• Experienced professional with over two decades of experience in Sales, Marketing and Business Development with a progressive career record in elevating the profitability and performance of organizations in the most complex and competitive Consumer Electronics Industry in India and SAARC region.
• Expertise in transforming organizations, diversification, team development, product ideation, creating and enhancing digital footprint and forming compelling propositions for customers.
• Proven track record of delivering revenue growth, winning marquee deals and Improving Market Share.
• Exceptional network across the industry value chain including diverse industry verticals
Experienced Leader with a deep understanding of all aspect of US $ 50Mn Professional Business in India. Proven track record across spectrum of roles in Sales, Marketing and Business Development.
• Created new business category within the Consumer Durables & IT segment during the C-19 pandemic, with reach of 2500 IT partners and retailers; resulted in sales of over US$ 2Mn within a year.
• Strategized to revive the brand for Tour Sound business segment post pandemic, achieved US$ 1.3 Mn in 1.5 year.
• Accelerated, an annual growth of 70%(approx.) during 2020 and 2021 in Recording and Broadcasting business.
• Initiated and executed a new revenue generation strategy, Extended Warranty Program - ‘HARMAN SMART SHIELD’; resulted in average revenue of US$ 100 K per month
• Led Business Development for HARMAN Enterprise segment, generated a funnel of US$ 40 Mn with average revenues of US$ 200K on monthly basis.
• Construit ‘hospitality’ vertical across multinational and local chains of hotels was helped in achieving US$ 1.5 Mn in new business and US$ 1.1Mn in architectural lighting in 2019.
• Formed and expanded new customer base in India and other markets including Sri Lanka and Nepal.
• Developed specific India market product - 'Mixer Amplifier - Libra' series; achieved annual business of US$ 700K approx.
• Launched brand equity strategy and marketing properties (IP’s) such as ‘HARMAN Live Arena’, ‘Friends of HARMAN’ (FoH) and ‘HARMAN Sambandh’, bringing together partners, professionals and end customers.
• Formulated segment specific marketing/branding campaigns such as ‘A.R. Rahman Press conference’, ‘HARMAN Pragati’ and ‘HARMAN Shristi’.
• Instrumental in attaining new brand positioning as a ‘Professional Solutions Provider’ than a product company.
• Designed & implemented Tier II market penetration strategy for professional range of products.
P&L Management