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Devashish Majumdar

Techno Commercial Professional Expert
Mumbai

Summary

Currently handling the Account Director role for building funnel in India with reference to free space optics. With an enrich experience of over 17 years in Bids/Pricing/Cost/Procurement & Partner Management.


Recognized consistently for performance excellence and contributions to success in telco/ISP industry.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Account Director

Tifra Enterprise (Channel Partner For Transcelestial)
Mumbai
05.2023 - Current
  • We are a space laser optics start up company specialize for last mile connectivity and backhaul.
  • Mission is to have business and marketing knowledge to develop briefs and pitches for customer projects.
  • Currently we are developing sales funnel for different sectors.

Commercial Team Leader for OTT,Enterprise (North)

Tata Communications Limited
Mumbai
05.2022 - 02.2023

• Responsible for large complex deal commercial construct ACV value is ~1Mn USD+ in network & Unified Collaboration services tower.

• Deal Pricing Strategy and Execution.

• Support the sales / pre-sales teams in pricing complex opportunities, utilising all levers available to reach the most competitive position.

• Commercial construct for Metro, NLD Build,NDE,GDE & ILL related to OTT requirements.

• Continuous win and drop rates analysis across products and regions feeding price books and solutioning.

• Work closely on Commercial Intelligence perspective.

Head of Network Partnership

Tata Communications Limited
Mumbai
05.2020 - 05.2022
  • Responsible for overall success of network expansion partnership initiatives.
  • Formulate acceptable trade-offs for challenging partnership engagements.
  • Program manage CFT to support Product & Engineering Life cycle management requirement.
  • Regular costing review to drive cost savings.

Carrier Commercial Manager

Global Cloud Xchange
Mumbai
11.2015 - 01.2020
  • Providing quotes to sales & finance.
  • Manage RFPs, Bidding, Negotiations, Contracting and SCM Governance.
  • Interacting with all APAC suppliers to find way to have more network interconnection point so that we can cost optimized price model.
  • Use of Market experience including pricing, product marketing, program management, strategic planning and financial analysis/modeling for major deal.
  • Work with multiple vendors to evaluate Pros and Cons based on price, quality, speed of delivery and other factors.
  • Contract management taking into consider YoY growth & cost control parameters.

Procurement Manager

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd
Mumbai
06.2014 - 11.2015
  • Deep Dive in Commercials & Contract life cycle Management for a budgetary constraints of USD 100M per year-Monitoring expenditure.
  • Preparing pricing methodologies for hardware, software & services (T&M Activities Based).
  • Act as SPOC for Commercial Decision in coordination with Legal, Finance and Solutions teams.
  • Prepared and presented reports to management on purchasing trends and cost savings to aid in decision making.
  • Analyzed supplier contracts to confirm compliance with company policies and procedures.
  • Utilized market intelligence to identify opportunities for savings and cost reduction.

Commercial Manager

Vodafone PLC
Bangalore/Mumbai
07.2012 - 06.2014
  • Develop & design pricing/commercial model for nonstandard/tailored product offering in fixed line business.
  • Respond to commercial conditions of tenders and prepare other commercial documents.
  • Work closely with sales managers and solution architects to determine cost effective solutions and provide suitable quotes or pricing proposals.
  • Manage commercial negotiations with the vendors in the region focusing on strategic purchases & complex negotiation.
  • To carry out ad hoc tasks and projects.
  • Prepare and present deal overview.
  • Used key metrics and prepared reports for senior management to monitor performance of commercial activities.
  • Devised pricing methodologies and industry strategies through economic and business analysis.

Pricing Manager

Tata Communications Limited
Pune
09.2010 - 07.2012
  • Responsible for financial analysis and create pricing proposal for India Bids/oppt.
  • Preparation of commercial clarification(s) for RFP, Tenders etc.
  • Directly support sales in achieving its revenue goal by providing competitive pricing proposals within marginal guidelines.
  • Client Prequalification Process.
  • Opportunities trend and associated win/loss.
  • Negotiating terms and conditions in contracts and ensuring compliance as well as documenting.

Commercial Bid Manager

Reliance Globalcom
Mumbai
03.2007 - 08.2010
  • To take lead responsibility for specific bid, manage bid delivery and associated resources.
  • Support Sales team in submitting major RFP’s/RFI/RFQ/ITT.
  • Cost effective solution design.
  • Management of 'Virtual Teams'
  • Managing bids and deciding on Go / No-Go (Kick off meeting).
  • Manages due diligence activities and required solution, costing, and document revision.
  • Apply techno commercial knowledge to accurately build and model costs and prices.
  • Held one-on-one meetings with sales team members to identify selling hurdles.

Education

B.E - Electronics & Communication

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
04.2002 - 05.2006

Mathematics & Science

Christ Church Senior School
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
03.2000 - 03.2001

Skills

Leadershipundefined

Accomplishments

  • Xtra mile, Certificate of Excellence, Jun, 2011, Tata Communications
  • “Race to Win! – The Pit Crew Competition” Feb 2012, Tata Communications ltd
  • Deal of the year-Carrier Sales 2012-13-Cable & Wireless Worldwide (Vodafone Group Company)
  • Star of the Month- July, 2013- Vodafone Group Plc

Timeline

Account Director

Tifra Enterprise (Channel Partner For Transcelestial)
05.2023 - Current

Commercial Team Leader for OTT,Enterprise (North)

Tata Communications Limited
05.2022 - 02.2023

Head of Network Partnership

Tata Communications Limited
05.2020 - 05.2022

Carrier Commercial Manager

Global Cloud Xchange
11.2015 - 01.2020

Procurement Manager

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd
06.2014 - 11.2015

Commercial Manager

Vodafone PLC
07.2012 - 06.2014

Pricing Manager

Tata Communications Limited
09.2010 - 07.2012

Commercial Bid Manager

Reliance Globalcom
03.2007 - 08.2010

B.E - Electronics & Communication

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University
04.2002 - 05.2006

Mathematics & Science

Christ Church Senior School
03.2000 - 03.2001
Devashish MajumdarTechno Commercial Professional Expert