Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, July 2026 — DMart – Avenue Supermarts Ltd. has appointed Lalit Ahuja as its Chief Operating Officer (COO), marking a significant milestone in his distinguished leadership career spanning nearly three decades across India’s consumer goods, retail, and technology sectors.
In his new role, Lalit will oversee DMart’s operational strategy, driving business growth, retail excellence, supply chain efficiency, customer experience, and execution across one of India’s largest and fastest-growing supermarket chains.
Prior to joining DMart – Avenue Supermarts Ltd., Lalit spent almost 11 years with Zydus Wellness, where he steadily progressed through multiple leadership roles. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President – India & Subcontinent (Sales), leading the sales organisation across traditional trade, modern trade, digital commerce, B2B, and food service channels. Earlier, he was Vice President – India & Subcontinent (Sales), where he led the transformation of the company’s integrated sales organisation, followed by his role as National Sales Head, where he strengthened sales capability, accelerated innovation adoption, and built a future-ready commercial organisation.
Earlier, Lalit served as Sales Head – West at Apple, where he successfully drove business growth and strengthened the brand’s leadership position across Western India in one of the world’s most competitive consumer technology markets.
Before joining Apple, he was National Sales Manager at Mars, where he played a pivotal role in building the company’s sales and distribution capabilities during its expansion phase in India, creating scalable commercial structures while developing high-performing sales teams.
Earlier in his career, Lalit held leadership positions with Godrej Consumer Products Limited and Dabur India Limited, leading sales transformation, route-to-market excellence, capability development, regional business growth, and distribution expansion. He began his professional journey by building a strong foundation across sales, distribution, customer management, and marketing while working with organisations including Philips, Pepsi, General Mills, and DCC, experiences that collectively shaped his deep commercial and operational expertise.
With nearly 30 years of experience across FMCG, retail, consumer health, consumer technology, and sales leadership, Lalit brings extensive expertise in business transformation, commercial strategy, retail operations, customer-centric growth, organisational capability building, and large-scale execution. His appointment is expected to further strengthen DMart’s continued growth and operational excellence.
About DMart – Avenue Supermarts Ltd.
DMart – Avenue Supermarts Ltd. is one of India’s largest supermarket chains, offering customers a wide range of food, grocery, household, apparel, personal care, and general merchandise products at competitive prices. Founded by Radhakishan Damani in 2002, DMart today operates more than 500 stores across multiple Indian states and continues to expand its presence while remaining focused on operational efficiency, value retailing, and customer satisfaction.
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