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Digvijay Singh

Digvijay Singh

Kolkata

Summary

A dynamic professional with over 10 years of experience in diverse industries. I am a seasoned sales professional who thrives on creating & executing sales strategies, managing channel partners and key accounts, launching new products & coaching my team to excel. I have a MBA in marketing & international business from IMS Dehradun & diploma in entrepreneurship from Harvard online which equip me with the analytical & managerial skills to deliver results in a dynamic & competitive market.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Assistant Regional Manager

Hafele India
Kolkata
06.2024 - Current

Responsible for the business of Eastern region(West Bengal, North East, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand & Chattisgarh).

  • Leading a team of 6TMs & 4 AAMs to expand footprint in eastern India.
  • Achievement of overall regional sales & DSO targets by giving strategic inputs to team.
  • Implementing strategies to increase brand awareness within the region including organizing promotional events.
  • Evaluating individual and team business performance and identifying opportunities for improvement.

Senior Area Manager

ChattisgarhHafele India
Kolkata
01.2023 - 05.2024

Responsible for business of North east, West Bengal & Odisha. Led team of 4 TMs & 2 AAMs.

  • Defined & achieved sales targets and motivated team to perform as per expectations & beyond.
  • Tracking of KPIs against benchmarking, Debtor management, BTLs, market trends and competitor activities to develop strategic improvement plans.
  • Established strong relationships with major accounts and key decision makers to increase sales in designated region.

Area Manager(T&F)

HAFELE INDIA
Chandigarh
01.2020 - 12.2022
  • .Responsible for achievement of Annual Sales Plan for Upper North (Punjab, Himachal, J&K & part of Haryana) along with product category level targets with the help of a team of 6 TSMs.
  • To ensure secondary sales, range selling and establishment of new products in case of 40 trade dealers & 6 franchisees & appointment of partners in non-represented areas.
  • Supervised 24 contractors meets, 8 Architects meets & 2 town level meets in the 2021.

Area Manager (Distribution)

HAFELE INDIA
Delhi
12.2018 - 12.2019

Managing 28 distributors and appointed 6 more in the year 2019

  • Served more than 1500 hardware outlets across North india, Added 300+ in same year
  • Introduced the concept of NDC in the region & supervised Stock planning & liquidation at distributor level, Ensured Market Hygiene by adhering to policies of infiltration, MOP adherence & curtailing wholesale.

Zonal Manager

LAVA INTERNATIONAL
New Delhi
07.2018 - 12.2018
  • Led team of 10 Distributors, 4 DMs, 8 AROs, 30 DSE's (Off role)& 25 promoters (On role)
  • Mentored team on processes, policies, soft skills and IT systems.
  • Created distribution strategy & deployed blue print for respective geography of J&K.
  • Grew retail universe to achieve width in distribution & managed distributor life cycles.

Distribution Manager

LAVA INTERNATIONAL
Solan
12.2016 - 06.2018
  • Handled 2 distributors(along with 5 DSEs) in Solan & Sirmour districts
  • Gained experience of distribution vertical
  • Credit management: Ensured & maintained a healthy ROI for my DBRs

Territory Sales Officer

ASIAN PAINTS
Ghaziabad
06.2013 - 11.2016
  • Analyzed,conceptualized & executed strategies to drive sales in Moradabad, Bijnore & Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh
  • Handled revenue of 40 cr & ensured availability at retail through adherence to placement norms
  • Learnt the basis of Channel management, took AP products to the widest possible customer base in assigned area
  • Identified the goals for each retail (schemes/FTS/branding etc.) and then implemented various marketing ways to achieve sales.

Management Trainee

ITC LTD
Agra
06.2012 - 08.2012
  • As a trainee, I did research on "Possibilities for FMCG brands in Rural India"

Education

MBA in Marketing & international business -

IMS
01.2013

Bachelor of Science -

Punjab University
01.2009

Undergraduate -

LLR Intercollege
01.2006

High school diploma -

LLR Intercollege
01.2004

Skills

  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Business Profitability
  • Relationship Building
  • Customer Servicing
  • Debtor management

Certification

  • Certificates from the IIE (Indian institute of entrepreneurship) for completing the workshop on "Entrepreneurship"
  • Certification of "Soft skills" by Global voice.
  • SWIFT program (MS word/excel/PowerPoint) from NIIT
  • Lead to win" certificates by Dale Carnegie & associates.
  • B" certificate from National cadet corps (NCC), earned CPL rank by Ministry of defense.

Personal Information

Hobbies: Personally I like to spend time with books. A proud half marathon runner, takes part in various marathon events. I like trekking in Himalayas (Have done Dhankar, Chadar, Zanskar, Shikari Devi, Kamrunag, Churdhar treks). I am a nature lover & like doing photography.

Accomplishments

  • Awarded "Star manager" award in 2024.
  • Achieved highest YTD sales figure in 2023 for Eastern region.
  • Achieved ever highest MTD sale in Jan21 in Hafele India.
  • Achieved ever highest YTD growth in 2019 in Hafele India.
  • Awarded as Best distribution manager in Lava international.
  • Won "Wall of fame", sales competition in Lava international in 2016.
  • Received accolade for Best sales officer awards twice (2014-15) in Asian Paints.
  • Awarded for Divisional winner (sales) in 2015-16, by Mr. Yuvraj Singh.
  • Received India's most dependable award (sales contest) by Mr. Rahul Dravid in 2014-15.

Timeline

Assistant Regional Manager

Hafele India
06.2024 - Current

Senior Area Manager

ChattisgarhHafele India
01.2023 - 05.2024

Area Manager(T&F)

HAFELE INDIA
01.2020 - 12.2022

Area Manager (Distribution)

HAFELE INDIA
12.2018 - 12.2019

Zonal Manager

LAVA INTERNATIONAL
07.2018 - 12.2018

Distribution Manager

LAVA INTERNATIONAL
12.2016 - 06.2018

Territory Sales Officer

ASIAN PAINTS
06.2013 - 11.2016

Management Trainee

ITC LTD
06.2012 - 08.2012

MBA in Marketing & international business -

IMS

Bachelor of Science -

Punjab University

Undergraduate -

LLR Intercollege

High school diploma -

LLR Intercollege
Digvijay Singh