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ALOK KUMAR

Mumbai

Summary

A Technical sales professional with 15 years of proven success in handling Equipment sales for the Global key accounts in metals, mining, and process industry. Managing the OEM products closely with Global Product centre to ensure Customer success. Global Spares Sales of Industrial equipment’s and services in both Ferrous and non-ferrous segment. Global sales and strategy for Machinery spares in metals, Zinc and lead processing, Steel making, Chemicals, and mining. Managing several contracts (e.g., Handling of L/C’s or Bank Guarantees, import duties, Monitoring pricing, estimation, Quality, and supply chain) for complying with standard policies. Proficient in Sales force & Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, and Power Point) Skilled in reducing material costs, managing cross-functional teams, and administering multi-million-dollar budgets. Strong experience in freight forwarding and Incoterms within the manufacturing Industry.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Manager (Global Technical sales support)

Metso
Mumbai
04.2019 - Current
  • Global B2B sales support of OEM industrial spares in Mining, Metal, Chemicals, and energy markets.
  • Yearly sales support of 48 million euros for India APAC, EMEA and India.
  • Day to day pre-sales support /Service agreement study for rotating equipment’s, Mineral processing spares, Machine consumables, Non-ferrous, Filtration, Pellet, and Utilities, Metso Automation system etc.
  • Global customer handling which includes technical consulting, territory management, pricing for key accounts and Monitoring Sales performance in concert with the Territory Sales Leads based on the Business Plan.
  • Providing leadership, day-to-day management, and coordination to optimize utilization of MA team.
  • Proactively educating the organization on our Sales process through formal and informal training, as well as on-the-job coaching during big ticket cases.

Deputy manager Sales

Metso Minerals India
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • Global support and Portfolio Management
  • Establishing efficient opportunity identification and construct business cases by formulating new offers in Sales force.
  • Establishing business development and after sales strategy for Global markets in metal and process industries.
  • Leading the support to Metso OEM in the, APAC, EMEA Market and India.
  • Working with the dealers directly both onshore, offshore to meet revenue, market share and profitability goals.
  • Performing and assisting quarterly/yearly revenue forecasts, participating in the budgeting process as it relates to the product.
  • Responsible for product supply & sourcing in between Business Units, Business Lines & Distribution Centres.
  • Visitation to the client sites and solving the underlying issues.
  • Co-ordination with the Turkish and Australian team for pyro equipment’s like kiln, mechanical seals, coupling, bearing, Filtration parts, pellet parts, grinding equipment’s and gears.
  • Cross functional working with the Global team for the prices and Standard documentation.

Assistant manager Sales & proposal

Metso Minerals India
01.2013 - 01.2015
  • Sales & Marketing Activities
  • Assist service team on the technical &trouble shooting of equipment which would lead to improved profitability for clients.
  • Supporting Global Key Accounts like US steel, Cliffs, DOW, DUPONT, Vale, Holcim, BP, Lafarge, Freeport, LKAB Sweden, Sino steel, BHP, ADNOC, South 32, POSCO, ALBEMARLE, Erdemir.
  • Key Accounts in India is Tata Steel, Hindalco, Reliance industries, Vedanta, JSW Steel, JSPL, AKZO Nobel, IFFCO, NTPC, ACC, Ultra-Tech, Bhushan, IOCL, AMNS, Nalco, HZL, SAIL, Coal India, Essar.
  • Involved with Quality team, Pricing, and distributor queries.
  • Analysing volume, revenue, credit DSO and financial indicators.
  • Negotiation of long-term ARC contracts with existing customer.
  • Support Digital product council meeting of Metso Outotec products through Marcom department.

Deputy Manager (Operation and proposal)

Essar Steel India
04.2011 - 12.2012

Assistant manager (Sales Steel)

Essar Steel India
08.2009 - 04.2011
  • Project Handled: Execution of first phase of Essar steel Pellet plant of 24 MTPA Expansions.
  • Key account sales and dealer management of ESSAR flat products.
  • Project management of 300Million$ EPC based Mineral Process plants.
  • Project Sourcing and control which includes cost estimation, billing schedules, contract negotiations of all OEM, scaffoldings of contractors and Electrical Equipment’s like breaker, transformer etc.
  • Generated and implemented efficient sourcing strategies for CAPEX equipment’s.
  • Analyse and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure.
  • Performed negotiation strategies and secured profitable deals.
  • Order creation in SAP, request for letter of credit (LR) and prioritization of order quantum.
  • Awarded with Letter of Recommendation by Essar Steel limited for Excellence in 2012.

Education

BS - Mechanical Engineering

Orissa Engineering College
01.2005 - 01.2009

12th - CBSE

DAV BISTUPUR

Skills

Team leadership

Achievements And Competences

  • Selected for International assignment in the US for 6 months by Metso.
  • Lead the retrofit business of 8.2 million USD of kiln shell replacement for Turkey and African client.
  • Achieved a 100 per cent reference customer base of three metal and fertilizer client that had previously been dissatisfied with company's customer service.
  • Awarded with Letter of Recommendation by Essar Steel limited for Excellence in 2012.
  • Supporting the EMEA market with consistent target achievement of 20 million euros.
  • Consistently exceeded the target of 4 million euros in from 2014-2018 for Indian Market.
  • Lead the training modules design of different Market Area Account manager.
  • High analytical and critical skills with numerical approach.
  • Territory management, dealer sales, relationship management, Sales force application and Product life cycle.
  • Equipment and technical knowhow used in Mineral processing, Steel, centrifugal pumps, mining, Concentrates, Petrochemicals, Cement, Alumina, Smelter, Silica, and Utilities.

Accomplishments

Increased the Africa region business by 25% in two years.

Increased the APAC region business by 18% in two years

Involved in the vendor development activities to increase the overall life cycle cost by 50% in Global market.

Increased the Middle east region business by 50% in 3 years.

Timeline

Manager (Global Technical sales support)

Metso
04.2019 - Current

Deputy manager Sales

Metso Minerals India
01.2018 - 04.2019

Assistant manager Sales & proposal

Metso Minerals India
01.2013 - 01.2015

Deputy Manager (Operation and proposal)

Essar Steel India
04.2011 - 12.2012

Assistant manager (Sales Steel)

Essar Steel India
08.2009 - 04.2011

BS - Mechanical Engineering

Orissa Engineering College
01.2005 - 01.2009

12th - CBSE

DAV BISTUPUR
ALOK KUMAR