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Work History
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INTERNSHIP
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ANJANA SHARMA

ANJANA SHARMA

Andheri East

Summary

Energetic and Impact-Driven Leader with Cross-Industry Excellence in Banking, Insurance & Pharma | Proven Track Record in Category Growth, HNI Engagement & Team Leadership | Passionate About Building Scalable Customer-Centric Strategies | Future-Focused Senior Category Manager in the Making

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Deputy Area Manager |

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
Mumbai
04.2023 - Current

(Promoted twice: Sales Manager, Senior Sales Manager, Deputy Area Manager)

  • Rapidly progressed through two internal promotions within 2 years, reflecting strong performance, leadership, and strategic thinking.
  • Began as a Sales Manager, leading a team of 6 to drive customer engagement, appointment setting, and lead conversion with consistent value addition to both team and organization.
  • Promoted to Senior Sales Manager, expanding focus to category-level insights, process improvements, team empowerment, and strategic execution across functions.
  • Currently serving as Deputy Area Manager, managing full P&L responsibility for a defined region, leading multi-functional teams, and driving area-level business growth and service excellence.
  • Collaborating closely with category, marketing, and operations teams to enhance customer experience, ensure partner enablement, and implement scalable initiatives.
  • Recognized for data-driven decision-making, customer-centric approach, and the ability to translate ground-level insights into strategic action.

Relationship Manager

HDFC Bank Ltd.
11.2022 - 03.2023
  • Handling Portfolio of HNI Clients and GIB Accounts as well as big Corporate Accounts.
  • Selling of third party products (Insurance, Mutual Funds).
  • Managing portfolio of the mapped Customers and generating Revenue through that for Bank.

Deputy Sales Manager

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
09.2020 - 10.2022
  • Handling a Team of 10 people with 5 branches in total.
  • Bancassurance (ICICI Bank Wealth Department)
  • Generate leads with help of wealth RMs of ICICI Bank
  • Interacting with HNI Customers and handling their Investment portfolio.

Alkem labs Ltd.
07.2016 - 03.2018
  • Work was to generate leads for the company for US market.
  • Maintain relationship with existing US customers and potential customers
  • Worked as an internal QC for In-Vitro lab
  • Look after all the documentation for In-Vitro lab
  • Solving the queries of QA department
  • Keep up to date on standards in all the departments.
  • Role was to Handle HPLC, perform experiments, and look after standards

Education

MBA - Marketing Management

ITM Business Schoola
Navi Mumbai
01-2020

B.E - Chemical

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University COE
Pune
01.2016

XII (CBSE) -

St. Michaels’ High School
01.2012

X (CBSE) -

St. Michaels’ High School
01.2010

Skills

  • P&L management
  • Sales strategy
  • Data analysis
  • Customer relationship management
  • Team leadership
  • Process improvement
  • Business and category strategy
  • Conflict resolution and problem solving
  • Lead conversion and customer acquisition

Hobbies and Interests

Swimming, Reading novels, Cooking, Photography

Projects

Treatment of Sea water Using Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), It is an industrial collaborated project funded and assisted by Alkem, Daman and Diu, In this project we calculated the percent reduction in the amount of dissolved salts in sea water on treatment with GAC

Extracurricular Activities

Winner and participated in various dance and painting competitions Various Medals and certificates of other cultural activities

INTERNSHIP

  • Dr. Reddy’s Foundation
  • Market Research Intern (B2C Sales)
  • Job role was to study and measure the levels of financial literacy among the rural farmers of Samastipur district, Bihar
  • Task assigned to me was to develop a community-owned platform at every village level and help farmers to use last mile connectivity efficiently with the help of “lead farmers”
  • Another task assigned to me was to focus on improving irrigation and water Management, as well as, digital & financial literacy
  • To meet shopkeepers and convince them to sell our products to farmers and why it is more efficient than our competitors
  • Prepare campaigns and events for farmers to help them grow
  • 15 APR 2019 - 27 AUG 2019

NGO INTERNSHIP

  • Udaan Welfare Foundation
  • B2C profile
  • Generated lead for NGO by communicating with people in nearby areas and asked them to use the different facilities available in NGO
  • Content writing for their various events (Saksham Kilkari and Tejaswini)
  • Taught students from 1st to 8th grade which involved classroom activities to build an interactive session with the students
  • Handled administration work such as content writing
  • Inculcated values and morals in lower primary students by conducting classroom activities
  • Prepared flash cards and charts for primary students to understand better
  • Prepared marketing strategies for their foundation to grow and spread
  • NOV 2018

Accomplishments

  • 📈 Qualified for every Monthly Rewards & Recognition (R&R) program throughout her ABSLI tenure, showcasing consistent high-impact performance.
  • 🥇 Achieved "Medallion" status in the prestigious Half-Yearly Contest for two consecutive years, marking her as a leading performer across zones.
  • 👑 Qualified for "Imperial" – ABSLI's Top Annual Contest, reserved for the highest-performing managers PAN India.
  • 🏅 Ranked among the Top Sales Managers across India for two consecutive years, recognized for both performance metrics and leadership excellence.
  • 💸 Earned monthly incentives exceeding her fixed salary for 24 straight months, reflecting extraordinary sales effectiveness and consistency.
  • ✈️ Qualified for every national contest organized by ABSLI, demonstrating a rare track record of unmatched, all-round performance.

Timeline

Deputy Area Manager |

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
04.2023 - Current

Relationship Manager

HDFC Bank Ltd.
11.2022 - 03.2023

Deputy Sales Manager

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
09.2020 - 10.2022

Alkem labs Ltd.
07.2016 - 03.2018

MBA - Marketing Management

ITM Business Schoola

B.E - Chemical

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University COE

XII (CBSE) -

St. Michaels’ High School

X (CBSE) -

St. Michaels’ High School
ANJANA SHARMA