Manan Bhatt

Sales & Business Development

• Handled a team of 3 Sales Managers.
• Expanded the business by generating leads.
• Trained the team, nurtured & motivated them to grow.
• Managed the P&L and drove the sales.
• Executing the entire process of introducing the brand and generating revenue by catering and selling to B2B & B2C clients.
• Expanded the network and with strong distribution the product was available at 80+ retail stores in Mumbai like Nature’s Basket.
• Handled collaborations with cafes & restaurant that help improve the sales.
• Made the product available via e-commerce presence, delivering Pan India via own website and other e-commerce retail channels (including a subscription model)

Marketing & Communications, Strategic Alliances, product development & partnerships

• Collaborated with cafes & restaurant to promote the brand and create awareness.
• Leveled up the brand and took it to a next level by being the “Brand Sponsor” for the first vegan conference held in Delhi in 2019.
• Adopted a digital marketing strategy by collaborating with influencers and promoted brand on social media.
• Played an active role in all marketing strategies along with the agencies.
• Done ground events like Ahimsa Fest.
• Done Celebrity promotions via strong network and connection skills.
• Been a brand sponsor for the first vegan conference held in Delhi in 2019.

Client Acquisition, Relationship Management & Networking

• Interacted, promoted and networked with investors.
• Built up a strong network, managed relationships with all the stakeholders.
• Collaborated with doctors for creating awareness.

Other Activities

• Handled the complete project of making it and operating it as a Private Ltd entity.
• Research, product development & identifying the right raw material suppliers.
• Business Planning, Setting-up, Budgeting of the entire company.
• Coordinated with manufacturing plants on a technical and quality assurance front.
• Handled the entire logistics.

Achievements:

• Initiated ‘The Farmers Project” by providing employment to the farmers in Kashmir making it a 100% MAKE IN INDIA product.
• Been a “Brand Sponsor” for the first vegan conference held in Delhi in 2019.

Team management, Networking, Budget Planning, Business Development & Strategic Alliances, Commercial Negotiations, Managing various stakeholders, Relationship Management

• Business Development & Strategic Alliances.
• Handling a team of 65 people at a given point of time.
• Bought in new commercially profitable projects for the production house.
• Collaborated for new commercial shows & films.
• Identified and brought in the right talent on-board for the project.
• Handled the entire commercial as the Commercial Head for a TV show named “Tera Baap Mera Baap” featuring on Big Magic (prime time slot)
• Was the one-point contact for the commercial heads of various tv channels (Star Plus, Zee, Reliance)
• Appointing the entire cast & crew including the HOD’s in the right budget making it a profitable project.
• Handled the budget of 8 lakhs per episode for a 22 day slot in a month out of which 1.40 lac was the profit per episode.
• Collaborated for 10 episodes of crime patrol show featuring on Sony for the producer credits making a profit of 35 lacs in that collaboration.

Networking, Budget Planning, Business Development & Strategic Alliances, Commercial Negotiations, Managing various stakeholders, Relationship Management

• Bought in new commercially profitable projects for the production house.
• Collaborated for new commercial shows & films.
• Identified and bringing in the right talent on-board for the project
• Worked on 2 film projects.
• Was the one-point contact for the commercial heads of various TV channels (Star Plus, Zee, Reliance)
• Appointed the entire cast & crew including the HOD’s in the right budget making it a profitable project.
• Budgeting and Financial planning.

Sales, Business Development and Relationship Management

• Handled the complete sales of a luxury residential project in Hiranandani, Powai.
• Introduced new channel partners to boost sales.
• Did a detailed market study or all residential projects in the vicinity to keep a competitive pricing.
• Got involved in marketing activities to market the project to the right audience.
• Maintained the entire operations of the sales office including commercials and expenditures every month.
• Sold 4 high ticket apartments amounting to a sale value of 26 crs.
• Sold more units in the pre-launch phase of another upcoming project in Kandivali.
• In order to boost sales, also handled a premium residential project in Mulund.

• Business Development & Partnerships
• Sales, Business Development, Product Development, Strategic Alliances and Acquisitions & Relationship Management
• Sold and did tie-ups with retail brands, corporates, stores, etc for loyalty cards.
• Relationship management and networking to channelize and recurring business.
• Business development and generating revenue by tie-ups.
• B2B, B2C sales and retail sales.

Sales, Business Development, Product Development, Strategic Alliances and Acquisitions & Relationship Management

• Tie-ups with retail brands, hotels & restaurants, stores, etc for more customer traction.
• Business development and generating revenue by tie-ups.
• Payment follow-ups with all new and existing vendors.

• Space selling for an exhibition names like Acetech at Pan India level.
• Worked closely with the operations team for the execution of the event.
• Active part of the PR team as well by interacting with architects, developers and bringing them on board.
• Sales and Business Development: Received the first promotion on the 5th month from joining and the 2nd appraisal the month after.
• Last month of working, closed the month with 28 lac sales in a given target of 10 lacs.
• Coordinated and worked closely with the operations team as to make sure that all client requirements were met.