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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

9
9
years of professional experience
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New Category Launch

2
2
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

Sales & MarketingManaging sales and marketing operations with accountability for incremental volume & profit growthDevising & driving initiatives by motivating the team to implement such initiatives on field for achieving organizational goalsBusiness DevelopmentIdentifying the prospective partners, generating business from new accounts, and developing them to get consistentProfitability and growthBuilding and maintaining healthy relations with major agents and business partnersCustomer Relationship ManagementSupervising customer centric operations and ensuring satisfaction by achieving delivery & service quality normsAttending to clients’ complaints and undertaking steps for effectively resolving themOTHER SKILLSMS Office, SFDC

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