brought Kiranas (its core customer segment) the attention that their >95% share of India's food and grocery market rightfully merits. In parallel, it has exposed the frailties of traditional wholesale and FMCG distribution as well as those of large format modern trade. Retailers and brands alike, are seeking a reliable, resilient, 21st century alternative. Jumbotail is well positioned to capture this market opportunity and become an indispensable part of India's $600 billion food and grocery retail market.

While our market potential is huge - in the order of hundreds of billions of dollars, the opportunity requires us to solve challenging problems that are so unique to India that copycat models will not work. We are putting our customers first and building technologies, products, platforms and services, and cutting edge supply chains that will work for the next billion Indians who have fundamentally different needs - access, language, selection, supply chain, financial and cultural. The work you will do at Jumbotail will impact real lives and bring a lasting positive change for the next billion people of India. We promise a fun, fast paced ride with some of the smartest people, with opportunities to learn and grow, and leave a legacy.

JOB DESCRIPTION

We're looking for a Director - People Experience who can :

- Drive the people experience function for supply chain across all locations ( current locations 30 cities and 3000+ people (blue-collar workforce) across the country)

- Build the strategy for the function, define success metrics for the function and align orgs and stakeholders to achieve the business objectives

- Build and lead talent acquisition, learning and development, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, HR information systems (HRIS) and financial planning of the Supply chain department

- Ensure best in the class highly motivated and respected work force across first mile, last mile, fulfillment center, reverse logistics etc functions.

- Collaborate with operational heads to drive productivity improvement charter across different legs.

- Drive strategic initiatives required to achieve the best in the industry people NPS across other organized supply chains in the country.

- Drive long term initiatives like culture institutionalization, rewards and recognition

- Ensure compliance and legal aspect of people experience

- Track employee escalations and take proactive steps to control escalations

- Drive skill enhancement for blue collar workforce

- Develop the learning and development space including content creation

- Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law

- Utilize technology to enhance and measure the results of human resources initiatives

REQUIREMENTS :

We are looking for leaders at all levels who have the hunger to work with some of the smartest people, who are driven by a sense of purpose, and who wish to leave a legacy in their respective domains and among their professional fraternity. We are not just building apps or tech platforms, but rather building distributed ecosystems connected through intelligent technology that can change the face of the food and grocery consumption pipelines in India, forever, for the better.

An ideal candidate for this role is someone who has-

- 10-12 years of experience handling the blue collared work force in e-commerce organization

- Experience in leading large, diverse teams

- Graduate/Postgraduate from a recognized institution in engineering or supply chain/logistics with an MBA degree

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with all levels of management

- Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate them when required

- Ability to think big picture, but also dive deep and understand the details

- Ability and willingness to thrive in an ever-changing, dynamic and fast-paced environment

We would like to hear from candidates who have the hunger to impact real lives and who can match our high bar on Core Values that we live by. If you :

- Can apply first principles thinking to solve problems

- Can envision a great future that you want create

- Have the fire in your belly to get out of your cube and do something about your vision and passion

- Want to work with some really smart people, and still raise the bar for all of us

- Can have fun and help your colleagues have fun doing all of the above..