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Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readIndian eyewear startup Lenskart to hire 2,000 employees by 2022
“Lenskart plans to hire more than 2,000 people by next year as the omnichannel eyewear retailer embarks on expansion in India as well as overseas,” reported The Economic Times.
Details:
- Lenskart plans to employ 1,500 people to manage its retail stores by 2022. The remainder of the targeted headcount will comprise 100 engineers for technology teams, 300 employees for supply chain and manufacturing operations, and 100 personnel for roles in finance, consumer insights, human resources, and merchandising.
- The eyewear startup will also hire around 300 people across Singapore, the Middle East, and the US.
Dive deeper:
- The number of Lenskart’s retail stores in India will breach the 1,000 mark, with 300 new stores slated to open soon.
- The SoftBank-backed firm’s workforce expansion comes after it raised US$315 million in July, which took its valuation to US$2.5 billion.
Editing by Collin Furtado and Arpit Nayak
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