FMCG & e-commerce majors lead Cluster 2 of IIM-A placements

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms along with offline and online retail companies like Amazon, Flipkart, Nestlé, P&G and HUL led the second cluster of final placements at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The placement process was for the 2017-19 batch of the post-graduate programme.

The second cluster comprised six cohorts: Advertising & Media, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Consumer Electronics, General Management and Leadership, Retail B2B & B2C.

Unlike many other B-schools, IIM-A follows a cluster system of the final placement process where sectors are invited in cohorts at regular intervals. The first cluster comprised five cohorts including investment banking and markets, management consulting, advisory consulting private equity, venture capital and asset management.

Among the cohorts in Cluster

Two, general management firms offering leadership roles in conglomerates across geographies, closely followed by consumer goods firms, extended the highest number of offers (including pre-placement offers).

CK Birla Group made the most offers, including pre-placement offers (PPOs), at 10, followed by Aditya Birla Group, Flipkart and Samsung with nine each. In the first cluster, Accenture was the top recruiter, extending 24 offers including PPOs.

The consumer goods, consumer services and consumer electronics cohorts included regular recruiters like AB InBev, Asian Paints, HUL, General Mills, ITC, Mondeléz, Nestlé, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser and Samsung. The general management and leadership group comprised recruiters such as Aditya Birla Group, CK Birla Group, Emaar, Mahindra, Reliance, RPG and Tata Administrative Services.

CK Birla Group made the most offers, including pre-placement offers, at 10, followed by Aditya Birla Group