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Arvind S

Sr Sales Account Manager
Bengaluru

Summary

A dedicated and hardworking professional with over a 12 years of experience across functions including Inside Sales,B2B Sales,B2C Sales, Retail Sales and Enterprise Sales. Experience in Account Management/Renewals Specialist/Partner Management/Team Management/Hiring & Training .Proven record of handling Accounts Team and Channel Partners Pan India. Well-versed in motivating team members, opening floodgates to exponential sales and revenue growth and retaining customers. Self-motivated Result-driven sales professional experienced in sales strength in negotiations, fast-paced team environments. An efficient consultant to the Channel Partners by solving their queries, train them to understand the products and services as per customer's requirement in an orderly manner leading to a delightful experience to the customers.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages

Work History

Sr Sales Account Manager

OEM, Lenovo India Private Limited
Bangalore
12.2020 - Current
  • Initiate discussion with customers for OEM Opportunity
  • Discussion with Segment teams to get the OEM Potential Accounts sorted
  • Working on Intel ISV leads to unearth OEM Opportunity
  • Being an overlay team work with all the segments for OEM

Opportunities (Global Accounts,Large Enterprises,Public

Sector Enterprises and SME)

  • Arranging workshop with OEM potential customers to discuss on OEM capabilities
  • Face to face meetings with potential OEM customers
  • Discussion with various project teams on the requirement
  • Work with engineering and Intake teams for any specific customized requirements
  • Working with product teams for optimization of the solution
  • To be a part of events and brief customers on Lenovo OEM capabilities and hence generating potential OEM Funnel
  • Negotiating with stakeholders and take the orders for closure
  • Achieve quarterly targets assigned
  • Track the orders and expedite for timely delivery

Inside Sales Senior Account Manager

Dell International Services India Private Limited
Bangalore
04.2015 - 01.2020
  • Drive client retention, renewals, upsells and client satisfaction
  • Manage multiple accounts, develop positive working relationships with all customer touch points Provide input on new processes and workflows as needed
  • Taking care of team numbers, metrics and sales administration Use customer feedback to generate ideas about new features or products
  • Ensure sales, finance and legal policies and procedures are met Resolve escalations and provide solutions to customers in a timely manner
  • Drive conversion rates through regular interaction with the customers and 100 % coverage on addressable market
  • Be an advocate for the services team while on calls with the customers
  • Engage with ISR & AE for the specified accounts to drive Services sales
  • Utilize Salesforce CRM & all necessary applications to manage and optimize sales of Renewal opportunities Leverage key business units to optimize performance, include segment sales, customer care, technical support & marketing
  • Follow a strong BMS & maintain a robust funnel & tracking mechanism
  • Trusted advisor to the account team(s) in providing clear understanding and awareness of the benefit of new products and services offered
  • Maintains relationships at leadership and departmental levels to lead to new business opportunities Trainer for the New Hires on services
  • Achieve incremental revenue to the business by positioning Multi- vendor service & Post standard support
  • Training India APOS teams on the process change and updates
  • Drive strategy and programs to acquire new partner/customers and retain existing customers in order to ensure a strong relation of future consulting engagements.

Inside Sales Account Manager

Dell India Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 02.2016
  • Utilize strategic probing to identify, evaluate and recommend alternative business solutions Effectively balance demands from multiple stakeholders
  • Being a trusted business advisor to the customer and uses in-depth knowledge of Dell's technology products like laptops,desktops,workstations and services to help customers formulate direction
  • Ability to be relationship focused in sales Perform under pressure and multitask
  • Develop and implement account plans that drives the critical business objectives
  • Effectively balances demands from multiple stakeholders.

Retail Sales Account Manager

Dell Exclusive Stores, CSB Direct Plus, Dell India Pvt Ltd
01.2009 - 11.2012
  • Manage a store of sales representatives responsible for sales from Dell Exclusive stores and large format retailers
  • Have handled various DES stores across India Entry-level supervisor, understands selling environment and capable of building familiarity with segment and product/service offerings
  • Develops an understanding of internal operations and how related functional teams interact to achieve results
  • Ensure that the orders are processed, manufactured and delivered to the customer's desired location on or before the committed delivery time without any hassles
  • Presents problem analysis and recommends solutions in a creative and logical manner
  • Ensure that I give a constant un-interrupted and unbiased support to the store reps by strictly adhering to the TAT (Turn Around Time) and also very well within the ethical policies of Dell
  • Works to resolve customer issues to ensure a world-class customer experience and builds a strong team environment
  • Liaising with the partners and outside team for smooth end to end process.

Inside Sales Rep

Dell India Pvt Ltd
10.2007 - 12.2008
  • Recommends business solutions considering customer needs and Dell interests
  • Effectively utilize Dell tools and work closely with the necessary resources to meet sales objectives
  • Selling Dell's products like laptops, desktops and services (via telephone, web or e-mail) to Consumer home sales segment
  • Transactional focuses on in-bound sales calls and efficiently completing/closing the sale
  • Builds relationships with customers based on knowledge of Dell's technology, products, services
  • Focuses on passionate delivery of a positive and rewarding customer experience according to Dell Standards.

Education

MBA - Marketing

M.S.Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
Bangalore,India
08.2005 - 07.2007

Bachelor of Science -

M.S.Ramaiah College of Arts, Science And Commerce
Bangalore, India
06.2002 - 05.2005

Skills

Hiring / Training /Quota PlanningRenewal Specialist/NegotiationDriving Sales Contests/Marketing CampaignsSalesforce CRMDashboarding and ReportingMicrosoft Dynamics 365

Accomplishments

    Rep of the Quarter Award for LFR & FOODDS Q2 FY11

    Rep of the Quarter Award for LFR & FOODDS Q3 FY11

    Top Rep in Direct Que till M1Q4 FY09 before moving to LFR & FOODDS team

    Bronze Award for Q4 FY14

    Best GSD Account Manager FY16

    Phoenix award in Q2FY17

    Silver Award for Q3FY17

    Q4FY17 Top Performer Award

    Bronze Award for Q3FY18

Timeline

Sr Sales Account Manager

OEM, Lenovo India Private Limited
12.2020 - Current

Inside Sales Senior Account Manager

Dell International Services India Private Limited
04.2015 - 01.2020

Inside Sales Account Manager

Dell India Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 02.2016

Retail Sales Account Manager

Dell Exclusive Stores, CSB Direct Plus, Dell India Pvt Ltd
01.2009 - 11.2012

Inside Sales Rep

Dell India Pvt Ltd
10.2007 - 12.2008

MBA - Marketing

M.S.Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
08.2005 - 07.2007

Bachelor of Science -

M.S.Ramaiah College of Arts, Science And Commerce
06.2002 - 05.2005
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