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GAJULA HANUMANTHA RAO

Sales & Business Development
Andhra Pradesh

Summary

JOB OBJECTIVE: Seeking managerial level assignments in the areas of Sales & Marketing / Business Development / Client Relationship Management with a leading organization.

PROFILE SUMMARY: MBA Graduate with more than 9 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Channel / Distribution Management, Client Relationship, Vendor and Escalation Managements Skilled in Business & Channel Development, Team Management, Customer and Account Management, Retail Sales Management Techniques, Partnership, Tie-Up, Distributorship Proficient in creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members. Deft in identifying and networking with reliable channel partners resulting in deeper market penetration & reach. An effective communicator with strong planning, leadership, analytical ability, and people management skills

Overview

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years of professional experience
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New Category Launch

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years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Manager (Sales and Business Development)

JSW
Andhra Pradesh
04.2022 - Current

Assistance in the launch of New Markets in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Appointment and Handling Franchise Partners by driving numbers and achieving their profitability.
Demand Generation & Conversion: Conducting multiple events, identifying different sources for demand generation and nurturing those leads till conversion, handling team members with data, and prioritizing inquiries for better conversion percentage.
Content Generation: Collecting testimonials from customers and using them to improve conversions, Nurturing customers to post positive reviews on social media.
Operations: Signing of all agreements and collection of payments from contractors within 7 days.

Territory Sales Manager

Kohler India Corp. Pvt. Ltd
Vizag
10.2019 - 03.2021
  • Business Development and Sales - Plan and oversee the execution of the zonal sales efforts, contributing to organizational revenue and growth targets.
  • Business Planning – Support the formulation of area business plans aligned to the overall regional sales plans.
  • Market Expansion – Strengthen the dealer network by developing new dealer in line with Kohler’s store expansion strategies.
  • Relationship Management - Drive excellent relationship management with dealers and influencers and ensure timely delivery and redressal of complaints.
  • Market Penetration – Generate new leads and interact directly with end customers to help build secondary sales.
  • Order generation and processing – Accountable for quotation submission and order fulfillment to achieve the sales & revenue targets for the territory.

Asst. Manager

Greenlam Industries Ltd
Vizag
08.2017 - 10.2019
  • Manage & driving business through Architect/ Builder/ Contractor/ Designer / Influencers segment for secondary sales generation.
  • Responsible for meeting the sales targets & profitability of the region assigned.
  • Responsible for planning & conducting various demand generation activities in the region.
  • Cultivating strong relations with the key accounts/clients for generating leads and developing business.
  • Making presentations to prospective clients to promote the company’s products.
  • Effectively utilizing the BTL budgets to create brand awareness engaging with influencers.

Senior Sales Officer

Asian Paints Ltd
Tirupati
05.2016 - 08.2017
  • As per the company input, we derive the secondary scheme for the retailers according to their channels.
  • Responsible for Rayalaseema Territory with Technical team and DSR for project sales.
  • Increase Coverage of the Distributor.
  • Monitoring monthly / quarterly targets by proper planning with key outlets proposal and motivating the dealer Salesman through this.
  • On regular basis monitor the OD limit of the dealers and ensure the get the cash discount by the company.
  • Appointment of dealers wherever necessary and monitoring the sales from at the dealer counters.

Territory Sales In charge

Cavinkare Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
07.2014 - 05.2016
  • Key Result Areas:
  • Handling primary, secondary sales activities including variety of schemes, product launches, and requirement of outlets and closing stock of distributor warehouse
  • Driving Business through a Team, by motivating, regular follow up, guiding them wherever necessary
  • Responsible for the Month wise Primary of the Distributors
  • Looking after the placement of the New Products, Availability launching them, Create Market for a New Product
  • Dealing with return of investment, damages and claims in an effective manner for smooth running of activities.

Education

MBA - HR, Marketing

Andhra University, Vizag
06.2012 - 05.2014

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • Successfully created new market of F& B division of Cavinkare at Hyderabad Market and established new channel of FATCHASH
  • Successfully introduced Distributor model in Asian Paints (Bath Division) for product to reach remote areas.
  • Brand Specification in East Coast Railways- 1st time at the country level. Specification at CPWD, AAI with Greenlam.
  • Single Line Specification by Architects in various projects, residential buildings at Kohler India.

Timeline

Senior Manager (Sales and Business Development) - JSW
04.2022 - Current
Territory Sales Manager - Kohler India Corp. Pvt. Ltd
10.2019 - 03.2021
Asst. Manager - Greenlam Industries Ltd
08.2017 - 10.2019
Senior Sales Officer - Asian Paints Ltd
05.2016 - 08.2017
Territory Sales In charge - Cavinkare Pvt Ltd
07.2014 - 05.2016
Andhra University - MBA, HR, Marketing
06.2012 - 05.2014
GAJULA HANUMANTHA RAOSales & Business Development