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Imon Sarkar

Imon Sarkar

Making Sustainability Achievable with Data || Business Leader
Kolkata

Summary

Experienced Business Leader with skills in monitoring and managing daily business operations with focus on continuous improvement. Has the ability to transform underperforming operations into successful enterprises using resourcefulness and high-level business acumen. Decisive and analytical with 18 years history of successful industry performance. Client-focused Business Manager offering diverse experience in customer service, business management and project coordination. Quickly builds relationships with both new clients and business audiences. Quick-learning with excellent multi-tasking skills and mastery of new technology. Commended for innovation and creative problem-solving to address business challenges.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Channels, Alliances & Sales Head - India East and

Hitachi Vantara
01.2024 - Current

• To manage the Channels, Alliances & Sales across the territory with my relationship and helping the organization to develop the business.
• Generating pipeline, maintaining SFDC hygiene and aligning with company core values to manage every single opportunity on the table with utmost knowledge of the competition and making strategy to win them with the help of the entire ecosystem.
• Understanding customer’s business issues, partner & distributors challenges and collaborating with Alliances to have accuracy on each and every opportunity.
• Work closely with all the stakeholders to generate healthy pipeline and quality leads for my region.

Business Manager, Sales - India East and SAARC

NetApp India Marketing & Services Pvt Ltd.
01.2019 - 01.2024

• To manage the State Government, PSU's and Commercial set of Customers in East India and predominantly BFSI and Government customers in Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh with my relationship techniques to develop NetApp’s business with some assigned partners and create direct selling opportunities by working as an individual contributor.

• Create pipeline, maintain SFDC hygiene, prepare and respond to RFP’s and follow up with prospects, manage end to end sales

cycle in collaboration with internal employees and qualify opportunities.

• Understanding customer’s business issues and providing solutions through a consultative approach, prepare account

plans, update Manager with accurate information on forecast/pipeline.

• Work closely with Channel, Marketing and SDR teams to generate healthy pipeline and quality leads for my region.

Solution Account Manager - EAST and Bangladesh

CA Technologies Pvt. Ltd
11.2017 - 12.2018

• To manage the Government and Enterprise Customers with my relationship techniques to develop CA’s business with some assigned

partners and create direct selling opportunities by working as an individual contributor. Also closely work with Channel

Partners and Distributors for Sales closure. Working with VAR’s to create pipeline and closures.

• Create pipeline, maintain SFDC hygiene, preparing and respond to RFP’s and follow up with prospects, manage end to end sales

cycle in collaboration with internal employees and qualify opportunities.

• Understanding customer’s business issues and providing solutions through a consultative approach, prepare account

plans, update Manager with accurate information on forecast/pipeline.

Territory Account Manager - EAST

VMware Software India Pvt. Ltd
02.2016 - 04.2017

• To drive and develop the run rate business for Government and Enterprise Customers with my relationship techniques and to enable

partners to increase the business and pipeline in the specified territory. Also closely work with Channel Partners and

Distributors for sales closures.

• Create pipeline, maintain SFDC hygiene, prepare and respond to RFP’s and follow up with prospects, manage end to end sales

cycle in collaboration with internal employees and qualify opportunities.

• Understanding customer’s business issues and providing solutions through a consultative approach, prepare account

plans, update Manager with accurate information on forecast/pipeline.

Business Manager – NORTH & EAST

Future Netwings Solutions Pvt. Ltd
02.2013 - 01.2016

• Drive end to end sales cycle for Enterprise products like Servers, Storage, Cyber Security, Virtualization, Switches, etc.

for Government and Corporate customers in East.

• Develop the Software business and maintain weekly reports and sales forecast

Leader - Business Development

ZINFI Software Systems Pvt. Ltd
08.2009 - 01.2013

• Generate qualified leads by asking BANT questions to prospects and handover the leads to OEM’s.

• Maintain CRM with accurate details of leads and work with the team for target achievements.

Operations Executive

IBM Daksh Pvt. Ltd
04.2008 - 07.2009

I have worked for BELL Canada inbound customer support. Help customers with their problems and queries and solving

them ASAP. Upselling new channels and connections for the existingcustomers and coordinating the with the service

engineers to solve problems at the customersend.

Campaign Co-ordinator

Vishnu Solution Pvt. Ltd.
08.2005 - 09.2008

I have been working in an outbound campaign where I used deal with telephone connections that caters customers in

Australia only. I used to do sales over the phone itself to thecustomers. Provide customers with better telephone

connections with better and discountedrates. Provide them all kind of support to the customers after taking the new

connections.

Education

MBA - Sales And Marketing Education

Indian School of Business Management & Administration
Kolkata
11.2009 - 12.2012

Honours - English Literature

St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College
Kolkata
08.2005 - 09.2008

Skills

    Diploma in Software Application from WEBEL Computer Knowledge

MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc

Sales Management, VMware Certified Sales Professional, Airwatch Certified Sales Professional, Citrix Sales Certified Professional, HP Advanced Networking Sales Certified, NetApp Certified Sales Professional

Competent Sales Professional

Timeline

Channels, Alliances & Sales Head - India East and

Hitachi Vantara
01.2024 - Current

Business Manager, Sales - India East and SAARC

NetApp India Marketing & Services Pvt Ltd.
01.2019 - 01.2024

Solution Account Manager - EAST and Bangladesh

CA Technologies Pvt. Ltd
11.2017 - 12.2018

Territory Account Manager - EAST

VMware Software India Pvt. Ltd
02.2016 - 04.2017

Business Manager – NORTH & EAST

Future Netwings Solutions Pvt. Ltd
02.2013 - 01.2016

MBA - Sales And Marketing Education

Indian School of Business Management & Administration
11.2009 - 12.2012

Leader - Business Development

ZINFI Software Systems Pvt. Ltd
08.2009 - 01.2013

Operations Executive

IBM Daksh Pvt. Ltd
04.2008 - 07.2009

Honours - English Literature

St. Paul’s Cathedral Mission College
08.2005 - 09.2008

Campaign Co-ordinator

Vishnu Solution Pvt. Ltd.
08.2005 - 09.2008
Imon SarkarMaking Sustainability Achievable with Data || Business Leader