Assistant City Head - Kolkata

• Develop and manage an expansive quick commerce network, encompassing First, Middle, Last Mile logistics and Delivery Centre network to support delivery windows ranging from 60 minutes to same-day.
• Oversee the city's P&L by implementing cost-optimization strategies and driving financial efficiency.
• Formulate and execute strategic expansion initiatives to ensure comprehensive city-wide coverage.
• Responsible for planning, execution & stakeholder management across all legs of first, middle & last mile for best performance outcomes. Also including plans on high demand days of festivals & national holidays.
• Achieve operational excellence and drive six-sigma process improvements which are scalable.
• Should have a very good problem solving skills & have very high bias to action

• 5+ years experience in heading clusters or a city in similar companies of quick commerce.
• Metric Focussed and ability to dive deep with data
• Proven coaching and leadership skills

• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to organize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to handle changing priorities and use good judgment when working in stressful situations
• Decisive, confident, and experienced with influencing others

The Assistant City Head will guide Blitz’s quick-commerce and same-day delivery operations across Kolkata. The role combines delivery-network expansion and execution with city-level financial performance, stakeholder coordination, and scalable process improvement.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Develop the city’s first-, middle- and last-mile network and delivery-centre coverage for rapid and same-day delivery.
• Manage city financial performance through cost optimization and efficiency initiatives.
• Plan and execute expansion to broaden city-wide service coverage.
• Coordinate stakeholders and delivery operations across logistics stages, including peak-demand festivals and holidays.
• Improve operational performance through scalable process changes and Six Sigma methods.
• Use operational metrics and data to investigate problems and drive timely action.

Good fit signals

• Has at least five years leading a city or operational cluster in a similar quick-commerce company.
• Can manage city-level P&L and improve cost efficiency.
• Uses metrics and data to investigate operational performance.
• Brings demonstrated coaching and leadership ability.
• Can influence stakeholders and adapt priorities under pressure; these are preferred qualities.